Leslie Nord's Random Thoughts on Friends, Family and Life
I never was much of a writer - more like a rambler that easily gets lost in a tangent. My blog lets me go out on those tangents any time I want to. So remember, life is like a roller coaster: sit down and hang on. Sometimes you'll want to scream, sometimes you'll puke, but give it a chance and you'll find it can be a lot of fun.
Going to a Blogging Discussion Panel today presented by IPSA (Internet Professionals Society of Alabama) – should be fun. I loved to see the Friars here do a blog – Day in the Life of a Friar.
Decided that I wouldn’t be a gas “speculator” today and filled my SUV up at $2.36 a gallon. I’ve been only putting about $20 at a time since all these hurricanes have blown through.
What a disappointing weekend ala Tennessee football. Think I’m going to pass on the tickets to the TN – Vandy game. I really wanted to go see the female drum major in action so to speak but that would probably wind up being the best part of the whole game. I could talk football for a while but think I’ll start looking forward to the Lady Vol’s basketball team.
The time change gave me jet lag – it really messed me up Sunday afternoon. Kittyboy didn’t like it either – 4AM he’s trying to wake us up. I waited until 5 to feed him. Then he came back and thought we should get up. He started at the blinds on the window near my side of the bed, then went after the blinds on the other side of the room. I think he wanted us to know it was daylight outside.
I haven’t forgotten that I need to finish “the rest of the story”…
I’m not a “cradle Catholic”. I was baptized and confirmed Lutheran. I still remember my confirmation – it was while I in the military hospital in Wiesbaden Germany having knee surgery. I was still in high school at the time. It was a inspirational moment for me. Being a military brat, the base chapel was always an eclectic mix – but receiving communion touched my very soul at that moment in time. I enjoyed helping out at the chapel, with vacation bible school and Sunday school. Teen Challenge was a cool place to go and I enjoyed the Revelation Generation.
Somehow all of this slipped away and I married too young. But there were some very good things that came out of that marriage – three beautiful daughters who I love dearly (rather they believe it or not) and I discovered the Catholic Church. My first touch with the Catholic Church was when my first marriage was blessed by the Church (something I thought needed to be done to have Vanessa baptized in the Catholic Church) I thought it would be special to have her baptized at the church my ex-husband went to – St. Ann’s in Nashville.
Even though I wasn’t Catholic I felt that a Catholic education would be very beneficial to my daughters. I didn’t need to be Catholic to send my daughter to school at St. Bede’s but I thought it was about time we started going to church as a family. So we started attending Mass at St. Bede’s. I felt that same warm welcoming feeling I had felt before. I started attending RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) classes at St. Bede’s – it’s a long process starting in October and ending on the Easter Vigil (the Saturday before Easter) when I entered the Church.
I truly enjoyed the time I spent as a member of St. Bede’s parish. I volunteered to coordinate the nursery and helped with grounds keeping. I still remember the day we laid sod for the school. Megan was baptized by my favorite priest – Fr. Troncali. But it all fell apart when one daughter was having problems with ADD – the school wasn’t really equipped to deal with her needs and my ex-husband was sent to Korea on a remote tour.
So I drifted away from the Church but I kept my personal relationship with God. He had an amazing plan for me though. So stay tuned for more….
Looks like my Blogger (the way I like it) is back. Just will have to tweak a couple of images links and fix this strange gap at the top – but I may be a happy camper again!