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I am liberated - a touching story yesterday

Posted by Acheick on April 23, 2002 at 08:55:58:

In Reply to: Re: WOW - what a story posted by Charlie on April 23, 2002 at 08:41:26:

Yes, it's liberating and more so everyday. The thing is, though, I knew things weren't right, that things were just wrong. Like the letter the Girl Who Wouldn't and IRFers Beware (and those are just two off the top of my head) really eat at my conscience. I knew they weren't right and it just went on and on from there, but I felt trapped, I was scared not to believe or God would punish me. That was the big trap. It's liberating to get out from underneath that trap.

Yesterday, I visited an old friend of mine from the F., she left around the same time I did and went back to school. She suffered much in the F., and yet she's the sweetest thing. She was just moving into a little tiny house that she was renting, just a little place and yet she was thrilled. She gave me a big hug and with a big smile on her face, "This is my first place that is all mine and I don't have to answer to anyone" - it was touching and sad at the same time.