Throughout my childhood I regularly attended a Protestant Sunday School and was involved in the activities of this church. But while I believed in God, I did not accept all the teachings of this religion.
In my late teens I met a young man and fell in love with him. But I knew his life style would not make a happy marriage for me, and the time came when I knew in my heart I had to break off the relationship—which I finally did. This was a difficult time for me. Many nights I cried myself to sleep, thinking my life would never be joyful again. Though I attended church as usual, I found no solace there and thought my unhappiness was part of God's plan for me.
Several months later, at a time when I had decided to be on my own and had moved to a new area, I was given a pamphlet entitled "God's Law of Adjustment," published by The Christian Science Publishing Society. After reading this pamphlet I wanted to know more about Christian Science. As I began to study Science and attend church services, a wholly new concept of God started unfolding. I met other young Christian Scientists who were happy and expressed a freedom I had never known; they seemed free from the influences of peer pressure to smoke and indulge in social drinking. Gradually I found my unhappiness lifting from me.
