Why all the rejection?

Here is a comment that a woman made on a forum. This is just part of a long on going conversation so please understand there is a context to this statement that was made to a Catholic...

"Christ loves you: He loves you when you are your worst: get baptized as a christian: feel God inside"

This is my response!

"Catholics are Christian. To not know that is ignorance of the worst kind. If you would like I will provide to you the creeds that do indeed say that we believe in One God in three persons! We believe in one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We believe in the resurrection of the dead... exc...

Second, as a Protestant I was baptized, after the age of reason. I still did not know what glories God had in store for me! I still do not know what wonders he still has for me. That is for him to know. What I do know is I am able to recive God inside of me every single day of every single week. Not just spiritually, but physically. I have an intimate relationship with God that you can only dream. I am able to embrace him and take him inside of my body. I am able to sit in his physical presents and love and adore him! Your church may have the Holy Spirit, but we have both the Holy Spirit and the Son! We have the angels to carry our prayers and to help us worship the one true living God. Your tabernacle is empty and your alter useless! BTW the only reason ours is not useless is because Jesus Christ himself commanded us to give him the sacrifice of praise in the Eucharist. He gave us the ability to partake of his physical body and blood. He gave us everlasting life as a gift that all we have to do is receive it. However, you reject it. You reject his body, his blood, his Holy Church, his children."

It has been TOO LONG and this is all I have...

The Vase sits alone in the corner of the room. She has been mishandled and abused by previous owners. Now she just sits and waits for someone new.
He first noticed the vase several years ago. He has studied the curves and imperfections. He so desires to pick it up, but is so very fearful of harming the delicate structure.
The vase sits watching people come and go. She wants to make her desires known to all, but she just sits and gathers dust and grime. She is fearful she will be picked by the wrong person.
He decides he cannot take it anymore and it is time for action. He goes over and runs his so soft hands over the vases cool exterior. He carefully avoids the broken parts. He holds the her so very close.
The vase, finally, is touched. It feels wonderful. He is so very gentle with her. She knows he will never hurt her; she is afraid he will get too close and cut himself on her sharp edges.
He sees the mess he is in now. The built-up dirt and grime is now on him. He wants to keep the vase, but has no place for her in his bachelors pad. He feels dirty and wrong as he puts her back.
The vase is now more noticeable, but who really wants or has space for a cracked vase? She sits and waits. Longing for his touch, not sure what he she wants to hold and protect her from the world.

How does one get to heaven?

I am sure this is not how....

OK, Seth was right, I should have just gone to bed… now I am all sorts of upset!

I want all of you to read this and PLEASE reply. I really want help with interpretations here!
John wrote a forum post (here if you want to read all that was stated on the forum)…

Someone posted things that made it seem like she did not bother to read John’s post. She chose to pick out words that she wanted to see and then write trash about it. So I tried to kindly reply to her about what John was really saying and this is what I wrote to her…

“Wow RoS you have a real problem! No I am serious. How can you claim to love God and so HATE the Catholic Church? The body of worshipers who kept the Bible safe from people who wished to destroy it, the people who gave everything to ensure that God is glorified, people who devote everyday in prayer for those less fortunate than themselves. It really troubles me. I pray you allow God’s grace and love to work in your life. You do not have to agree with what the Pope says; I do not have to agree with what your preacher says. However, to say that members of the “American Protestant Church” have no business leading our country would be silly. I would much rather a good solid Christian be leading the country than any other religion. Please do not think this an attack. It is simply an observation on what you have freely posted.I am new to the Catholic Church. I converted because I simply could not agree that it is possible for one person to fully know the will of God simply by reading the Bible and trusting that they understand what the Holy Spirit is telling them. For it seems that we humans are not capable of fully understanding God. If we were then everyone who truly loves God and seeks Him would all have the same ideas on how to get to heaven… exc. So as a Roman Catholic I have the resources of the Church, the Pope who is our leader, and a great support group. Please try not to be so condescending about a faith that I think you may not fully understand.”

