My name is Kelly. I’m sorry I am so late in posting this. I lost track of time, and had to ask Kay how to post – technology, not my strong point. Anyway, I am a twenty two year old who lives in New Jersey. I love to bake, knit, and drink tea in bed with a good book. I don’t consider myself a writer. To be honest I’ve always gravitated more towards math and science, so please forgive me if nothing I write is as beautiful as your own posts. I recently graduated with my BA in Psyc and am excited about starting Graduate school for occupational therapy in the fall.
My parents have always been pretty open about sex. When I was 4 my favorite book was called “How You Were Born”. I think I even wanted to give it as a birthday present to a friend that year. I do feel the church struggles when it comes to the discussing sex. In many ways I feel the church touches on puberty, slaps a purity ring on the girls’ fingers, and call it a day. I am grateful to the wonderful older women who have “broken the cone of silence”. Despite this I still feel there is no real ongoing conversation.
As far as dating goes, I haven’t. I made the conscience decision (I’m not sure when…maybe in middle school) that I was not going to date until I felt I was ready to get married. At the time I felt dating was a complete waste of time unless both people were in a place in their lives where they were ready to look for a spouse. As I went through high school my belief only became stronger. I believe I was able to have closer friendships with both guys and women because I was not caught up in the drama of dating. College was even easier than high school as far not dating. It may have helped that I choice a major made up almost exclusively of women. As of today I continue to wait. Happily waiting for the man I believe God has for me. I tend to be quite oblivious, so someday the Lord may have to give me a little nudge, but for now I think of my future husband very little. I am actually very happy being single, and view this waiting time as a precious. I am able to focus on aspects that I need to change in myself. I have this time to work through my own issues so I don’t bring them into my future marriage.
I am very grateful to the women who have started this blog. It is very much need for today’s Christian women.
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Date: 2011-02-26 09:51 pm (UTC)My name is Kelly. I’m sorry I am so late in posting this. I lost track of time, and had to ask Kay how to post – technology, not my strong point. Anyway, I am a twenty two year old who lives in New Jersey. I love to bake, knit, and drink tea in bed with a good book. I don’t consider myself a writer. To be honest I’ve always gravitated more towards math and science, so please forgive me if nothing I write is as beautiful as your own posts. I recently graduated with my BA in Psyc and am excited about starting Graduate school for occupational therapy in the fall.
My parents have always been pretty open about sex. When I was 4 my favorite book was called “How You Were Born”. I think I even wanted to give it as a birthday present to a friend that year. I do feel the church struggles when it comes to the discussing sex. In many ways I feel the church touches on puberty, slaps a purity ring on the girls’ fingers, and call it a day. I am grateful to the wonderful older women who have “broken the cone of silence”. Despite this I still feel there is no real ongoing conversation.
As far as dating goes, I haven’t. I made the conscience decision (I’m not sure when…maybe in middle school) that I was not going to date until I felt I was ready to get married. At the time I felt dating was a complete waste of time unless both people were in a place in their lives where they were ready to look for a spouse. As I went through high school my belief only became stronger. I believe I was able to have closer friendships with both guys and women because I was not caught up in the drama of dating. College was even easier than high school as far not dating. It may have helped that I choice a major made up almost exclusively of women. As of today I continue to wait. Happily waiting for the man I believe God has for me. I tend to be quite oblivious, so someday the Lord may have to give me a little nudge, but for now I think of my future husband very little. I am actually very happy being single, and view this waiting time as a precious. I am able to focus on aspects that I need to change in myself. I have this time to work through my own issues so I don’t bring them into my future marriage.
I am very grateful to the women who have started this blog. It is very much need for today’s Christian women.