I kept thinking about her and then my own life. She told me a story about how her husband had gone in for routine surgery and died unexpectedly and it had been a long, drawn out ordeal for her. She was older than me and, one day, I asked her why she wasn't married. I began working for a college in the admissions department in the Pacific Northwest where I live, and there was a woman there I was drawn to chatting with. Rejoining the Mormon Church at the age of 30 We separated and I rekindled a relationship with, and married, my husband Steve in my early 20s and we had three children together. I actually met someone in high school, got married a bit too young and had my son at 19. That's what I love about the Mormon Church.Īfter graduating high school I didn't attend for a while. I understood the basics and believed in the core of the religion.īut I just wanted to socialize everyone was so welcoming. Of course knew about the Book of Mormon and that Joseph Smith founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
I remember services as being three hours long, with a traditional service and then two classes, but I didn't pay a lot of attention. I liked this group that was very organized and close knit and had bible study class where I could make friends. I wasn't baptized in the Mormon Church until I was an adult, but in my mind I've been a member since I was a kid.Īt the time it wasn't really about faith or religion, it was just about wanting something to do and wanting to belong. Through them, I was introduced to the Mormon Church and I started attending. A neighboring family that we were very close with were Mormons, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), and I had another friend at school who was also Mormon. I was an only child growing up, so I was a bit lonely.
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