S1:E7-The Queen & The Commandments: A Personal Reckoning

This episode is not a sermon.
It is not a debate.
 And it is most definitely not an attack on religion.

In this deeply personal and transparent episode, The Queen walks through the Ten Commandments—one by one—through the lens of her own lived experience.

I share where I upheld them, where I broke them, and why. I speak openly about growing up without organized religion, the freedom I felt to express myself fully and authentically, and how that sense of freedom shifted when I later entered the church. I reflect on what shaped my choices, how my understanding evolved, and what personal accountability and growth looked like for me—without shame, mockery, or judgment.

Important Disclaimer:
These are my perceptions, experiences, and opinions only.
I am not here to debate religion.
I am not here to convince anyone of anything.
I am not here to mock faith, belief systems, or sacred texts in any way.

This is a transparent room—but it is not a discussion forum.
 No debates. No arguments. No conversions.

This episode is an invitation to listen with an open mind, hold space for a lived experience different from your own, and understand one woman’s journey of identity, autonomy, and growth.

You have been warned.
 And you are welcome—if you can listen with curiosity, compassion, and respect. 👑✨

Thank you, my loves, for joining me here in Her Majesty’s Hideaway for a little tea and truth. I hope our time together leaves you feeling empowered, unbound, and wide-open to all the beautiful possibilities life keeps whispering your way.

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Until next time, my darling—go live boldly. 

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Transcript

Sondra K (00:00.984)
Hey everybody, welcome back to Her Majesty's Hideaway. I am Sondra, the Queen herself, Her Royal Highness, whatever you want to refer to me as. I'm so glad to be back. my gosh, I can't believe I'm on episode seven and people are still looking for them. I am so, so humbled by this. I truly, truly am. I know that some of you have reached out and told me about how you are seeing a little more light in your life.

Being a little more daring in the boudoir, you are opening up to your partners more and I'm so humbled. I can't even use that word enough. So, so humbled that I could be a part of that. Thank you so much. It truly means a lot to me. As you know from the past episodes and for those of you that know me, you know that I was, you know, the bullied kid in the back of the room who was very squeamish and like wouldn't say anything.

Sheepish actually, not squeamish, sheepish. You also know my vocabulary eludes me because I got old lady brain now. 54, give me a break for goodness sake. Anyhow, I hope you're all having a beautiful start to your 2026. I do want to apologize. I know the last two episodes were supposed to be really riveting and really good and they really were. You really should give them a listen. But yeah.

Mama sometimes is not so tech savvy and forgot to change the setting on the little microphone so that her guests would be heard at the same sound level as her. So I do apologize from that. Guys, we are learning and growing together. I never imagined I would have a podcast. I never imagined that I would go live on TikTok, but here we are. So we're going as we are. We're growing as we go. Right. my gosh. So today we are going to go back.

to a couple episodes ago where we talked about my spirituality and paganism and I was having a discussion with a friend of mine and it came up about how they're very Christian and we're raised very Christian and I was not. You'll have to go back and listen to that episode. I just wasn't. it definitely has an effect on my behavior, things I've tried, things I do.

Sondra K (02:20.974)
And I said to my friend, said, what do you think? Like if one episode I just went through the 10 commandments and was just like, you know, this, that, whatever, they were like, my God, I love that idea. I love this idea. I am not here to debate religion. I am not here to debate politics. I'm not here to debate anything. These are my ideas. These are my thoughts. These are my perspectives. If we agree, great. If we don't, I apologize. But

I am all inclusive, which means if you want to come in and tell me you are polyamorous, you are pan, you are bi, you are anything, you're welcome here. I welcome you. Come and sit down at my table. You might learn from me and I definitely want to learn from you. I love to learn from other people, other cultures, other ideals, other things. So bring it on. Just don't come at me with hate, please.

