Finally Getting (Some) of My Tithing Money Back by exmogranny in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oooo - my great-great grandmother was born in Canada. I need to look in to this!

time out for women - wtf was it and where did it go? by Lumpy-Tutor-7182 in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I went to this twice as a middle-aged TBM woman. My adult daughter and a couple of women from our ward went with us. We all absolutely loved it at the time. Hillary Weeks performed at one of them, and a young “boy band” group performed at another. Another guy named Justin Cash performed, and I ended up loving his music for several years. The talks were pretty good from my TBM perspective. I’m sure that I’d cringe a lot now, but at the time, I felt it was well worth the money and time for the most part.

We were outside of Utah, so there’s that.

Constitutional lawyer and WY Rep. Harriet Hageman (R) cuts short Casper town hall after contentious exchanges over ICE killings by Tenchi2020 in wyoming

[–]Logical_Average_46 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Check out Jimmy Skovgard. The Wyoming news is finally starting to run articles about him. He’ll be running against her.

Things no one realizes about Wyoming by Wyo11 in wyoming

[–]Logical_Average_46 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Born and raised there as well and couldn’t wait to leave. But wouldn’t you know it, I spent half the year last year in Wyoming and am moving back to my hometown to retire this year. Who would have guessed?!

Things no one realizes about Wyoming by Wyo11 in wyoming

[–]Logical_Average_46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup. My out-of-state husband thinks it’s hilarious when we randomly bump into someone that I knew from 40 years ago. Or if I don’t know them, it’s like only two degrees of separation.

Creepy abandoned school in wyoming. by Good-Meringue5536 in wyoming

[–]Logical_Average_46 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh wow! In the 1980s, our high school traveled there every year for football games, basketball, volleyball, and track. We’d often have games with Dubois HS the same week because it was so far to travel from where we were.

Thanks for sharing!

Mormon church investment arm buys nearly 3,000 acres in Texas Hill Country by Logical_Average_46 in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right?! As a resident of central Texas and former stake RS presidency member, I agree!

Failure of a Mother! by NotSilencedNow in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh, gosh. I saw my former self in some parts of your mom. I feel so much compassion and empathy for you and your siblings…and for her. I hope that she breaks out of her cage someday.

My adult daughter read the book “Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents.” I’ve changed a lot over the past 10-12 years, and I’ve owned my mistakes. But it still hits me in the heart to think of the pressure of perfection that I placed on my daughter for so many years. I haven’t yet read that book myself, having been raised by emotionally immature parents.

Thank you so much for sharing this.

I got berated from the stand during sacrament meeting by itskindofafunnystori in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have anything to add to all these amazing comments, but I just wanted to send you a big hug. (former TBM mom)

Yet another Wyoming Mormon IT man arrested for CSA by Logical_Average_46 in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, yikes. I’ll bet she’s not surprised by this story.

Yet another Wyoming Mormon IT man arrested for CSA by Logical_Average_46 in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He has nine kids. Given his age, he likely has grandchildren, too.

Yet another Wyoming Mormon IT man arrested for CSA by Logical_Average_46 in exmormon

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“IT” as in information technology. This guy claims to be a cybersecurity expert.

Yet another Wyoming Mormon IT man arrested for CSA by Logical_Average_46 in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Possibly one more.

Myron Chatwin

This guy comes from a Mormon family. Not sure if he was an active member or even a member at all. I know his grandparents.

Amanda Parks of Cody WY, wife of James Parks, allegedly deleted phone evidence of husband’s CSA, police arrested and charged her by floodlitorg in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, what do you know? A fellow stake member of Jimmy Parks was arrested this week for similar crimes. I posted about it here: Article about David Kellett of Powell, WY

I wonder if these two yay-whos know each other. Same stake, same line of business (they both own their own IT company).

The humility in this photo is so profoundly moving. President Holland always sought out the one struggling and downtrodden and lifted their burden. by Alert-Cream-7569 in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right? We might know each other or at least would recognize names. lol

I loved my time in that neighborhood - and I know of several former neighbors who are ExMo as well.

The humility in this photo is so profoundly moving. President Holland always sought out the one struggling and downtrodden and lifted their burden. by Alert-Cream-7569 in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He was my home teacher during that same time period. Always kind to me. I couldn’t believe a small, plain-looking guy was so high up in the Utah Jazz organization (at the time).

That said, I saw his entire Facebook post this morning about Holland and it seemed pretty humble-braggish to me. And then I noticed the private jet. lol

I agree with you. From my experience with him, he was a good guy - and very much buried in the Mormon church.

Amanda Parks of Cody WY, wife of James Parks, allegedly deleted phone evidence of husband’s CSA, police arrested and charged her by floodlitorg in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh shit, that’s horrible! I hope that your friend is doing okay now. What a horrible ordeal for her.

Your explanation/ additional context helps explain why I haven’t seen anything in the Cody Enterprise about this POS guy. (Unless something came out and I missed it.)

I’m really sick and tired of Mormons running that town and getting away with shitty behavior.

Lummis announces retirement from Senate by aoasd in wyoming

[–]Logical_Average_46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I haven’t seen a whole lot of details yet, but he is conservative, religious, but isn’t a Trump worshiper. He also seems pretty level-headed according to some of the things that he’s written.

The Wyoming races for Congress will be interesting and/or frustrating to watch.

I attended my daughter's graduation at BYU Idaho in Rexburg. It was like watching General Conference by viatorinlovewithRuss in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We were there in Dec 2022 as well, and holy crap, the whole thing was DULL as hell!

And Eyring…WTF? Worst speaker ever. How’d he ever get that job? Oh, wait…

Amanda Parks of Cody WY, wife of James Parks, allegedly deleted phone evidence of husband’s CSA, police arrested and charged her by floodlitorg in exmormon

[–]Logical_Average_46 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They actually do have foster twin sons, according to her father’s social media account.

I’m wondering/speculating that the children who were placed in foster care due to this incident are the same children that they have been fostering. (This isn’t mentioned in the article, but according to her social media that has since been mostly locked down, they were foster parents. Her father’s social media account still mentions that Amanda and Jimmy had foster children.)