Home Is Where The Hurt Is: Mary’s Story, Part Nine

“The intense joy that I felt in that moment is beyond description but I will never forget it. Afterwards it was like Jesus came down and was holding me, whispering to me that how my parents and our homeschool organization portrayed Him to me was very, very wrong.”

Home Is Where The Hurt Is: Mary’s Story, Part Eight

“I remember her telling me on one occasion that she was going to call CPS on my parents. I freaked out at that point… The thought of losing my siblings was too much to bear. In tears, I begged her not to call, assuring her that it wasn’t ‘that bad’ and we were used to it anyway.”