Okay, this is a safe space. This is an open space. This is for everybody. This is for all of us. So when I say I have checked eight of them off the list for the Ten Commandments, it's not because I'm showing off or being broach about it. It's because I didn't grow up with these rules. I didn't know about them probably until I was 10 or 11 years old. And by then,

At 11, if you've listened to the other episodes, you know, I'd already been exploring a little bit. So I was already a sinner before I knew I was a sinner. Anyhow, let's get down to it. I have taken the list directly from Bibleinfo.com because I went and Googled the Ten Commandments. That's what came up. I said they don't seem to be very specific about it. It's a general list. It's like the one I see.

on Route 71 when I drive from where I am in Ohio home to New Jersey. And let's get to it. Ten commandments. The number one, you should have no gods before me.

Sondra K (04:23.926)
I didn't have any gods before you because I didn't know you existed. I didn't know it was a thing. I knew I heard songs on the radio. I knew I heard my aunt singing Amazing Grace, but none of it had any real effect on me because I just wasn't raised in that world. Like I knew people went to church. I knew there were these buildings. I knew it was a Sunday thing. I knew that they prayed, but I didn't understand the

mechanics of it. didn't understand the why or the how or the what. So to hear that there was like one, you know, deity, one power in charge of absolutely everything made my little brain kind of curious. Like, what do you mean? How did that happen? Like, what about the dinosaurs and all that other stuff? Like, what do I believe? And right now today, I believe a little of both. I think

There's a spirit world. I think there are other powers out there. I believe in fate and I believe in spirit guides. But do I believe in one being being in charge of it all? Not so much because I'm a balanced person. So the pagan in me says there's a God and a goddess and they work in conjunction. There isn't one all being power because that makes me think of the medieval kings, right? Like Henry the eighth.

or King James. A lot of people don't know the historical references that are in their Sunday preachings that they're listening to. Like, think about it. Here were these kings up in a castle. They want to have ultimate power, ultimate control, which they really kind of did. Because when you think about it, not everybody got an education. Not everybody knew how to read or write or

do math, you had a specific job in town, that's the job that you did, that's the service you provided, and outside of that, you just did what you were told. So your taxes were due, you paid your taxes. And there's so many things I see here in the commandments that I can relate to so much in that medieval time where in my brain, historically, that's why organized religion doesn't make sense to me. Because why am I going to follow the rules

Sondra K (06:43.754)
of some guy that existed how many years ago and we're still like just living like I don't even have words. I'm going to offend somebody and I apologize. I'm not meaning to be offensive. I'm meaning to give my perspective and this is my perspective. So I already had a bunch of gods before you because

I already believed in spirits and whatnot. I've been able to communicate with spirits since I was very, little. And so to me, when I started going to Pioneer Girls at the church up the street from my house and learning about what was in the Bible and what rules they were following and all of these guidelines, I was like, I didn't feel comfortable with it. I wasn't raised with religion. I told you guys, I didn't know that.

Christmas had any correlation to the church until I was probably nine years old. I'd only been to church twice at that point in my life. And those were both for weddings, so it wasn't even like I was actually at a service and had any idea of what was going on. Anyway, I digress. Next is no false idols. So of course the king doesn't want you to think anybody else is as cool as he is, because one, he wants to be

in power, right? They all wanted to take over all of Europe, all of the world. They all wanted to be all in control. So why would they want you to have any other idols? It seems pretty simple to me. I know some of you are going to be like, no, that's not what it means. It means this, that, whatever. I'm taking it very plainly. And this is my perspective. And I'm going to say that a thousand more times and keep reminding you. This is my perspective. Why would the king want you to have another idol? He wouldn't.

He would want you to think that he's the best because he's the one in power and he wants to take your tax money and he wants to be in control and he wants to rule the town and the world. So of course he doesn't want you to say, no, wait, not you, but that guy over in that country over there, he's really cool. I'd rather be with him.

Sondra K (08:46.558)
One, you probably don't even know those countries exist unless they come and attack you, right? Because it's not like you're looking at a map. You're not Googling this stuff. You're not sitting in a classroom with a globe in front of you. You have no idea what exists out in the world other than what's right around you, because it's not like you're out traveling. You're not going on a Disney cruise, right?

You're in this little town, in this little village, where you probably have not gone anywhere, unless you go to another property that that same king then owns. You might have visitors to the town, but are all these common peasants who lived out on the farms, are they seeing these people or are just the quarter you're seeing them? Like, let's think about this rationally.

