Are you religious? I was brought up in church. Every Sunday we were at Sunday school, then to church. And then sometimes back to church Sunday night. We read our Bible every night before bed. So, my mother, born and raised Amish/Mennonite, (I have a LOT of Amish/Mennonite family!) She graduates from, Iowa Mennonite School, she moves to Colorado for college. Her sister, (my aunt) was seeing a gentleman in the Army. He knew my dad, who was freshly in the army. My mom and dad married. My dad was brought up Catholic, in Orange California. He grew up mostly in a catholic boarding school. So when a catholic marries a Mennonite lots could happen. Mom threw her "flour sifter" and put a doily on instead and they went to Lower Deer Creek Church. Lived in a house my grandpa Yoder built in, Joetown. They had a good life. A German shepherd, Fritz. They were married for quite a few years before they had kids. 3 girls. Mom and dad bought land west of wellman. When my parents divorced, they lost their membership at the Mennonite church, and lost their burial plots. My mom did remarry to a man that we all knew when we were kids, he was a wonderful man, they were together for quite a few years and only married for about six. When he left my mom started the reading her Bible more.My mom was a devout Christian, the radio is set to gospel songs in her car, and until noon she would watch ABC, untill about, 5:00 she would watch Church. After the news it was back to church until she went to bed. It would be nothing for me to hear her start singing a gospel song or throwing her hands up in the air, and saying, "Praise Jesus!"Until the day she died she constantly had her Bible in her hand. I have her original Bible with all of the verses She had underlined or highlighted or wrote In, and I love flipping through it. My mom was the type that never judged you, I could tell her anything and she would never ever look at me wrong. She never cut anybody out of her life, she was always there for you. Christianity isn't it just about believing in the Lord and going to church every Sunday. Being a Christian is being honest, humble, lovable, respectful, caring, and never judgemental towards anything or anyone. My dad and stepmother were very religious as well, my stepmother was Dutch. She was born and raised in Northwest Iowa. Her and my dad met in the army. My stepmother retired from the Army as Lieutenant Colonel, and my dad retired as a first sergeant. We were at church every Sunday. This was a little different upbringing than moms. Whenever we did something wrong or we're in trouble we had the Lord thrown at us. And if we lied we were told we got a black spot on our heart from the Lord.You could tell that we had Army parents by the way our house was, everything had its place there was no junk drawer LOL, we counted Barbie shoes before we put them away, we counted their outfits before we stuck them away as well. We can at the Matchbox cars my brother had if we played with them before we put them away. Bed had to be made and clothes had to be folded and stuck in the specific spots. I am very thankful for my upbringing, I'm glad that I have a family that doesn't sit around and curse all the time, I'm thankful for all the things that I got to do as a child, I am very thankful for my Christian family.What religion are you?
