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June 2012

June 27, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: What Helps You Today?

What helps you the most today? Joe: Coming soon. Latebloomer: I sometimes get discouraged about...

June 26, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: What Helped You When Leaving?

What was most helpful to you when you were questioning and/or leaving the Christian Patriarchy

June 25, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Advice for Others

What advice do you have for other young adults currently questioning or leaving Christian Patriarchy

June 22, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Do You Wish You Could Go Back?

Do you sometimes wish to go “back”? Joe: Coming soon. Latebloomer: The further from the...

May 2012

May 25, 2012

Stranger in a Strange Land: Harry Potter and Me

I just realized something. Harry Potter and I have something in common. Harry was raised...

April 2012

April 16, 2012

On the importance of realizing you are not alone

When I first went through my struggles with my family and proclaimed my independence, I...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

A reader asks: Am I angry at my parents?

A reader recently asked about my feelings towards my parents: Do you harbor any feelings...

March 26, 2012

Dreams of defiance and steps of healing

I just read a blog post on modesty, and this excerpt stuck out to me...

March 17, 2012

“There’s something I need to talk to you about”

When someone says "there's something I need to talk to you about" to me, my...

March 08, 2012

Sibling v. Sibling: Giving the Child the Rod

This is part of a series in which I am re-posting a number of posts...

February 2012

February 03, 2012

The Ability to Disagree

I've been thinking more and more about how much I appreciate being able to disagree...

February 01, 2012

Freedom

What I love best about my life today is the absolute freedom I feel. I...

November 2011

November 20, 2011

Catholicism and My Desire for Beauty

I wrote several days ago about how I was attracted to Catholicism because it offered...

November 18, 2011

Catholicism and My Search for Infallibility

Some readers have asked that I write more about my experiences with Catholicism, what drew...

November 01, 2011

“How Many Kids Do You Want?”

When I was a child, when strangers found out how many siblings I had they invariably...

October 2011

October 25, 2011

Marrying Before Thinking

The Quiverfull system pushes daughters into marriage before ever giving them a chance to figure...

October 21, 2011

Someone who understands

Do you have any idea how nice it is to meet someone who understands? As...

October 19, 2011

Finding Beauty in Life

Sometimes I feel down. There are a variety of reasons for this: a tough day...

October 05, 2011

Hopping Off The Bandwagon

For too many years, my view of the world was one dimensional.I saw everything around...

September 2011

September 01, 2011

My Life, as told by Disney

My all time favorite Disney movie is Tangled. When I first watched it, I cried...

August 2011

August 28, 2011

From Caterpillar to Butterfly

This story starts with a caterpillar. Just like other daughters of Christian Patriarchy / Quiverfull,...

July 2011

July 23, 2011

A Life Remake

Note: I did not think to take pictures while in this process, because I did...

June 2011

June 24, 2011

Sadness, Not Bittnerness

I don’t want anyone to get the wrong ideas about me or my childhood. My...

June 19, 2011

Cultural Disconnection

My parents thought they were doing me a favor when they chose to homeschool me...