Okay, next, don't use the Lord's name in vain. God damn it. Don't use the Lord's name in vain. Okay. This one I definitely didn't know about because my dad would scream, God damn it. Jesus Christ, Jesus fucking Christ all the time in our house, all the time. So this means like literally nothing to me. Do I understand respect? Yes. Do I know the difference between right and wrong? Yes. Am I concerned if I say Jesus fucking Christ that I'm going to go to hell? Maybe.

Because who knows? Nobody knows for sure. Nobody. Not even the guy in the Vatican. Nobody knows for sure.

think with an open mind, friends. Brains are like parachutes. They only function when open. So keep it open. Be a sieve. Let everything funnel in. You know, take it in, think about it, see how it feels to you. And then it's okay to be different. It's okay to not be, you know, Christian just because you live in the Bible belt or you grew up in the Bible belt or you moved to the Bible belt. my gosh.

Sondra K (10:38.614)
So I moved to the Bible Belt from New Jersey where it's very culturally eclectic. know, everybody from everywhere is everywhere and all over the place. I move here to the Bible Belt. They have a little gathering for us across the street. Some of the neighbors are there. They're all milling around and we're getting acquainted and I'm sitting with some of the wives and we're all in these lawn chairs. And literally I've known these people 10 minutes and a woman leans forward, looks over at me and says, so do you

claimer religion?

Sondra K (11:12.994)
I'm sorry what do you claim a religion? I don't think that's any of your business. Well if you guys are looking for a church, our church does da da da da da and then the next one, our church does this and our church does that and our church does this and our church. No, no people. You caught the wrong girl. I don't claim a religion.

And I'm certainly not going to be your best friend just because I go to this church or that church or whatever. You guys have heard that term Minnesota nice. There's an Ohio nice too. It's kind of a Midwestern thing. And it's interesting to see all of these Christians because I've lived here for 10 years now.

It's very interesting to me to see all these very devout Christians who go to church and they do all this amazing work and they give to charities and they send their kids off on mission trips and everything. But if you don't go to my church, I'm not going to be friends with you. And if you don't go to my church, I'm not going to be friends with you and you go to that church. So I'm definitely not going to be friends with you.

What? How does that work? How does that work? So I'm going to say about that. This is why I don't have a lot of friends out here. Most of my friends out here are from other places. And that's a big part of the reason why, because I don't just give in. I don't just say, OK, I'm going to be part of this church now so that I can make lots of friends. Like, no.

No, that would be ridiculous. That would be like me saying I'm going to join any other group in the world just so that I can make friends. It's got to be something I believe in. It's got to be something I want to be a part of. I don't want to be a part of that. I don't want to give my money to the church, which is why I don't shop at certain stores and I only go get the Lord's chicken every once in a while because God, it's so good. And this service is so amazing. But it's like they're the money to the church and I can't do it. I'm sorry.

Sondra K (13:10.537)
Anyway, if you're new here, it goes like this all the time. I am always floating out in space. I never stay on a script. This is all right from my head. There is nothing scripted other than I have the commandments written down in front of me so that I can remember what the hell I'm talking to you about. OK, name in vain. Keep the Sabbath holy. Keep the Sabbath holy. How many of you have children in sports?

How many of you go to church and pray on Saturday night because Sunday morning the kids got soccer? Keep the Sabbath holy so all of you have crossed one off the list. Right there.

These simple rules. You have to go to the common meeting house on Sundays. All you peasants are going to stand in the back and you're going to suffer in the weather or whatever, you know, because everybody else that's important is going to sit up front where it's comfortable. But you stand there in the back and you make sure you're there because that's where we're going to preach to you. We're going to give you all the news of the town, what you need to know. And then you're going to go outside and you're going to gossip about all the details. And then you're going to go home and take that with you for the week.

Is anybody with me on this? Somebody out there has got to be with me on this. Some of you have had to have seen enough movies and TV shows and read enough books that you see this medieval world. You're seeing it in your mind right now. Right? I knew it. So keep the Sabbath holy. A lot of you are in big trouble on that one. Just saying. Do I keep the Sabbath holy? No.

I sleep in, don't go to church, I don't reflect. Well, sometimes I reflect when I'm pulling my tarot cards, then I'm reflecting on a Sunday. So that's me keeping mine Sabbath holy.

