My leaving home was painful, considering I was ostracized by my family (I was called the 'prodigal daughter') for leaving to 'live in sin' with my boyfriend (check out my blog post "I say this to you in LOVE" for just one example: http://www.atheistnexus.org/profiles/blogs/i-say-this-to-you-in-love?xg_source=activity). I was still a Christian at the time, so I was actually planning to save myself…