Nancy Reagan tried to teach us to “just say no” to coerced callings. Ruth, you are fantastic! I loved the comments about how you’re capable of helping set up a line of chairs.
When I was 12, the SS teacher asked ‘is it ok to turn down a calling?’ My response was ‘I’d be afraid to say no.’ He said ‘you were raised right.’ That was 12YO me. By the time I was 35, overwhelmed and exhausted with time-suck jobs, I was beginning to rethink that.
I got a hard VT lesson. Got my message all set and went to visit a woman whose fiancé had broken up with her. I assumed she’d want to talk about it. She looked me in the eye and said I DON’T KNOW YOU AND YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. She was right. We both knew she was my assignment and I overstepped the line from virtual strangers to “sisters”.
“Faith crisis” - I politely corrected my bishop that it’s a crisis of trust in the leaders. “Trust crisis” is a good description for many.
You each are brilliant, international treasures.
Nancy Reagan tried to teach us to “just say no” to coerced callings. Ruth, you are fantastic! I loved the comments about how you’re capable of helping set up a line of chairs.
When I was 12, the SS teacher asked ‘is it ok to turn down a calling?’ My response was ‘I’d be afraid to say no.’ He said ‘you were raised right.’ That was 12YO me. By the time I was 35, overwhelmed and exhausted with time-suck jobs, I was beginning to rethink that.
I got a hard VT lesson. Got my message all set and went to visit a woman whose fiancé had broken up with her. I assumed she’d want to talk about it. She looked me in the eye and said I DON’T KNOW YOU AND YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. She was right. We both knew she was my assignment and I overstepped the line from virtual strangers to “sisters”.
We’ve all done it 🥲 as someone wiser than me said, when we know better we can do better 🥰
Thank you. Although I left in the 1990s, I had very similar feelings about the way women are treated in the LDS.
Thank you so much Veronica. Being told we're equal works for some women I guess?
3 Amazing women! I loved this!
You are kind!
Great job with all the letters. 💼
Thank you so much! We're getting great feedback from Bishops already 😍