Sondra K (15:07.254)
My mother-in-law is Jewish, so for her the Sabbath is on Friday night. That's how she rolls. Okay, you keep your Sabbath holy. You do you. You do you boo. I am not knocking when anybody does. All I'm saying is, is that all of you out there who have been following me on my socials and talking about me behind my back because you are so righteous and prim and everything else. no, no, you're not. You can stand there and judge me, but

Under your beliefs, there's going to be a day of judgment for you and I hope you're ready for it. Sorry, little catty there, but you know, like I said, I am all inclusive. I love people. I love opening my world. love, you know, meeting new people, learning about why they do things, what makes them tick.

I don't want to be stuck in a little box. I want to be stuck in some little world. I was talking to a gentleman at work the other day. He has lived in the same town his entire life. His wife was just complaining to him about how he's so stuck in the past and he really is. And he's traveled like he's gone to his parents native country. He's gone to other states. He's gone on cruises like he's traveled. But his world is so small that he literally socializes with the same people now.

that he did when he was seven. He very rarely would go out with anyone new, get to know anyone new. And if you didn't go to his parochial school, he really doesn't want to be friends with you. Like he might be, but it's going to take a lot because they have rival parochial schools out here. Where I am in Ohio, we have the largest amount of parochial schools in the entire nation. It's ridiculous. There's so many, but they're all so

competitive. Like, you went there. You went that like the same thing with the churches. It's like, why can't you guys all just get along? You all believe in the same things. Why can't you all just get along? I don't get it. Okay. Anyhow, expand your world, get to know more people, go new places, do new things, have new experiences. This is self growth. You will have a happier, more fulfilled life. It's such a great big world. Go see it for goodness sake.

Sondra K (17:27.63)
Honour your mother and father. Well, my parents are gone. I'm an orphan now, my sister and I. Sorry, I need a sip of water.

My parents passed. If you've listened to past episodes. my goodness. Excuse me. My spirit guides are like woman, take a breath.

Sondra K (17:57.482)
Okay, and we're back. Woo. So yeah, my parents have passed away. Both have cancer. Mom had lung cancer, dad had pancreatic. He had lung cancer years ago. The whole thing is in earlier episodes. Go check it out.

Sorry. that's much better. Did I honor my mother and father while they were alive? Absolutely. And I still do. my gosh.

OK, much better. No, really, this time it really is. I'm tearing up at everything you guys. I get so emotional. OK.

I honored my mother and father while they were alive, which is why I kind of had this Renaissance after they passed away. I spent years and years and years of my life doing what my parents expected me to doing what society expected me to. So I got to be in my mid twenties. got married 10 years later. I had a baby.

Did the mom thing, did the Girl Scout thing, did the cheerleading thing, did the PTO thing, I was the leader of everything. Simultaneously, by the way.

Sondra K (19:17.41)
So I spent all my days working, you know, for all these organizations and getting to know the parents and loving the kids. And I still keep up with so many of them on the socials. And I'm so, proud of my ladybugs. They know who they are, my little girl scouts.

Am I cheerleaders and every like I loved my community. I loved being such a big part of the community, but it was what was expected of me. And I kind of lost myself in it because when you become a parent, things change. You don't. You might well for a lot of us, I can't say for everybody. Things change. You know, you're not going out and being all wild and crazy all the time because you have new responsibilities. At least I wasn't. I guess you shouldn't say.

everyone in general. I did not. Not until she got a little bit older and I could leave her home with a babysitter and then we would go out with friends or whatever and then come back home. And then, you know, I was a stay at home mom or whatever. But to honor my mother and father, I, you know, followed the path that they gave me. I followed the path that I was told I needed to that formed my whole world.

So did I honor them? Yes. Do I still honor them? Yes, because I know my parents and I know they would want me to be nothing other than happy. They both told me that on their deathbeds. They just want us to be happy and healthy. My sister, I, their grandchildren, their son-in-laws, everyone they ever met. My parents were very, very loving, giving people.

