Our Mormon Story: An Open Letter to Our LDS Family, Friends and Acquaintances
Dear Family and Friends of Natalie and Chris, We belong to a beautiful tight-knit Mormon community. We feel so lucky to know you and have your friendship and love. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints produces some amazing angels as its members, whatever its faults may be. We will always embrace our Mormon culture and heritage and always consider ourselves Mormons for the rest of our lives. We will miss seeing you as frequently at church functions but we still want your friendship and love. One challenge to being a part of a tight-knit community is that rumors tend to swirl in the "small world" and there is so much stigma when members decide not to attend church, that there is seldom truth and transparency around the talk of an individual's personal reasons for leaving the church. Whatever you have heard or not heard, we want to make one thing clear which is that our opinions of all of you have not changed! We continue to love and ...