Growing up in my church I had to learn politics from the older kids.
Growing up in my church I hid my anxiousness and depression.
Growing up in my church no one got literature references because their parents forbade fantasy books from their kids at home.
Growing up in my church when I talked about the social commentary of my favorite tv shows no one understood me.
Growing up in my church when I studied Greek and Roman myths no one knew what culture I was talking about.
Growing up in my church only the older kids thought I was cool.
Growing up in my church no one told me about queer theory or gay culture I had to learn that for myself.
Growing up in my church no matter how smart I was, got praise from church moms for reading big fiction books yet I always felt lonely because my church friends only cared about my spirituality.
Growing up in my church being aggressively ignorant to why different people live their lives away from Christianity made me wish I could educate them on compassion and living a non-judgemental life.