I also sent her a personal message indicating about how you get into heaven (only though God’s Grace, we obtain this grace though his Son Jesus Christ and the only way to obtain favor with Christ is to believe and follow him. I noted that this is not a onetime decision, which we have to choose each and every single moment to follow him.) She seems to think that all you have to do is accept that Christ is Christ one time at one point and all else is fine. However, as we all know God will weed out the bad from the good and He states that we can tell His people by their works. It is not that works save us; however, if we are really “saved” we will have works. If you are alive you will breath. If you do not breathe you are not alive. If you are alive in Christ you will have works. If you do not have works than you are not alive! OK, that may be a bit off for some of you, but please let me know!

Well this is what she posted in response to my comment.

“You are in league with the Anti-christ papacy,female goddess worship, witchcraft and paganism (i.e., earth-worship) on purpose.

See: (Omitted links: let me know in your comments if you want them)

name a few. But I have little hope for anyone who would supplant the finished sacrifice of Jesus Christ with idolatry on the level of Roman Catholicism knowingly. There are so many nominal Catholics who have yet to even hear the Good News! How dare you reject so free a Salvation as faith in God's Son, Jesus Christ to be saved, unless you prefer to depend on yourself? Jesus had harsh words for the Pharicees and Saducees who imagined their own "goodness" could win them a place in heaven: He called them "white-washed tombs," "dead men's graves," and even a "brood of vipers."You choose these titles when you choose to gain heaven on your own. Grace OR works? Salvation cannot be of both. (I am not here to debate you on this; I wasted three years "debating" with people of your ilk, whose commitment to a female goddess (and countless other demon-saints) proved superior to their interest in Jesus Christ. So, don't bother writing again.)Sincerely,RoS”

Seriously I was hoping to NEVER encounter this kind of crap for the rest of my life. However, here it is. Please don’t be shy let me know your thoughts. I am not just looking for people to agree with me. I want you to speak-up especially if you DISAGREE with me! I want to know why you do. I also do not want anyone to “bash” this poor woman. She has obviously been under some extreme situations in order to have such hate and ignorance of the true Catholic Church. (here is where I am going to lose my protestant readers). By rejecting the Catholic Church (not just the Roman Catholic but all in union with Rome as well) you are rejecting Christ. He instituted the Catholic Church. It was HIS followers that spread the word, gospel, as well as the foundation for what we now call the Catholic Church! Here she is coming from a group of people who have not even been around as long as America! In fact I am sure that they could not even date themselves back to the American Revolution! What a bunch of crap. Anyway, I will be done with that rant. She told me never to write again. So as obedient as I am I sent her a message indicating it would be my last comment to her, but I was not going to argue with her. I am sorry for her. I will see her in heaven for I am certain I will be there and I guess she feels she will be as well. I also thanked her for not reading my messages to her for if she had read them than she would know my thoughts on how do humans get to heaven! Well I am done with this for now!

What a Day

Ok, I am posting it here for all to see what kind of day I consider to be a bit too much action! Due to my CUF (Catholics United for the Faith) meeting being moved from next Thursday to this Thursday I had to go into work an hour early so I could step off line for an hour to attend the meeting. So instead of 3 I was to enter work at 2. Not a big deal. However, I had forgotten my book and some materials at work. So I went in an hour earlier than that just so I could get some work done that cannot be done at home. I managed to get my goals for next month written, a binder of information read. Now with the notes I have to write a one page paper summarizing it. However, I think it will have to be over that just because that is a REALLY big binder with LOTS of information. I also did 2 interviews and some other stuff. Once I was online I realized the mid-shift manager did not have ANYTHING set-up for my dinner shift. So there I am scurrying around trying to get sauce and cheese done and stock under the tables for the dinner rush. Then because I was not online we were unable to cut people to save hours.

Well the night went OK except for my two night drivers are about the slowest we have in the store, pizzas got out late; however, no one called and asked for a credit! Then business dropped way off. That is good and bad. Good that we were able to get a jump on close, bad because we did not make projection for the day. Sad thing is we missed it by only like $50! This would not have been a problem if we had not added 2 hours to the schedule. I also took it upon myself to try and get the kitchen floor looking good so I simply had the inside closer soak the floor and I spent over an hour mopping up the soap water and then mopping the floor with nice clean water (not so clean after the rinse job). I hope it looks better. Well I did not get home till like 3 AM! Yes that was one hell of a long day at work.

