I have not written in ages. goodness gracious. As as songwriter, I have decided that it would be helpful to not only write constantly with my voice, but also with my keyboard. I have started my blog back up and running. I am not completely postitive if I am ready to share it with the world, but I am ready to start writing what is on my mind all the time. Lately it seems that I am completely and postively unsure of what direction to go in with my life. Everyone keeps telling me, that as in my grandparents, aunts and uncles and of course my parents, that I am very young and have plenty of time. But the truth is, I really don't have plenty of time. School is only making my options harder. I have narrowed it down to a few careers but we shall see what happens. Time can only tell, and I should not be trusted as my mind changes like the weather. Something that has been on my mind lately and has come of interested, is the practice of plural marriages, Polygamy. I am currently in academic writing at the Univirsity of Winnipeg. We had to pick a subject and created a thesis statement cocerning this topic.

My thesis was how practicing polygamy negatively affects the upbringing of children in North America. I have become obessed and completely engulphed myself in this topic. More spefically with the Yearning for Zion Ranch raid in 2008. I am just fasicinated in their culture and their personal lives. I have watched countless video's of these women, their homes and methods for raising their children. It is rather sad, they claim that there is no sort of the arrangement of marriage to males and underage girls, but countless first hand experiences have led me to believe otherwise. I cannot possibly imagine being married at the sole age of 14. who out of their right mind would want that for their daughters? I honestly feel sorry for those young girls. They are never taught of any human anatomy or any sexual education. What they learn about sex is on their wedding night. In the biography of Elissa Wall, Stolen Innocence,who was forced into an arranged marriage at 14 to her 19-year old cousin, said that even in Science textbooks human private parts were covered up.To me this is such a shame. I am not saying that it is a horrible thing not to have sex before marriage, to each their own. But the fact that these girls have no education of what happens in the bedroom before it happens, breaks my heart.

There are many stories about this particular ranch, and the whole community is just very different to the outside world. Here are a few pictures that have caught my eye.

               Mothers awaiting to hear the news of when their children would be returned

One of the beds found inside the temple, that faithful followers believed was the gardeniers bed...
Long hair of many girls at the ranch were found here.

Gates outside that surround the ranch, and the large white structure is the main temple of worship.