Exmormonology Ep. 18 Mormons and Funeral Potatoes
Part of your journey may include you, cutting potatoes, listening to Andrea Bocelli and crying in the kitchen.
THIS is why it is a painful process to leave the mormon faith. It wasn’t all bad. You most likely have some beautiful memories of your experience in the church. You may have lost friends and or family when you left and those are not the most pleasant feelings to feel.
Sadness and grief are a part of your leaving the mormon faith process. Sometimes it creeps up on you when you least expect and it is what it is. Be with it. This speaks to the tender parts of you that are mourning something that you once held sacred and special.
It is easier to be angry, believe it or not. Anger is coming from a place of pain, trying to protect you from what can be very painful grief.
This is why mormonism will most likely always be a part of you. It was your whole life. The mormon girl, or boy in you will always be there, maybe smaller than she used to be, but still there. She comes to the surface from time to time. But just know that its is okay to be melancholy about the journey and your life and all that you are going through with your faith crisis. It does not mean that you made the wrong choice to leave the church. It does not mean that you should go back. It does not mean that your family is right and that you will be back. It just means you are human and you are processing the pain from your faith crisis, paradigm shift.
Your ability to grieve and feel all of it, is a beautiful part of life.
