Share Your Story

You are not alone.
Your story matters.
Your voice is welcome here.

The Weight of the Ring was born out of a deep desire to untangle shame, speak truth, and create space for healing. Whether you were raised in purity culture, wrestled with unspoken questions, or are just now beginning to process your journey, your story matters—not because it’s tied up with a perfect bow, but because it’s real.

This page is a space for you to share your experience—your story of fear, faith, failure, recovery, redemption, or rescue. Whether you’re walking through confusion or celebrating freedom, you’re not alone. And someone else might need to hear exactly what you’ve lived through.

What You Can Share

We welcome:

• Stories of growing up in or being shaped by purity culture
• Moments of shame, silence, or spiritual pressure
• Stories of grace, healing, or transformation
• Ongoing struggles, honest doubts, or breakthroughs
• Reflections on sexuality, desire, faith, and identity
• Questions you were never given space to ask

How It Works

• You may submit your story anonymously or include your name—whichever feels safest to you.
• Stories may be shared on social media, the blog, or future publications—only with your permission.
• If your story includes sensitive content, it will be treated with discretion, compassion, and prayerful care.
• Not every story will be published publicly, but every story will be read and honored.
• You can also submit a question, whether theological, emotional, or practical. While not every question will be answered publicly, it will be received with care and may receive a private response depending on its nature.

Before You Submit

Please read the following guidelines:

• Only share your own story. We ask that you do not submit someone else’s experience without their permission.
• Do not include graphic or explicit sexual language. If your story involves trauma or abuse, you are welcome to share it—but please do so in a way that honors both your experience and the safety of others.
• Be respectful. This is not a space for venting against people or institutions by name. It’s a space for truth-telling, not targeting.
• We may lightly edit submissions for clarity, grammar, or to protect identity. But we will never change the heart of your story.

This isn’t about who has the “best” testimony. This is about building something honest and sacred. Healing doesn’t happen in isolation—it happens when someone speaks, and someone else says, “Me too.”

Ready to share?