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Happy Father's Day, Part 3: My dad’s final chapter
A daughter describes her father’s last years with Parkinson’s disease: neglect at home, a care facility, hospice, his death, and her break with Christian Science.
Happy Father's Day, Part 2: Living with Parkinson’s Disease
Part 2: a former Christian Scientist describes her father’s early-onset Parkinson’s disease, first treated only with Christian Science, and his controlling wife.
Happy Father's Day, Part 1: It’s Just Matter
A former Christian Scientist remembers her father and grandparents, their guilt over decaf and contact lenses, and nurse’s training. Part 1 of 3.
Five Questions - Prin Edition (A-'s Answers)
A- answers five questions about attending Principia, including whether to go again, and the fallout afterward: unexplained deaths of college friends and a marriage that ended.
Mother's Day (2 of 2)
Part two of a Mother’s Day reflection: an ex-Christian Scientist describes estrangement from an abusive mother and stepmother, therapy, and learning to parent differently.
Happy Mother's Day (1 of 2)
Content warning: child sexual abuse. An anonymous former Christian Scientist reflects on the mothers in her family, a lack of empathy, abuse, and sick children denied care.
A Poem - for Mother's Day
A short poem by B.L. about a mother who chose prayer over cancer treatment, her decline and death, and the child left with unanswered questions.
Silent Abuse Through Osmosis
Zosh writes about the psychological harm of growing up with Christian Science teachings, which treat senses and loss as unreal, and the lasting effects despite therapy.
Chrystal's Story: On Recycling and Medicine
A former Christian Scientist describes ideas being rejected at two branch churches, from recycling to events, and members refusing to admit two young women who took medicine.
Stop with the logic already!
Joanna describes a friend forced out of her church role for treating glaucoma with eye drops, the contradictions Joanna pointed out, and the shame around illness.