Here is where the day gets REALLY sad. As I was getting out of the car I drop my keys and they get locked inside. I spent about 20 minutes trying to hit the roommate's window with a rock and calling to see if they would wake up enough to look out the window or answer the phone. Well that did not get me inside. After a bit I called my dad to see if he had time to liberate my keys from my car sometime after the sun came up. He found out I was locked out of the house and came over to pick me up. Instead he is able to liberate my keys from the car! (So very exciting!!!) We get inside and Katie had woken up and was "sleeping" on the couch. So I guess the rock/phone worked, except she did not know what woke her up and therefore did not see me struggling outside to get inside… sigh!!!

My dad was listening to a radio show about the space program and all kinds of conspiracies about it. He decided he wanted to read this 3 part paper from one of the guys on the show. We then spent almost an hour trying to find this paper and get it printed or saved. Normally there is a nice link to a PDF that makes life so wonderfully beautiful! However, this guy decided not to make it so easy. Finally after failed attempt after another I realized I could just copy and paste the information into word! I did so and none of the words showed up, only the links and the pictures. One who was not as sleep deprived or had more intelligence would have realized that since the website was black, the words were white. The words were there, but I just needed to change the color. This took me WAY too much time to figure out. Now instead of going straight way to bed I decided to spend another ½ composing and posting this story.

So for all of you I contacted about being stuck outside, I hope you did not worry too much! I am fine, pups are fine, and everyone is fine. Well except for Katie who had her sleep interrupted by a careless roommate. Oh, and my dad who did not get to sleep due to my error.

OK, now time to post and send an email informing everyone that I have posted one hell of a story.

Catholic Voting

Though it is true, as a Catholic you CAN vote for a pro-death… I mean a pro-choice candidate; however, why would you want to do so. I know sometimes the choices between the candidates are very hard. On one hand you could pick one person who is bent on stopping the "war" going on when the other wants to try and limit the deaths of millions of unborn children. Obama wants everyone to "think for themselves" to make the "right" choice. However, I do not think he would be so quick to agree if my choice was to kill him to make my life better I had that choice. Nor should I have! People talk about the right for a woman to choose what she does with her body is a personal decision that only she should make. They continue to say no one should limit her in the choice. However, this same person (here is not the point of the cases of rape exc) has already made a decent amount of decisions that got her into the situation. Next the child is not HER. The child is a distinct different person with his/her own DNA make-up. The baby is not a clone of the mother. Though the child resides inside the mother for a short period the baby is not her body.

Next his idea is to promote contraceptives as well as abstinence to help eliminate the need for abortions. The abstinence will help; however, the contraceptives are not really that much of a help. They are quite known to failure; in fact I believe a large number of abortions ARE due to failed contraceptives. They also harm the woman's body by messing with her hormones. Since contraceptives more pressure has been placed on the woman to ensure the non-creation of a new person. We all need to follow God's plan for sex and just wait till we want offspring before we have sex. That is the fundamental reason for it! Many forget that we were created to continue on the species.

Anyway, I will stop my rant and give some links to both candidate's information so you can read what they have posted to "attract" voters. I will also give a few excerpts.

McCain:

Human Dignity and the Sanctity of Life

Overturning Roe v. Wade

John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned, and as president he will nominate judges who understand that courts should not be in the business of legislating from the bench.

Constitutional balance would be restored by the reversal of Roe v. Wade, returning the abortion question to the individual states. The difficult issue of abortion should not be decided by judicial fiat.

However, the reversal of Roe v. Wade represents only one step in the long path toward ending abortion. Once the question is returned to the states, the fight for life will be one of courage and compassion - the courage of a pregnant mother to bring her child into the world and the compassion of civil society to meet her needs and those of her newborn baby. The pro-life movement has done tremendous work in building and reinforcing the infrastructure of civil society by strengthening faith-based, community, and neighborhood organizations that provide critical services to pregnant mothers in need. This work must continue and government must find new ways to empower and strengthen these armies of compassion.

Obama:

Expand access to contraception; reduce unintended pregnancy

AT A GLANCE

• Reproductive Choice: Obama has been a consistent champion of reproductive choice and will make preserving a women's right to choose under Roe v. Wade a priority as president. Obama also supports expanded access to contraception, health information and preventive services to reduce unintended pregnancies.
  

