I wonder... With The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) October session of General Conference coming up and the inevitable pain that it will bring, I thought it would be interesting to write out what god would reveal if the god I believed in existed. Here’s one version of how it could go: Family, We have been wrong. So very wrong. We got caught in our own vision of the world and have made violent decisions that hurt many of those we claimed to love. Lost sig

Becoming the Hero, Written Series My biological, “earthly” father left my life when I was two and hasn’t contributed much fatherly impact since. That was roughly forty years ago. It is what it is. At the time they felt bad for me and replaced my earthly father with a Heavenly Father. They told me he loved me unconditionally. He would never leave my side or turn his back on me. I have an earthly brother but I got a heavenly Brother out of the deal as well. If I ever felt lonel

Becoming the Hero, Written Series* In which I find the voice of pain that yearned to be listened to, and plead with the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to enact changes that will protect victims of violence and prevent instances of violence in the future. *Please note that this was an incredibly emotional letter to write. I had to reopen many wounds and as such, missed a lot of minor grammatical and spelling errors. I read through it multiple times