This is a true story of my Mennonite family�s journey through happy and heartache years. My reflections of the past, being bullied in school, being banned from church youth meetings and then being denied communion left a devastating mark on my fun, loving spirit. There were times when I contemplated ending my life. After that horrible communion Sunday, I walked out of Church and threw my head covering on the doorstep and never looked back. My dream of becoming a missionary had been shattered.
I lived a sin-filled life after leaving the spiritual world. I tried to stay focused on creating the new me while living in the eye of many stormy years without God in my life. I never really felt accepted in the world, either, because people would constantly hurt me. However, due to my strong-willed personality and my upbringing, I would always forgive and bounce back.
It was my mother�s death that challenged my faith in a way nothing else had which brought me back into God�s arms again. I knew in order to see her again I would need to make some changes in my crazy life.
I am looking forward to seeing my parents in Heaven some sweet day.
