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Growing up, Emily Elizabeth Anderson had what appeared to be an idyllic childhood. She grew up in a standard Christian home, attended a private Christian school, and went to church with her family every Sunday. She accepted Christ as her savior at the age of 10 during a week-long summer camp. Like any young girl, she had many dreams. She wanted to marry my prince charming and move to Prince Edward Island and live there in a cottage on the beach with dozens of horses. Life seemed perfect.

But at the innocent age of 11, life took a drastic change. All that was safe and familiar to Emily was ripped away. Her family left their church and was soon thereafter torn apart. She quickly learned that her parent's marriage, which growing up appeared fine on the outside, was indeed incredibly unhealthy, and she came to the shattering realization that her mother had only been trying to keep things together for the sake of her and my sister. The dam finally broke and the true nature of Emily's father came out in full force. Over the next decade, she would have to suffer and endure abuse on many levels from his hands. The stress of it all caused her to develop an incurable and embarrassing illness called Crohn’s disease when she was just 13 years old. With this new diagnosis, all the picturesque dreams became a distant memory. From that point on, Emily's mission in life was simply to try to stay alive.

To give her a better education, Emily's mother started homeschooling her in 5th grade, and soon after they decided to join an internationally known “Christian homeschooling group”. She wouldn’t discover until over a decade later that this religious “group” was actually a Fundamentalist Patriarchal Christian Cult...

Read more from Emily by visiting thrivingforwardblog.com.

Resources mentioned:

When the Body Keeps the Score – https://amzn.to/2O5vacp

Recovering Grace – https://www.recoveringgrace.org/

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