tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35670024.post116195568477603580..comments2023-07-05T06:49:34.363-07:00Comments on emerging from the ashes: garmentsfrom the asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505277568750065742noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35670024.post-1162045287064323222006-10-28T07:21:00.000-07:002006-10-28T07:21:00.000-07:00Hi, abner! Glad to see you around. Sounds like th...Hi, abner! Glad to see you around. Sounds like the garbage route is common.<BR/><BR/>Christy- I think we took our Gs off within days of each other. Funny, eh? Kindred spirits.<BR/><BR/>montchan- I found it tough to get rid of mine too. They sat in that bag for a long time. I like the hubcap thing, you heathen!from the asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10505277568750065742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35670024.post-1162039740486552002006-10-28T05:49:00.000-07:002006-10-28T05:49:00.000-07:00It was tough to take them off. I don't know why. A...It was tough to take them off. I don't know why. And then I kept them. For a long time. <BR/><BR/>Finally, one day I was detailing my car and found the box in the garage. So I put them to good use.<BR/><BR/>It felt so liberating to be wiping off hubcaps with them.mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16665363192631460911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35670024.post-1161981566912655262006-10-27T13:39:00.000-07:002006-10-27T13:39:00.000-07:00Here's the post I made on the Foyer about 1 1/2 ye...Here's the post I made on the Foyer about 1 1/2 years ago:<BR/><BR/>"I feel somewhat ridiculous announcing this, but it's an important step for me, and who else would understand? Today I bid a formal goodbye to the magical worldview. An outward sign of an inward awakening, you might say. I gathered up all my garments, placed them into a garbage bag, and put that bag into the garbage can. No ceremonies, no fanfare. (If I'd had a lucky rabbit's foot, I'd have thrown it away, too.) Of course, I'm not leaving the church, so I had to buy some white T-shirts and boxers lest a believer should catch a glimpse of colored gentile underwear and go Danite on me, but that's a small price to pay. Radio to temple: Abner has left the building. Permanently."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35670024.post-1161979297244301502006-10-27T13:01:00.000-07:002006-10-27T13:01:00.000-07:00My story parallels yours in so many ways. My firs...My story parallels yours in so many ways. My first time without garments was when my husband and I took a trip to southern california to see U2, that was April 1, 2005. I was actually thinking about blogging about it this morning... maybe I will later today. But same as you, they were on again, off again, on again, then off forever.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01817046883721239945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35670024.post-1161968842515856182006-10-27T10:07:00.000-07:002006-10-27T10:07:00.000-07:00Never wore them...I'd probably have done what you ...Never wore them...I'd probably have done what you did. Just put them in the garbage after a year of having them out of the way.Sister Mary Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642154849765529070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35670024.post-1161966029495729312006-10-27T09:20:00.000-07:002006-10-27T09:20:00.000-07:00Wow, that sounds like it was really amazing. All ...Wow, that sounds like it was really amazing. All the anger and despair being manifest in a physical act of destroying the symbol of your old life. <BR/><BR/>And lucky you that you have brothers out. I'm jealous.from the asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10505277568750065742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35670024.post-1161965277531174542006-10-27T09:07:00.000-07:002006-10-27T09:07:00.000-07:00Some of my early posts touched on this a little an...Some of my early posts touched on this a little and it's interesting to see how different people went through this. After making up my mind that the church was all a bunch of bull, I made the decision to go drinking with my brothers. One was already inactive and the other found out the truth when I did. We were heartbroken and pissed. Right before we went drinking, I rent my garments. I literally tore my top off of my body and into pieces. That was the last time I ever wore my garments.Threads of the Divinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666107837067954167noreply@blogger.com