And so, yes, I honor my mother and father. Now, a lot of you are thinking, and I know some of you are related to me, are saying, your mom would not like that. No, my mom probably wouldn't like this. She didn't like the fact that I was a pagan either, but she said to me, as long as you believe in something, she's like, you don't have to go to church. You don't have to pray. But as long as you believe in something and you don't hurt anyone. And I think if I sat down with her and my dad and had a discussion about.

Sondra K (21:21.068)
my polyamorous lifestyle. I don't think they would like it. I know they wouldn't get it at first, but I think they would come around to the idea, especially when they see me the way I am now. I mean, I've lost almost a hundred pounds. I am more confident, more open, more vibrant, more everything than I ever used to be. I mean,

When I was still heavy and my daughter was still in school and we moved here and I didn't have all of my organizations and all of my people around me, there were days I would get up and be a mom and happy and everything and I'd go put her on the bus and I'd come back home and lay on the couch for the entire day and just stare blankly at the TV because I had no life. I had no purpose. I had no nothing.

You know, I could have cleaned, I could have made dinner, could unpack boxes. It wasn't that I didn't have a purpose. just didn't, I wasn't in my place. I didn't know who I was. And so I spiraled down, you know, I would eat an entire bag of chips for lunch. Like not a party size, but you guys know the regular big old bag. Like I would eat the entire thing for lunch. I was eating snack cakes and everything, like literally eating myself to death. And so

I think from seeing me like that to seeing me now, they would come around to it and they would be okay with it. And I think it does honor them. It honors the way that they raised my sister and I. They raised my sister and I to be independent, to be ourselves. They didn't really want us. Because when I say we had a path, we had a path. They wanted us to have families. They wanted us to have husbands. They wanted us to be good, upstanding citizens that contributed to society in a positive way.

So it wasn't like we had certain steps to follow, just kind of guidelines. But they also raised us in the same way that, you know, they were like, you don't have to be this religion. You don't have to be this. You don't have to be that. They wanted us to find our own way and be independent and be strong. You know, my mom was one of the strongest people I've ever, ever, ever known, as was my dad. My dad, you know, both of them had alcoholic abusive fathers. So they grew up in, you know, very tumultuous.

Sondra K (23:38.978)
home settings. My dad was a Vietnam veteran with pretty severe PTSD and a whole host of physical ailments from it. My mom being abused and everything happened. Well, her dad was very abusive to her seven older brothers. And then her and her little sister, she, my mom was eight when her parents passed away and they were given to an uncle in town and

A lot of bad things, let's just say a lot of bad things happened. So my mom was very resilient. She came through a lot and she always said to me, she's like, I wish I could be as strong as you. And I know that sounds really conceited, but it's true. She said she always had this sense of comfort when I was around because I was going to be able to take care of business. Now what she meant by that, I don't know because she never saw me beat anybody up in her entire life, but it's true.

I'm able to take a leadership role, that's because I've seen them do it. So I honor them by being the person they set out to make me to be. Now, my sister is just as strong, just as independent, just as resilient. And she's a Christian. She's on the board at her church. She is in church every Sunday. She goes on Thursday nights to meetings and everything. She goes and she feeds the hungry on the weekends when, you know, she's,

feeling well because she's got some chronic issues, but I digress again. Her daughters are a part of the church. Her one daughter actually is the Sunday school teacher there and everything. They love the church. They're all in for these 10 commandments and everything. And I love them for it. I love that they pray for me. Please pray for me. I'll take all the good vibes I can possibly get my friends. So honor thy mother and father. I think we've covered it.

The next one is no unaliving anybody. I think that's a given. I think that's a given. Okay, I have not unalived anybody. So this is one that I have not checked off the list. And I say that in a very lighthearted, silly manner because I want this to be a little lighthearted. I want you to be able to expand your way of thinking. You know, if you were raised

Sondra K (25:58.99)
I was just talking to someone today who is very near and dear to me. I just love this person and the way they live their life. And I wish they could live it bigger. And I don't use that word wish very often because that's a whole nother story. But I would love for them to be able to live even louder than they do right now. But they're very dear to me. And they were saying about how this person is trans.

