I write this to you in constant fear. Fear that my parents will realize that this is here...it has happened before.
Most people seem to be luckier than me. Their parents (if they still live with their parents) are either wiccan themselves or acceptive of their child's religion. Yeah, it might take their parents by suprise, but, hey, they aren't bible carrying religious freaks.
Last time I attempted to make a web page on wicca my parents found it and throughly lectured me on Satanism and how they couldn't trust me now. They threatened to send me to "someone who would set me straight" and they also threatened to write me out of their will.
I have a lot to lose by being wiccan...but I believe in it. And so I take the upmost precaution in doing this page. If I update it will be sporadically, so that my parents won't know. I *will* check email, for it is a private email service (hotmail) that my parents can't check.
Just to show you how much caution I am using...when I work on this page I open two browsers and I close this browser (the one with this page on it) first so that it isn't recorded in the "Location" bar. I save everything to a disk which is kept with me at all times. I am making another page with the same title incase my parents see it in the "document" part of the taskbar. I've learned by now that too much caution is better than none at all.
I am lucky in some ways, however. My parents allow me to buy candles, crystals and incense, although they don't know how I use these things. I recently aquired a tarot deck through a good friend. I gave her some money and she went to the store and got them, then gave them to me the next day. Of course, I still have to be careful about when and where I use them.
I go to church three times a week and am president of my church's youth group. But I don't believe what I teach. I am faced with this process for the rest of my life, or at least until my parents die. Even after I leave my parent's house I will have to attend a church so that when my parents come to visit I will have someplace to take them.
With the help of the Goddess, I will make it. I wish my parents could understand, but...I will continue on this way for a long time. It makes you wonder...the Constitution guarantees us the freedom of religion, but do we truly have it?
I need your help, however. It is risky for me to look through other wiccan's web pages, although I do this from time to time. Any email on just about anything is appriciated and added to my Book of Shadows. Merry Part.