Dear Atlantic Shores,

well my dad and i were talking after church today, about what people said about me when i first transferred from lake taylor to there, what they assumed i was going to end up like after graduation, and it makes me think of how fucked up and judgmental most christians are these days.

like for instance, 10th grade i dated the pastors son. his parents didn't agree with it because i was at a secular school at the time and thought i'd corrupt their poor boy. [which honestly coming from lake taylor i was a pretty good kid, asside from my attitude problem] but with that said, weren't they the ones who left the church recently because the pastor was close to having an affair?

another thing, a few of my fathers friends and coworkers at the church said i was going to go downhill after graduation and get into trouble. sure, i drank a few times from the time i was 19 until 21, but only one smirnoff malt beverage here and there, however, i didn't do it enough times to count on all ten fingers. AND, i didn't have my first legal drink at 21 until about two weeks after my birthday. yes, for about a month or two i went crazy and drank more than twice a week, but who doesn't at first? i can say i wasn't too bad because shortly after i cut it down to once a week at the wave and stopped talking to these people slowly but surely [and one recent incident cut me from them completely], and now i've even cut it down to like once or twice a month i drink, which is when i go to the wave with john. but again, to these people, correct me if i'm wrong but, half of the people from my graduating class and the year under have gotten into drugs, got knocked up and had a kid, and i know one person disrespected his mother and doesn't even talk to her. i can proudly say i have not fallen into any of that.

and now they look down on me because i haven't been to church in like 2 years. the only reason i don't really think twice about going to that church is because some are so quick to form an opinion or rumor about someone, but can't look in the mirror and judge themself first. so to all the people of atlantic shores who said shit and still do, fuck you and get over yourselves!