Chapter 8: Who I am Today

Whew you made it!!! Recap…I was in love. He was perfect. For those of you who are just starting these posts, please go back to the introduction post because this is the final post and you will be lost, like really really lost 😊 For those of you who have been here, the Summer of …

Chapter 7: Who I Became

Recap time: Ok so again, thanks to everyone who has been keeping up with me each week! Last week I talked about my decision to be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was pretty heavy; I hope you liked it. If not, well, sorry I can’t help you. This week’s …

Chapter 6: Change of Heart – The Heavens Have Opened Again

If you have been here each week, you are a champ and I applaud your commitment. Last week I left you with my thoughtful pondering about my activity in the Church of Jesus Christ. I was ready to walk away from it all. Recap reminder: As always, if this is your first time here, go …

Chapter 5: Good Clean Fun

Thank you for returning, I was talking last week about how I never wanted to be baptized, how I wanted to go out with friends and drink and have fun, and also how I was starting to change. Recap Reminder: If this is your first time here, go read at least the introduction post or …

Chapter 4: Who I Was Becoming

Recap reminder: As always, if this is your first time here, you should probably go read at least the introduction post or maybe the previous week’s post (Chapter 3). Otherwise you might be a tad bit confused about what I am going on about here.  If you read last week’s post you will know that …

Chapter 3: Change of Heart- God Does Exist

Recap from last week. I was a sad sight. I was lonely, poor, and bored. I had everything to look forward to (nursing school, college soccer, bright future, etc.) and yet I was not fulfilled. I was insecure and did not know my true worth and value. Sounds pretty dismal right, but that is where …

Chapter 2: Proud Atheist

So to recap from last week. I had a charmed life, was an atheist teenager, had a fairly strong moral code, was a serial dater, played a lot of soccer, got into nursing school, and was very insecure. Now if you read last week’s post you will know that I thought I was going to …

Chapter 1: Origin Story

My goal with this week’s post is to give some backstory on who I was. I promise that while it seems like a diary, these experiences are the foundation upon which my testimony of Christ was built and are important to the story. Thanks to everyone who taking this journey with me! Little Lauren, about …