OBAMA'S PLAN

• Protecting a Women's Right to Choose: Obama will make safeguarding women's rights under Roe v. Wade a priority. He opposes any constitutional amendment to overturn that decision.
  
• Reducing Unintended Pregnancy: Obama will work to reduce unintended pregnancy by guaranteeing equity in contraceptive coverage, providing sex education, and offering rape victims accurate information about emergency contraception.
  

OBAMA RECORD

• Throughout his career, in both the Illinois Senate & the US Senate, Obama has stood up for a women's right to choose, consistently earning 100% ratings from pro-choice groups.
  

Voted against banning partial birth abortion

Obama's record in Illinois represents that of a pragmatic progressive, who pushed for moderate reforms and opposed right-wing legislation. In the IL legislature, voting "present" is the equivalent of voting "no" because a majority of "yes" votes are required for passage. Many IL legislators use the "present" vote as an evasion on an unpopular choice, so that they can avoid being targeted for voting "no." During the 2004 Democratic primary, an opponent mocked Obama's "present" vote on abortion bills with flyers portraying a rubber duck and the words, "He ducked!".

In 1997, Obama voted against SB 230, which would have turned doctors into felons by banning so-called partial-birth abortion, & against a 2000 bill banning state funding. Although these bills included an exception to save the life of the mother, they didn't include anything about abortions necessary to protect the health of the mother. The legislation defined a fetus as a person, & could have criminalized virtually all abortion.

Source: The Improbable Quest, by John K. Wilson, p.147-148 Oct 30, 2007

Trust women to make own decisions on partial-birth abortion

Q: What us your view on the decision on partial-birth abortion and your reaction to most of the public agreeing with the court's holding?

A: I think that most Americans recognize that this is a profoundly difficult issue for the women and families who make these decisions. They don't make them casually. And I trust women to make these decisions in conjunction with their doctors and their families and their clergy. And I think that's where most Americans are. Now, when you describe a specific procedure that accounts for less than 1% of the abortions that take place, then naturally, people get concerned, and I think legitimately so. But the broader issue here is: Do women have the right to make these profoundly difficult decisions? And I trust them to do it. There is a broader issue: Can we move past some of the debates around which we disagree and can we start talking about the things we do agree on? Reducing teen pregnancy; making it less likely for women to find themselves in these circumstances.

Source: 2007 South Carolina Democratic primary debate, on MSNBC Apr 26, 2007

When it is all said and done, you will be accountable in heaven on how you help those who are defenseless!

The Interent is a dreadful place

The internet is a dreadful and horrible place! There is a vast wealth of knowledge to be obtained by looking online. However, to find useful information you have to wade through pages and pages of crap, stuff that is inaccurate, intolerable, offensive, and just plain wrong. So why do most of us feel our lives are incomplete without the daily visit to the World Wide Web?

I think I like the ability to write. Not that I write well, and not that anyone reads this. However, it is a chance for me to voice my very unnecessary opinion about everything and nothing all at once. Then that is quite possibly why so many others also find the Internet to be such a vital part of life. Unfortunately most do not heed to the morals God gave them.

I recently found my boss’s MySpace page. That paired with the fact that a friend of mine, David O’Neil, has recently placed his blog as very private got me thinking. What would happen if my regional manager got onto any of my pages? What would happen? More than likely he would not waste his time reading the babble that comes from my fingers. I doubt him or any other Donatos boss would give any of my feelings a second thought. I have already found that what I post on MySpace it tempered to those who are my “friends” and may read it, though on my blog the gloves are off. Should this be true?

I know there are things I do not want some to know, but I do not mind if others know. There are many things that I just keep inside that I do not let out because of the potential for someone close to me to be hurt. Though if they are close to me then they should know better than to be hurt. Well crap, I think my train of thought has derailed… Where was I?

Well I suppose that since almost no one actually looks at my blogs I should be safe. Though I wonder how true my “blogging” self is to my everyday self…
I need to write something meaningful soon. Something about something that actually matters in the world instead of being so self centered to think that anyone out there cares about my personal life enough to read 400 words about it.

