I thought that there was nothing worse than being a Non-Mormon in Utah. I now know that is not true....there is something worse.
Being a FLDS woman in Utah.
I just returned from my local grocery store, where I saw a woman and her four kids. Based on their attire I figured out that they were FLDS. She and her children were all wearing long dresses and had tall hair and braids.
I felt really bad for her because she looked scared to death. Probably because everyone in the store was staring at her and her family and whispering. I said Hello to her as she walked by and tried to meet her gaze but she immediately looked away.
I wanted to hug her and tell her....that I understand and I don't fit in here either. I wanted to give her my phone number and tell her to join my Mommies Group. And I wanted to tell the cashier and her bag boy to mind their own business and stop talking about her. Let her be!
Utah is a tough place for me to live....but it could be worse.
I could be her.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
~Mother Teresa
It's hard being "different" =o(
ReplyDeleteLove your quote - so true!
ReplyDeleteI think it's so easy to judge, I fight my initial reaction to strangers that is judgemental all the time.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right! We were in Utah last summer in the airport and there was a FLDS women with about 7 children. Our group had about 5 kids with us and the kids were playing together the poor women looked freaked out. It was weird to see the difference in how both sets of children acted.
ReplyDeleteI eventually talked to her and realized that she had left the church and was moving to her sisters in Seattle. Her strength was AMAZING!