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I was pretty confident that most of my family and friends had seen the Disney film Tangled.  So when I decided to break the news to them last February that I had left Mormonism, using a Disney analogy seemed like a pretty gentle way to do it.

It also happens that Tangled is one of the few DVDs I own, and it's often found playing repeatedly in my car.  I practically have the film memorized at this point, and it's chalk full of goodies I plan on using here on the blog.  Thank you Disney for making films that encourage and empower your young viewers!

 Here's what I shared:

My feelings over the last few weeks remind me of a scene from “Tangled.” Rapunzel has escaped from the tower that she’s been cooped up in by her “mother” and we see her mood swing from happy to sad, and back again. She has been led to believe that the world outside her tower is out to get her, it’s a place that’s not safe. Once she experiences the world outside, she’s aware that it’s beautiful and not “out to get her,” yet she still can’t help feeling sad that she’s hurting the “mother” she’s loved. I have felt something like this as I’ve decided to leave behind my former reality and abandon it for what is actually real. Parting ways with the Church has taken a whole lot of courage, just like Rapunzel leaving her tower took courage. I hope you can understand that this has been a difficult thing to do, and a decision that has not been taken lightly. The Church has been my everything; it’s more than just a place I go each Sunday to worship, it has been my culture, my community, my way of life. But just as Rapunzel could never go back to living the life she knew in that tower, I can never go back to living life the Mormon way. 

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I decided to take the analogy a step further and make Rapunzel my avatar in the blogging world.  This past year out of Mormonism has proved interesting, to say the least, and I feel like this year I'm finally coming into my own.

It's time I start saying all the things I've been feeling and thinking.  I didn't want to step on my family's toes by expressing my new life perspective over the last year, but I can't keep quiet anymore.  It's time I say all those things that my family might not want to hear; they need to be said, and now they can choose to hear my voice here or not.

I welcome any who would like to listen and engage in conversation.  Feel free to use the contact form in the left side bar if you'd prefer not to leave a comment.

Thanks for being here!