I knew this would happen one day, but i didn't know when. I had the conversation that I've been imagining in my head since i was sixteen.

and it was so much worse than i thought.

So i'm at work, its me wendy and alicia. Wendy asks if i celebrate christmas, and i say "yeah you know I do" and she made a joke about me being a church girl. We laugh, Alicia doesnt. She looks at alicia and asks the same question. Alicia looks at her deadpan and says, "No." wendy asks what holiday she does and she says "I can't tell you that, I don't want to lose my job."


Yule.


i could smell it. Alicia starts yelling about how shes a pagan and starts staring at me and rambling about how we stole yule and turned it in to christmas. I smiled, shruged and told her she was right. the llok of shock was priceless. I explained the short version of my past and she listened attentively.

"So you're a blood traitor?"
"Excuse me?"
"you turned your back on your people in favor of the mainstream lie."
"I could hardly put it that way."
"You knew the truth, you had drawn down the moon, yo had seen her face, you had gone through the wheel and you traded it all in for a fish on your car and church on sunday."
"It's not like that."
"You must regret it every day."
"I have never even looked back."
"Oh Liz i can feel those witches burning can't you?"
"Sort of like the christians that were fed to the lions in rome?"
"so is this the part that you subtlely ask me to go to your cute little youth group and shove jesus down my throat until i recite that little sinners prayer."
"Nahh."
"Isn't that how your people operate? Your people killed my high priest in a viscious hate crime."
"my people?'
"christians"
"thats terrible I'm sorry, but that isnt me"
"mmhmm"
"theres no point in arguing with you is there?"
"you'll lose this battle"
"i know all the same moves as you honey. but next time you want me to cover for you on Mabon, or Lughnassadh, or Ostara...forget about it'

I turn to to walk away

"hey...what about Belthane, Imbolc and Litha?"
"...maybe"

i stood stronger than i thought i could. it was very cool