Faith Emily Blasik Faith Emily Blasik

About the time I played with a Ouija board.

In 2010, on the eve before my 19th birthday, I wrote a blog post about my childhood encounter with my older cousinโ€™s Ouija board. Eight months later, Amanda passed away. Now, shortly after the 13th anniversary of her death, Iโ€™m finally finishing the story I started.

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Faith Emily A. Blasik Faith Emily A. Blasik

A conversation with Dad.

While most would agree that questioning the tenets of your own belief system is necessary for growth, I can't shake the feeling that my search for the truth looks on some days more like a flat-out rejection of The Truth I've been taughtโ€”the same one that's kept me company in my safe little bubble for years. Which leads us back to the idea of faith, and the ability to trust that there's a God who wants me even at my most uncertain.

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