Donatos

Well, I decided to post. It has been way too long since I have done so. My last post about work was a while ago. Sad, but I have not posted anything about the upcoming elections. All I will say about the elections is if you are Catholic and love mother church DO NOT VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS. We have won some small battles trying to protect unborn children. Let us vote for someone who wants to make it impossible for the states to have the right to protect our children and females faced with a hard decision.

OK, here is something else that has come to mind. In the last week 2 people have been taken back by the fact I have a boyfriend. One is a 16 year-old at work. I asked if she thought I was too mean to have one... she said yes. I asked another one of my associates and he said it could be because of the "cock stopper" (IE the pro-life and pro-abstinence) bumper stickers. The other is a guy about my age. I think he may have been surprised because I had not yet mentioned a boyfriend. Well am I really that terrible that no guy would want to date me? Is it so important for a young woman to degrade her self by laying down and spreading her legs?

Why should I give up my entire self AND put my soul in mortal sin just so a guy can have a moment of pleasure. Sure I guess if I did not have an angel always telling me how important it is to wait, and if I did not have to go tell a priest that I am too weak to control my animal instincts than it might have a moment of pleasure. However, that is not the case.

Well after working 86 hours in the past 8 days I think I am too tired to continue. As you can see I have not done well thus far and I am sure it is going to get worse. (not that anyone reads this crap anyway).

Well farewell....

My cross to carry... Is it too heavy?

Awesome!! We complain about the cross we bear but don't realize it is preparing us for the dip in the road that God can see and we cannot.

Whatever your cross,
whatever your pain,
there will always be sunshine, after the rain....
Perhaps you may stumble, perhaps even fall;
But God's always ready, to answer your call....
He knows every heartache, sees every tear,
a word from His lips, can calm every fear...
Your sorrows may linger, throughout the night,
But suddenly vanish, by dawn's early light...
The Savior is waiting, somewhere above,
to give you His grace, and send you His love.
May God fill your day with blessings!!

Beloved Fathers

I would like to introduce you to a “friend” of mine. Though I have never met him in person, I have had many conversations with him. He IS a great man. He led a very holy and respectable life. He became engaged to a woman to find out that she became pregnant by another during the engagement.

He was going to break off the engagement; however, he became aware of the fact that it was not due to a sinful act by her. In fact, the child was a great gift from God to the world. So he chose to accept the reticule of his peers and take her into his house as his wife.

He stood by her during her pregnancy as any honorable man would his wife. Comforted her, attended to her, and ensured her safety and comfort. He was with her for all of the pregnancy except when she went to help her elder cousin with her pregnancy.

When his wife returned to him he was overjoyed to see her; however, due to being late in her term many questioned her purity and dedication to him. He did not. He stood by her and loved her. Then they found they needed to make a very long journey, so away they went, he by her side. She ended up giving birth when they were away. The trip must have been so hard on him. The worry and concern over what stress this journey would have on his young wife. Though she did not seem to mind very much, it was very tiring to him. The trip home would have been even harder on him. Now he had a newborn child to look after as well.

Before they reached home he was informed that people wanted to kill his son. So as any father would, he took his wife and child to a far away but safe place. He left his life, family, job, and home simply to save the life of his foster child. He and his wife had a hint of sadness for the loss of the company of their families; however, the life of any child is worth the sacrifice, especially this one. They did not return to their home till the threat was clear.

Though it was not his child, he raised him as if it was his treasured first son. (He has not yet told me if it were his first.) He supported his wife in the education and rising of the child. When the son was old enough my friend to him to the workshop and taught him a trade. He worked to ensure his adopted son had everything he needed from the time he was born till the time my friend passed away.

Also, this holy and just man never took his wife into his bed chamber for marital activities. She was so special because of her calling to be the mother of his foster son, that it was out of the question to deflower such a perfect woman. He remained chased and loving. Never wavering, simply staying in the background and let his beautiful wife and son have all of the light.

He knew he raised a good and righteous son by the time he was a teen simply because he was so strong in the knowledge of God, the laws, and he also had a very keen mind. Though the child had a powerful will he always obeyed his parents. Yes even as a teenager!