And like to the ex, no, let me reword that is trans and their family is not very accepting of it. They still call them by their dead name and everything. And so it breaks my heart for them. And I just want to like scoop them up and bring them into my home and embrace them and support them. And the family is very supportive in a lot of ways, but

just not in this way. But they were saying to me this morning, you know, that they were raised Catholic. And so they were taught to hate themselves for most of their childhood.

and even into their teens and their twenties. And that's so sad to me. It's so sad to me that an organization that promotes itself as being so inclusive and so loving, because what's one of the first things you hear when you go to church is to love everyone. And a lot of them don't. And to make someone...

to raise someone, to teach them to hate themselves. That's the saddest thing I've ever heard. It really is.

Sondra K (27:42.326)
Sorry, that hits me hard.

I lost my train of thought, which often happens, especially when it hits me in the heart. So no unaliving people, no unaliving people. That one I have not crossed off. That's where I was going with it about how I am all inclusive and I love to get to know people. I've said it 25 times already, and I'll probably say it 25 more. Just be open. You know, you may not agree with what somebody's doing, but if they're not trying to make you do it, just leave them alone.

Just leave them alone and let them live their life. They're not hurting you. They're not hurting anybody else. You know, if they're trying to shove their beliefs down your kid's throat and you're offended by it, then, you know, ask them kindly, please stop. It doesn't mean you have to go after them. You just say, please stop. We're not interested. And that's it. It doesn't have to be mean. It doesn't have to be hateful. It doesn't have to be combative. Just please don't. Please don't.

So while I jokingly say I have crossed eight commandments off the list, so honor thy mother and father and know aliveing are the two that I have not crossed off. So maybe who is it at the gate? St. Peter will give me a chance and be like, all right, if you do like these chores, we'll see about the other eight and see what we can do here. If you get like at least six cleared up, maybe you can come on in. All right. If not.

I'll just watch from the outside like I did when I was a kid and I was being bullied. I'd see all the kids playing on the playground and I would just stay on the outside. Yeah, whatever. Whatever Pete, let me in. Not it's up to you. All right. Adultery. Ooh, there it is. Adultery. Dun dun dun. Okay. So yeah, I've committed adultery. Absolutely. Because by the rule.

Sondra K (29:41.934)
You're not allowed to sleep with anyone else unless you're married. I mean, unless you're not allowed to sleep with anyone else if you are married because you are with that one person for the rest of your life and in some religions for all of eternity. If you get to the celestial kingdom, it's kind of scary to me for infinity. It's a long fucking time, man. Holy shit. I committed adultery.

I mean, before I was polyamorous, before I was dating, before I was married, I dated married men because I figured if they're out dating, they're looking for something they're not getting at home. Their wife is never going to know. So it's not going to hurt her what she doesn't know. Right. I mean, I was like probably 21 at this point and I'm out living my best life, going through my ho phase, whatever you want to call it.

and meeting guys on AOL and hanging out and having a good time and honing my skills. But yeah, as a matter of fact, nevermind. Anyhow, yes, I committed adultery. I have slept with married men and according to the rule, what I do now in my polyamory and swinging lifestyle is considered adultery. Who knew? Who knew that caring and loving for other people would be a bad thing?

Sondra K (31:06.158)
I don't know. A little pause there for thought. A little pause there, right? In a world where we're supposed to love everyone and we're supposed to be open and, you just be more compassionate towards people. like, no, you can't do that. You can't do that because it's going to break this rule. Take your rule and you know what with it, go scratch. Next one is stealing.

What kid has not been at their friend's house or their cousin's house and been like, I really like this Barbie or I really like this Barbie dress and not like borrowed it. What kid has not been in a store and thought, I want this piece of candy and mom's not looking and the cashier's not looking. So I'm gonna just put it in my little coat pocket because it's winter time and I'm gonna take it home with me. Everybody has stolen something. You've taken a pen from the bank. You have

borrowed a stapler from work, you've taken Post-it notes home from work, you know you have, you all have. So everybody has stolen something. Should you go out and do B &Es? No. For those of you who don't know, that's breaking and entering. No, you should not be committing B &Es. You shouldn't be going in Robin's stores and stuff. Of course not. We have to know the difference between right and wrong. Now, did I get picked up for shoplifting when I was 13? Yes, I did. Was it stupid?

