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\u201cDid you know Lion King was the first movie I saw in theaters?\u201d Sean asked me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI . . . saw Lion King while I was at a babysitter\u2019s house, and we got in trouble with my parents afterwards because we weren\u2019t allowed to watch it because of its promotion of paganism,\u201d I responded.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t usually say this part out loud if I\u2019m not in sympathetic company. In mixed groups, a comment like this can result in stunned silence. With Sean, though\u2014with Sean I can say it without concern. Still, these moments feel weird. Maybe this is because in many ways my upbringing was very normal. We popped popcorn and grew tomatoes. We \u00a0had game nights and went camping. We went to the library and to church, we had American Girl dolls and read Mandy books.<\/p>\n

But when an aunt brought the copy of Harry Potter she was reading with her on a visit, my dad made her leave it in the car for fear it would let demons into our house.<\/p>\n

When I go back to my parents\u2019 house for a visit, it\u2019s easy to forget the weirder moments and see the normal. We go window shopping at the mall or sit up late eating ice cream and playing Apples to Apples. We make strawberry pie or heat up the grill. Sally and Bobby play with old matchbox cars or out in the sandbox. Everything seems normal.<\/p>\n

And then my mother shares a story about how the night before she prayed demons out of my little sister, bringing her migraine to an end.<\/p>\n

I guess for me, life is just like that\u2014a weird mix of the normal and the out of the ordinary. Over time, I\u2019ve come to accept that. I\u2019m thankful to have a husband who is understanding, supportive, and good-natured. Part of this is because for all of their very different moments, our upbringings do share some overall similarities. I\u2019m also thankful for good friends with similar backgrounds who not only understand these moments but have plenty of their own. In fact, sometimes we sit around and swap stories of this sort, comparing notes if you will.<\/p>\n

Life. It\u2019s weird like that.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"