The History Of My Atheism

My mother, Lorette Alice Cormier Rafferty, died on this date in 1986. She died after a long, horrible period with Alzheimer's disease. Before her illness, I was as a devout Catholic as you could imagine. However, as my mother gradually lost her "Me/I" I began to wonder where is she? She was gradually going away from us. When she finally died, I changed my thought process to "Where IS she, if anyplace?" That day was the beginning of a several-year process of education (thank you, internet!) to finally understand reality through science and today I am a happy atheist who makes my own meaning in life.