Erica Bailey

And that was an incredibly confusing experience.

Yeah, I felt very adrift in terms of what the right thing to do is. Because I had sort of disconnected from school, from my peers who maybe were going to colleges or applying to college at the same time, I almost didn't know the right steps to take.

Yeah, I felt very adrift in terms of what the right thing to do is. Because I had sort of disconnected from school, from my peers who maybe were going to colleges or applying to college at the same time, I almost didn't know the right steps to take.

Yeah, I felt very adrift in terms of what the right thing to do is. Because I had sort of disconnected from school, from my peers who maybe were going to colleges or applying to college at the same time, I almost didn't know the right steps to take.

And ultimately felt this pressure to follow along with the path that the church had outlined for us, which was to take a year to invest heavily in my faith and to try and bring new people into the group and do that instead of going to college, which was sort of the worldly choice.

And ultimately felt this pressure to follow along with the path that the church had outlined for us, which was to take a year to invest heavily in my faith and to try and bring new people into the group and do that instead of going to college, which was sort of the worldly choice.

And ultimately felt this pressure to follow along with the path that the church had outlined for us, which was to take a year to invest heavily in my faith and to try and bring new people into the group and do that instead of going to college, which was sort of the worldly choice.

So even though I always was very bookish, I was very nerdy, I was very inquisitive, I always really wanted to go to college, it was sort of implicitly discouraged that that was sort of the lesser path that was the earthly, worldly path.

So even though I always was very bookish, I was very nerdy, I was very inquisitive, I always really wanted to go to college, it was sort of implicitly discouraged that that was sort of the lesser path that was the earthly, worldly path.

So even though I always was very bookish, I was very nerdy, I was very inquisitive, I always really wanted to go to college, it was sort of implicitly discouraged that that was sort of the lesser path that was the earthly, worldly path.

I moved to a small town with a group of people from the church, and we sort of set up a satellite group in that town. And we went around talking to people about the message of the group and trying to recruit people into our group.

I moved to a small town with a group of people from the church, and we sort of set up a satellite group in that town. And we went around talking to people about the message of the group and trying to recruit people into our group.

I moved to a small town with a group of people from the church, and we sort of set up a satellite group in that town. And we went around talking to people about the message of the group and trying to recruit people into our group.

What really shook my whole sort of belief system is we had a death in my family. My niece passed away. And it was one of those experiences that sort of jolts you awake. It's really nice to have these ideas that the church gave us about how special we are, how powerful we were, how logically our life path would unfold.

What really shook my whole sort of belief system is we had a death in my family. My niece passed away. And it was one of those experiences that sort of jolts you awake. It's really nice to have these ideas that the church gave us about how special we are, how powerful we were, how logically our life path would unfold.

What really shook my whole sort of belief system is we had a death in my family. My niece passed away. And it was one of those experiences that sort of jolts you awake. It's really nice to have these ideas that the church gave us about how special we are, how powerful we were, how logically our life path would unfold.

And then when this happened, it felt like one of those moments where I looked around to realize, you know, I'd been holding on to sand and I had nothing. And these stories that I had been told about myself, about the world, about the way my life would unfold were not accurate or they were empty.

And then when this happened, it felt like one of those moments where I looked around to realize, you know, I'd been holding on to sand and I had nothing. And these stories that I had been told about myself, about the world, about the way my life would unfold were not accurate or they were empty.

And then when this happened, it felt like one of those moments where I looked around to realize, you know, I'd been holding on to sand and I had nothing. And these stories that I had been told about myself, about the world, about the way my life would unfold were not accurate or they were empty.

And that moment is really when I started to feel like I had to really voice those questions and concerns. And I had to start saying, actually, I don't think I agree with what they just told my sister after her daughter passed. I don't actually agree with maybe these other stances that are more about how we treat other people. Maybe it's okay to have friends who are not part of the group.