Welcome To My Blog!

Hello everyone! I'm Vanessa (aka Painted Lady, Painted Lady The Apostate or The Amber Butterfly) I'm making this blog to share multiple aspects of my life. Anything from everyday events, my inner thoughts, or my experiences of the Jehovah's Witness will be discussed. I'll pretty much talk about anything here so be ready for a mixed bag!

So to start off, I'm going to tell you a bit about myself. I am currently 18 years old and live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I grew up in a Jehovah's Witness family and would have been a fourth generation JW if I had been baptized. I began looking into the history of the Watchtower Society when I was 15 and officially stopped going to meetings in April after slowly tying to fade.

I've tried doing this on Youtube, but lets just say I get a bit camera shy... lol. I do have a channel though and made my debut in September after shaving my head! You can find a link to my channel at the end of this post.

 I haven't made a video in quite some time however. Things have been really stressful for me lately. First off my health hasn't been good. I'll talk about that more in the future. My grandma has also been in the hospital and I am in the process of helping her move to a nursing home. It's especially hard because she has dementia. It's heartbreaking to see her so confused... On top of that I have multiple other stresses such as my guinea pig's upcoming surgery and my dog's behavioral issues. It all adds up and it's gotten to the point where I can barely function these days.

My hope is that a blog will be easier for me to keep up than a Youtube channel. I'm not saying I wont make more videos but for now this is a lot less stressful for me.

Here is the link to my Youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtqJ_G3DbwHGHUTe468nvuA