Though my friend died before he had a chance to see in person the true strength of his adopted son, he died in the arms of his loving wife and son. As many of you know already I am speaking of Saint Joseph. He is the protector of the innocent, of the young virgins, of workers, and others. He tried so hard in life to have the ability to take care of his perfect wife and son, he denied himself the basic pleasures of life to ensure the wellbeing of the both of them, and he has been there with them ever since. He would never leave them as long has he had the choice.

My devotion to this great man comes from my love, respect, and image of my father when I was a kid. He was an honorable man. Read his Bible every morning at breakfast, loved his wife, and child. He too took in a child that was not his and raised her as his own. (Sometimes I think she was raised better than his own.) He treated his step children as if they were his own as well. He did not play the “it is their father’s responsibility” game. He was at church every Sunday morning and night (between running me back and forth from Indianapolis and Fort Wayne) also he was there Wednesday night bible study and Thursday night visitation with the pastor. No matter what happened later, this is the man who raised me, loved me and my siblings. He and his new wife also allowed my brothers from my mom’s second “marriage” to come and stay. All this was done for me, the apple of his eye.

Abortion

I mean really. Why do "Pro-Choice" feel that they are really on the side of "Choice?" I have yet to see a person who can truly be open to all choices without feeling that abortion is right or wrong. I am Pro-life and I stand by that. I do not feel that all choices available to the public should be available. (For example, it is a choice to shoot your boss in the head... but come on how many honestly feel that this is really a CHOICE that should be available?) I expect many will disagree with me, but here take a moment and read the “I’m Pregnant… Now What?” article on a teen site associated with Planned Parenthood. If I am reading this I would think that the only option for me to live a normal life was to have an abortion. Oh and on the same site there is this quote in the article and in a big block as if it were a bad thing… “CPCs are bringing their anti-abortion, abstinence-until-marriage message to schools.” Again this is a site for TEENS. Now I have yet to meet a parent that is HAPPY about a sexually active child. Most that have them, that I have talked to, accept the fact; however, they all claim to wish the child had waited. So why would it be BAD to teach abstinence? OK, I have heard that they should not be teaching anti-abortion…

Well here is an artical about this site. Many may have differing opions on porn and sex; however, this artical seems to be saying that it is normal for young people to enjoy porn by themselves or with a partner. Again, should this really be somthing we should be PROMOTING to teens? Sorry I will stop with this topic.

I am blogging about this because I tried to talk to Seth about it and he just shuts me down and won’t talk to me about such things. I can understand why. He is still trying to tell himself that his brother did the right thing when he and his then wife decided to KILL his niece or nephew. They see it as a good thing because if the abortion was not had then the next 2 children would not have been born. Well I say who says THAT’S true? Yes I do love the 2 younger children, I would not want them to cease to be, but I cannot say that I am happy that one had to die for the others to be born later. Of course before I knew this I asked Seth’s brother if I could take his pre-teen son to a teen pro-life event. He told me “no” because he wanted his son to make up his own mind on the subject and did not want anyone influencing his decision. Is that possible? Can a child who has never heard a pro-life message make an educated decision with pro-abortion parents?

Now I want to look at the name “Planned Parenthood” (PP).

You can stop reading if I have written on this before; however, I am going to see how PP helps people PLAN a family. I know they help to plan NOT to have a family… but then again that is not what the name states. OK after reviewing the site, I see no place to get information on how to help me PLAN to get pregnant. There is some good basic information about parenting. Some facts about adoption (that does not seem condescending) are present. However, most are about sex, “safer”-sex (I like the change in the name from when I was a teen when it was called “safe”-sex), and STDs. There was nothing about abstinence. So you can get information about how to plan to not become a parent (as long as you intend to be having sex) and some general information about what to do if you become a parent. Sad thing is this site seems a BIT less bias than the TEEN site??? I don’t quite understand that, but then again I do not make money out of young people having sex with one another.

Too Long

I have been away for too long. It has also been too long since I have had a chance to sit in quiet and play on my computer. Not that I have a lot of time now. I was clocked in at work for 12 hours yesterday, at work closer to 12.5 hours. Today I am most likely going to have to do the same. That means in 1.5 (about 1:30pm) hours I have to go home, get ready for work, and I will be at work till around 3:00 AM... so very sad.