Yes, it was. Do you want to hear the story? I know you do. You guys are like, where's the sexy part of this today? You got your little sexy outfit on and all you're doing is babbling away about rules. Well, you know, there's rules and sexiness too. Anyhow, so picture it. Shopping Plaza, probably like 1984. So all of the neon jewelry and neon clothing, know, like Wham.

wore in their videos and stuff is very on trend, very hot. My cousin gets me this neon orange like pearl necklace for Christmas and I put it on with my white kind of hoodie top, sweatshirt top and it had all the neon shapes and letters all over it and you know, very 80s. So my sister and my BFF at the time all go to this shopping plaza and I have this big gray like duffel bag.

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and I carry it as a purse and we're walking around and keychain here, this here, that there, because there's all these stores in the shopping plaza. So we go around, we stuffed this thing full guys, the three of us. We go into the pharmacy that was there and this is when they first started putting metal detectors and shoplifting detectors in stores, at least where we lived. It was like the first one in town. So my

Dumbass BFF at the time decides she wants to get this little stuffed devil for her boyfriend. And so she takes it and she shoves it in the back and I'm like, don't take it. has one of those tags on it. She's like, no, no, no, it's going to be fine. It's going to be fine. Like, don't take it. It has the tag on. No, it's going to be fine. Just put it in there. So we put it in the fucking bag. We're starting to walk out. The two chuckle nuts are in front of me and I'm walking behind them. And of course the thing goes off.

So we stop and we look through the little side window and the cashier is now looking right at us. So there's nowhere to go. And I'm like, guys, run, just run. Like we can run. There's no way she's gonna catch us. Like just go. And they're both just standing there like frozen, not knowing what to do. So we end up in the back room of the store. The owner calls the cops, cops come. He takes us out on the sidewalk. He's asking us where we got everything from.

My sister starts crying. She's like a year and a half younger than me. So she cries her way out of it. He sends her home. I'm like, what the f- is up with that? So she gets to go home. My BFF and I end up in the back of the police car after we walk around all the stores and return everything, except for one turtle keychain that we stole from the Christian bookstore that I found later on when I got home that day. Who knows? Maybe it was a sign. so we're sitting in the back of the cop car.

because they're going to take us to the station now where our parents are going to have to come pick us up. And I see this car come slowly driving by and I look over and there's my cousin who bought me the necklace for Christmas. Small town, airport. So we go to the police station by the time I get there. Well, actually, when I get there, my uncle is on duty. Great. This is getting even better.

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He's like, what are you doing here? What did you do? What's going on? So he told him the whole story and he just shakes his head. He's like, you know better than that. You why would you do that? I'm like, I don't know. So they put us on a little bench and we're waiting and he's like, you know, I got to call your dad. So he calls. My sister answers the phone and in my sister's little 11 year old wisdom, she's like, hello? I can hear the cop.

May I speak to your mom or dad, please? They're not here right now. Are you sure they're not home? I can hear him saying, you know, she must've been like, no, no, they're not home. Try to cover it up. Okay. Well, she's going to have to wait here until they get home. Okay. Hold on. Puts my dad on the phone. Now I'm already pooping myself because I know this is not going to go well. Dave is not going to be happy with me at all.

Dave gets on the phone. Okay, I'll see you in a few minutes. Literally takes like seven minutes to get from my house to the police station. He comes in. This is the first time I had ever been so scared in my life. And it wasn't because my dad came in full blazing, whatever. It was because my dad came in completely silent. And that's when you knew you were in trouble. When you pissed him off that much that Dave didn't even make a sound, you were done.

We drive all the way home. Not a word is spoken. Not one word. But I can feel the anger and the disappointment and everything coming off of him. I can feel it.

I walk in the house and there's my mom sitting at the dining room table at this table, this table right here, sitting with her head down and she, can tell she's sobbing. She's been crying the whole time. How could you do this? Do we not give you enough? Why? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It was just something I did. We were really poor. I couldn't afford to have magazines and gum and all the things that

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kids at school had. So I got it the way that I could, you know, it was terrible. I know it was terrible and I know that it's wrong, but it happened. So that's the story of living in a small town, no airport and getting picked up with shoplifting. So when you hear Miranda Lambert song, everyone dies famous in a small town. I know exactly what she's talking about. Needless to say for the next couple of weeks, every time we went to the grocery store or out shopping, my mom held my hand.

