Nala Ray

Me personally, I wish they would have stayed divorced. I feel like they weren't really meant to be together. That's great that you popped out five kids, but after that, what about us? What about our mental health? What about our lives? We were just shoved into the church and expected to do things.

Me personally, I wish they would have stayed divorced. I feel like they weren't really meant to be together. That's great that you popped out five kids, but after that, what about us? What about our mental health? What about our lives? We were just shoved into the church and expected to do things.

Me personally, I wish they would have stayed divorced. I feel like they weren't really meant to be together. That's great that you popped out five kids, but after that, what about us? What about our mental health? What about our lives? We were just shoved into the church and expected to do things.

for them you know like little workers you know instead of actually wanting to be there and like they didn't really care about our spirituality like they never checked in on us about how we're feeling or if we had questions it was just show up you know what i'm saying and it sucked it really sucked whoa so

for them you know like little workers you know instead of actually wanting to be there and like they didn't really care about our spirituality like they never checked in on us about how we're feeling or if we had questions it was just show up you know what i'm saying and it sucked it really sucked whoa so

for them you know like little workers you know instead of actually wanting to be there and like they didn't really care about our spirituality like they never checked in on us about how we're feeling or if we had questions it was just show up you know what i'm saying and it sucked it really sucked whoa so

Absolutely. Because I'm like, if this is Christianity, if this is what it's like having a relationship with God, I don't see the benefit in it. Like, what is what is God doing for us? Like when our family's crumbling, you know, and then we just keep getting excluded from church after church. So I'm like, so why aren't we welcomed anywhere? Why does that being in my own home not feel welcoming?

Absolutely. Because I'm like, if this is Christianity, if this is what it's like having a relationship with God, I don't see the benefit in it. Like, what is what is God doing for us? Like when our family's crumbling, you know, and then we just keep getting excluded from church after church. So I'm like, so why aren't we welcomed anywhere? Why does that being in my own home not feel welcoming?

Absolutely. Because I'm like, if this is Christianity, if this is what it's like having a relationship with God, I don't see the benefit in it. Like, what is what is God doing for us? Like when our family's crumbling, you know, and then we just keep getting excluded from church after church. So I'm like, so why aren't we welcomed anywhere? Why does that being in my own home not feel welcoming?

You know, so I'm like, I just want to leave. You know, so I started working at 15, started working so many hours and just trying to get a car. You know, so I bought my first truck and I was like, yes, I have some freedom. But then even that, like my parents were like, you have to be home in a certain time, which is a very normal parenting tactic, you know, giving your child like curfews.

You know, so I'm like, I just want to leave. You know, so I started working at 15, started working so many hours and just trying to get a car. You know, so I bought my first truck and I was like, yes, I have some freedom. But then even that, like my parents were like, you have to be home in a certain time, which is a very normal parenting tactic, you know, giving your child like curfews.

You know, so I'm like, I just want to leave. You know, so I started working at 15, started working so many hours and just trying to get a car. You know, so I bought my first truck and I was like, yes, I have some freedom. But then even that, like my parents were like, you have to be home in a certain time, which is a very normal parenting tactic, you know, giving your child like curfews.

But even so, like that, like want to leave just kept growing and growing and growing. So at like 17, I started like sneaking out of my house at night, like like super early in the morning, like 2 a.m. and coming back at like 5 a.m. and just like meeting boys or trying to meet people because I felt so sheltered, like I'm not meeting anybody but church people, you know what I'm saying?

But even so, like that, like want to leave just kept growing and growing and growing. So at like 17, I started like sneaking out of my house at night, like like super early in the morning, like 2 a.m. and coming back at like 5 a.m. and just like meeting boys or trying to meet people because I felt so sheltered, like I'm not meeting anybody but church people, you know what I'm saying?

But even so, like that, like want to leave just kept growing and growing and growing. So at like 17, I started like sneaking out of my house at night, like like super early in the morning, like 2 a.m. and coming back at like 5 a.m. and just like meeting boys or trying to meet people because I felt so sheltered, like I'm not meeting anybody but church people, you know what I'm saying?

And I was just like, dude, I don't even feel like I get to be a kid. I just have to meet with old adults at church and that's it. You know what I'm saying? It just felt like My life sucked. That's what it felt like as a teenager. I don't, I don't even feel like I had a teenage years or even like a kid years. You know what I'm saying?

And I was just like, dude, I don't even feel like I get to be a kid. I just have to meet with old adults at church and that's it. You know what I'm saying? It just felt like My life sucked. That's what it felt like as a teenager. I don't, I don't even feel like I had a teenage years or even like a kid years. You know what I'm saying?

And I was just like, dude, I don't even feel like I get to be a kid. I just have to meet with old adults at church and that's it. You know what I'm saying? It just felt like My life sucked. That's what it felt like as a teenager. I don't, I don't even feel like I had a teenage years or even like a kid years. You know what I'm saying?

It feels like it all left and it went by so fast and I don't know. I just, I wish it was different, you know, so badly.

It feels like it all left and it went by so fast and I don't know. I just, I wish it was different, you know, so badly.