I really hope no one misinterprets my motivation for making this blog or "announcing" my departure from the church.  I'm not looking for any kudos or sympathy or pity.  

My motivation for this is to be a safe person for anyone struggling with the same faith issues.  It's hard to sit in a congregation and feel like you're the only one questioning.  It's hard to sit and feel like if you speak up or question you're going to be judged or become a "project" Trust me mormons love a good project.  We love praying for people, doing service and telling people how the choices they are making or the questions they are having are just satan's way of getting to you.  How many times did I see someone who left the church and thought those same thoughts...so many times.  Gosh I hate to even admit this but even the times when I was genuinely kind and still maintained a friendship with "less actives" I was still secretly hoping that I could somehow get them to come back to church.  The underlying ulterior motive, so disgusting! Shame on me!

So my motivation is just to be there if anyone else needs to vent or a shoulder to cry on.  Text me, call me, email me, stop by my house (although I'm not guaranteeing it's presentability LOL).  Just like I hope that I'm a safe place for LGBTQ folx, I hope I'm also a safe place for well basically ANYONE!  

Just to be clear though if you're a conservative I may still have the underlying ulterior motive to convert you to the liberal side. lol...