Can you imagine this at 13, 14 years old, you're walking through the grocery store in this little town and your mom's holding your hand? Because she didn't want me to be able to walk away and steal anything. Took a long time, but eventually they got over it. So yeah, stealing. Check. Next on the list, bear false witness. Now I'm assuming that means don't lie, because I've seen that one on a

too, and I'm thinking it means the same thing. So like if you get on the stand, you have to tell the truth. Now, whether it's the king's truth and what he wants to hear or the actual truth, who knows? But you guys don't lie. Don't like there's no reason for especially at this age. Like I ain't got time for drama and lies. I really don't. Like I am so open, so transparent. I mean, listen to what I'm talking about in this podcast. I am so open with you guys about every damn thing I've ever done wrong. What do I have to hide?

What do I have to hide? Nothing. I got a husband, a kid, a boyfriend and another lover and another play partner and another one I talk to online sometimes. Yeah, they all know about each other. Yeah, it's all on the up and up. Yeah, you guys all know about it. So what am I going to lie about? If I'm not hiding that, what the fuck else could I possibly be hiding? So don't lie. Did I when I was younger? Yeah, we all have.

We all have there's not one of you out there that can say you have not lied. You know, you have all right and the last one no coveting. No coveting. Don't be jealous. Don't want what I have. I'm the king. I should have what I have. I was born into this. God sent me here to be in control of you and you should not covet what I have. You should give it all over to me so that I can make beautiful things happen in your world.

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Right on Henry VIII, got you, Right on. No, no, we are all envious. We are all jealous. that would make another good episode, wouldn't it? The seven deadly sins. Now they're just coming to me. Yeah. Is it good to be jealous? Of course not. Do we all do it? Of course we do. You know, we all want it. Like I wanted to be Madonna when I was younger and I was always so jealous that she had this or that.

Madonna hustled. She starved. She did what she needed to do, you know, and she worked hard and got to where she got because she got there. Now she's a little cuckoo for my taste. But back in the day when she first hit the scene. my gosh. Yes. Was I jealous in school of the cheerleaders and their cool clothes and all the things they had and that all these other kids got to go roller skating all the time and to birthday parties and everything and I didn't get to go. Of course, because I felt left out. I felt like a schmuck.

Of I'm going to be jealous of that. Am I jealous now as an adult? Yeah, sometimes to be honest, I really am. But then I got to stop and look at why do they have that and why don't I? And then I need to change why I don't have it. I need to make it happen for myself. I can't just sit around and be like, ugh, I'm so jealous of them. Like I can't even be friends with them. Whatever. So ignorant, so immature, like so ridiculous.

So that brings us to number 10. Those were the 10 commandments, my friends. So no gods before me, no false idols, no name in vain. Honor your mother and father, keep the Sabbath holy, no unaliving, no adultery, no stealing, no bearing false witness and no coveting. So to go over that again, I have gods before them. I have idols.

above them. have taken the name in vain for God's sake. I do not keep the Sabbath holy. have honored my mother and father. I have not unalived anyone. I have committed adultery. I have stolen. I probably have fibbed once or twice in my life like every other human being and I have been jealous. That's funny that it came out as two thumbs up because they're both right there in the center of the list.

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That what a great way to end it you guys. So yeah, have I crossed eight off the list? Yes. Am I proud of it? No, absolutely not. I know the difference between right and wrong. And do I ever want to hurt anyone? No. For those of you who have not heard the other six episodes, please go take a listen. If you have any questions, please reach out to me at sondrakiss.com. You'll see a little tab there for Her Majesty's Hideaway. There's a form you can fill out. It's completely anonymous. You can tell me your name, not tell me your name.

Just put your question or your comment in there. Reach out to me. I will be sure to get back to you. Our next episode, I believe, is going to be being polyamorous as a BBW. I'm excited about it. I know some of you come in here just for the sexy time. So next time it'll be a little more sexy time. This time was a little more for fun getting back into the swing of things in the new year. But remember, you are worth it. You are loved and free mom hugs here always.