Canuck Mormon

I know how difficult it can be. I came back after 15 years of inactivity. I was a slow process though. It started with the Home Teachers coming around once a month. The only reason I let them in was because one of them was someone I grew up in the church with. They were great. Never pressured me into going, but always politely asked. I started to attend Sacrament meeting every other week. I had my son on the other weekends, and I used that as an excuse. Then I started to take him with me to Sacrament meeting every week. Everyone always said hi and introduced themselves. Then I started to go to Priesthood every other week, still using my son as an excuse to leave early when he was with me. By this time it was more going then not going. After I received a calling to teach Primary, I had to be there all the time every week. This was about eight or nine months of going off and on. Since then, I go every week, attend all three hours (99%), my son loves Primary and is talking to his non-member Mom about being baptized when he turns eight this summer. Good luck with your activity, and remember that if you miss a week or two it means nothing. Re-commit and go again. Good luck and we're pulling for you

My fiance is from Newfoundland. She has deliberately lost her "Newfie" accent. Her parents on the other hand are hard to understand I thought my Scottish Grandmother with a stutter was hard to understand BTW - Out west here, we don't say aboot, etc. Some people claim we sound like Americans Have a good day!!

I'm not sure where the name came from, but it is in reference to a Canadian, EH! Glad to be here

I disagree. In my case there was NO abuse or abandonment. She was gay. I tried to stick it out, but I couldn't be in a relationship where I knew I wasn't fulfilling her needs. She then wanted an "open" marriage and figured as long as we were together it wouldn't hurt our son. That's when I left. I realize that this is not a common problem, but it is happening more frequently. Since my ordeal, I've 3-4 other marriages end the same way. Just my 2 cents Canuck Mormon

Hello everybody! A little bit about me. I'm almost 35. I was born into the church and was an active member until I turned 16. Then hormones and arrogance took over. I figured I knew what life was really all about, and it didn't involve the church. I never hated the church or said anything disparaging about it, in fact I actually defended it to people. I got married about 10 years ago, and we had a son a couple of years later (he turns 8 in May). A few years after that my wife, who I had been with for 12 years as boyfriend then husband, told me she was gay . At about the same time, my business failed and I had to file for bankruptcy and moved in with my parents . That's when I decided to go back to church. What did I have to lose. I was already at the lowest point in my life. Since then, I have changed careers and am finacially better than what I have ever been . I see my son more often than most divorced fathers who don't have custody do , and to top it off I'm getting married in the Cardston Temple in July to a wonderful woman who I met through a church website . I am stronger than what I ever was in the church, and I continue to grow everyday. I am greatful for websites like this one that answer a lot of questions you otherwise would not hear. CanuckMormon

I've been to LDS (of course), Muslim, Catholic, & Evangelical. I was the best man at my friends wedding in a Catholic church. He didn't tell me anything about the ceremony, and apparantly, I had a few lines I needed to say. I was so busy trying to say the right things, that I never really appeciated the ceremony. Plus when we met the Pastor beforehand, he smelled like alcohol. Not the best experience, but I do have a respect for the spirit that was present at all of these places, even if I didn't completely understand what was going on.