I do like my job. Once I am at work I do not mind being there at all. In fact I have noticed I have so much to do there that most of the time the time flies by. For example, we were so busy and I was trying to get so many things done, when I looked up at the clock after 8:50pm it was almost 1AM. Time just went so very fast last night.

It also has been WAY too long since Harry Potter was out of the news! Come on people. I guess a fan based website holder has decided to publish a book with fan based information, writings, and some of the spells found in the book exc. She is suing them for copyright stuff. All I can think of is the Star Wars Universe. Now I don’t know how that started; however, I feel that the continuation of the Star Wars fantasy is partially based on the fact that fans can get involved and write books about it, compile information, and be a part of the action. I remember reading or talking to someone about how JK Rowling is just in it for the money (of course most of us do what we do for a living for the money), I think they were right. She has a VERY popular series of books and if she plays her hand right she can use the fans to build the Potter world, make it more timeless than it already is, and also do more to line her pockets with money. Far be it for me to tell the woman how to live her life; however, I truly feel we get more in life if we all work together and not against each other. The fan book was written out of devotion, not malice. She wants to keep all Harry Potter writings (especially the ones that make money) to herself…

Ok, enough on that. Has anyone been listing to the debates, do you have a favorite candidate? At this point I am not sure who is really still in the race. I did an online quiz thing and it said I should vote for Huckabee… though that was not even a close fit. It was only like 30% or something. But when the choices are limited, you have to make tough choices. Though I know there are those who feel they just cannot vote because the candidates are such bad fits for the personal ideology.

Speaking of politics, Seth and I were talking about pro-life issues and he made the statement that the Clintons are personally pro–life. He says they just keep personal beliefs and politics separate. My response was what good is it to have personal beliefs that do not carry over into your professional life. I feel there should be some carry over. For example, a person who honestly believes in no sex till marriage is not very likely to become a prostitute. A person who honestly feels that murder is wrong and that abortion is wrong just does not seem to be the person who joins forces with “Planned Parenthood” for their money making abilities.

More on Planned Parenthood later….

Life

It is time for a new post. As any readers know, my new job has kept me on my toes, not really able to concentrate on what I want, only letting me do bits here and there. Then instead of doing my blogging and Abba, Father work, I play my video game. I really need to start stepping into my Catholic reality instead of Neverwinter Nights 2. My guess is tomorrow I will spend talking, playing my video game, and trying to forget life in general.

I want all to know my new job is going well. I have a nice connection with many of the employees, others… not so much. However, I think it is going well. The general manager (store manager AKA GM) is seemly liking my work. At least it is not as bad as she expected!

With all of that I also heard tonight that my “mother” Linda Gray Wren found out she has cancer in her bones. I do not know much more than that. She had breast cancer and they got that taken care of, now this. I hope all of you will be praying for her. She is such a wonderful mother, friend, wife, and person. Her husband is taking care of her and he is doing such a wonderful job. He watched his first wife slowly die from cancer, and did not even bat an eye when Linda found out she had cancer, I am sure he is just as supportive and caring as he was then. Pray for him also; though I cannot seem to remember his name right now… call him Mr. Wren!

Seth has a job, so hopefully we can start climbing out of the hole we call finances! My father is looking into a new house, so I may have a nice 2 bedroom attached one car garage in my future!!!! That would be so very nice. Though that would mean I would have to move away from John and Katie. I guess the day will come where I would be expected to do that anyway… and it may take that long for Dad to get the house ready!

I am looking forward to continuing at Donatos. I think my life is looking better and better all of the time. Now I just need to buckle down and start taking care of what I need to get done. After that, life will be GRAND.

God is so very wonderful!

I desire to post some time on the priest I had the opportunity to hear last Saturday night when I went to mass, but that will take more time and energy than I have tonight. So for now I want to leave everyone with a happy note! I am more confident about my life now than ever. I know there are many things I still have to work on, but I know I will make it!

I do love you all who read this. You and all of my friends are very dear to me.

(It is interesting to me that this blog has become so very personal. I think I will need to start posting less personal information. However, right now this is about the only way to let everyone know how I am doing since I do not seem to have time to catch up with everyone anymore!)