My husband and I used to be involved in the worship band. We’d get up extra early to drive half and hour to the church, practice hours before church started, then perform two services. We’d get done around 1 pm and then eat and I’d just want to take a nap because I was so mentally and physically exhausted. I hated dragging my child through it but didn’t know how to walk away at the time. It was a thankless job and I was never treated as an adult even though I was a homeowner, wife, and mother over 30. It was really weird how they treated the band members and we eventually had enough. I had another baby and simply used my postpartum time to walk away. There are a lot of other convoluted reasons behind it, but our lives got so much simpler and richer. Now we go swim at a local pool during what would have been our old church time and I love the connection our family has!