We Are All Made Out Of Stars

Given the state of things right now, I thought I'd write a post about my relationship with my religion. Or, rather, my former religion. My family has very deep ties to Christianity. Pretty much my entire family history is connected to Christianity. As far as I know, I have no Jewish blood anywhere on my family tree. I grew up in the church. I never became a full-fledged member until I was baptized in my early to mid-teens (I can't remember how old I was exactly if that tells you anything). Both my mother and my grandmother had very strong relationships with the church and its members. Now, I'm speaking of a specific church down in Florida as well as the Church in general.  I pretty much never really knew anything else. We were Non-denominational, evangelical, Protestant Christians. Naturally, I was exposed to the rhetoric of the beliefs of the Evangelical community. I used to think I was pretty open-minded as I grew older. The whole "love the sinner,...

If you are like me, then you find yourself trying to struggle with the everyday annoyances that cross your path.  It could be anything, really. From co-workers who rub you the wrong way to not being able to find anything to watch on the TV.  I've been trying to find ways to deal with the everyday irritations that I come across. One thing I find that helps is journaling. I don't mean something like this (although if that helps, then go for it). I mean, finding a notebook or a few sheets of paper and physically writing things down.  I have a black notebook that I use as a journal and I've been pretty steady at writing in it for the past few months. I have Anxiety and Depression and sometimes if I write about the emotions that I'm going through at the time, it helps me be able to process things better. I've been going through quite a bit of anxiety as well as depressive episodes. I've been making sure I've been more diligent in my journaling because I...

This makes the... third blog I have under my name I believe. Heh... Anyway, this is me, Danielle. Once again.  I don't know if I will make this public to my family just yet. I think I may do a bit of Christian Witchery on here and I'm still stuck "in the broom closet" as it were. A little bit about me: I'm in my early forties (good Lord). I have a Master's Degree in Educational Media and Educational Technology. My major was School Library Media. In other words, I'm a school librarian. I live in Tennessee. I was born in Indiana.  I have two cats. I am unemployed, but I hope that will change soon. I am Asexual. I am female (by birth and by gender identity). I love to read. I love to knit. I like to take photographs. At present, I live with my mother, but I hope that will change sometime in the near future. Not that my mother isn't a pleasant person to live with, but I crave a bit of independence. I've never really had it, except fo...