The Journey

Christina M. Cummings

Muser, Ponderer, Talker, Writer

When I was nine years old, my father underwent an extreme religious conversion that led my family into a fringe society of evangelical christianity. When I was 19 years old, I finally began to emerge from the clutches of this culty upbringing and all the fear and confusion that came with it. Eight years later, I landed in a new group that would turn out to be a replica of my childhood in many ways, except worse. After 14 years in this high-control “therapy” group, I finally broke free – for the first time in my life.

I began this blog while I was in the high-control group as a means to work out the lessons and inner turmoil I was struggling with during that period. I have chosen to leave all of those posts on this site, untouched. They are a major part of this journey and I am choosing to embrace the whole damn thing – good, bad, pretty and ugly – as part of who I am and where I’ve been while I am still working to figure out the rest.

This blog is an ongoing exploration of that journey, from where I have been to where I am going, and the path of healing along the way. My hope is that others may be able to relate and gain something of value from this story as well. If you care to join me on the journey, I welcome the company. ❤