I M Perfect lady

Examples of an Imperfect woman

  • The Principle Won, always.

    While reading in “Shattered Dreams” by Irene Spencer, I came upon a paragraph that struck a cord within me. She is describing the polygamy Principle, which is commonly known by Principle. “A teaching that was to have a grave impact… Continue reading

  • A False Appearance Called You.

    Between the comments, a conversation and reading, it came to me that this isn’t unusual this indirect conversations. And in fact, the bigger the ‘secret’ or point the bigger the fear and the consequences or fall out will be. There… Continue reading

  • Point of Conversation

    Martha Beck writes (In Leaving the Saints) about the way she was taught to communicate in the Mormon Church, “through continuous indirect communication, I learned that a good Mormon girl doesn’t travel in the dimension of direct communication.” This is… Continue reading

  • Feeling the Unbounded Heart.

    In Martha Beck's book, "Leaving the Saints" she writes, " I recall its horror and beauty, the enormity of the things I have lost and the incalculable preciousness of the things I have gained. I wouldn't give up the journey… Continue reading

  • We are denied our truth.

    Yesterday I listened to the end of The 19th Wifeand heard the ponderings of Brigham Young as he had to explain his marriages to the outside world. The 19th wife was suing for alimony after she left the faith…And it… Continue reading

  • Freedom isn’t gained by doing Nothing.

    We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It isvisible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable. ~AlexanderSolzhenitsyn While I have known that it takes folks with great courageto speak out, I didn’t realize ALL… Continue reading

  • Sooner or Later

    I had made a comment that sounds like an oxymoron, “Prisoners of Faith”.  The two don’t seem to mix, and churches seem a far cry from prisons, but in my experience, if you are not free to live, you are… Continue reading

  • Unconditionally loving the Abuser.

    As human beings we are used to riding along and adjusting to change, but we are not used to being “the change you want to see in your world” as Gandhi put it. We want change and we want it… Continue reading

  • It is ill fitting in their worlds.

    What I discovered in telling my story is that people get lost in their own lives while listening…lost in trying to defend and discern if my story matches theirs. It isn’t being told to match yours, it is merely being… Continue reading

  • Walks with me in the Dark

    While I was away on a long weekend getaway with my husband, a few comments appeared and a few emails, to the last few posts. Here is the deal.  I am only writing about my experience with the people of… Continue reading