Even though I've written for various Catholic blogs & run my own, I don't like to talk about myself which says something about my personality. However, I feel called to listen, encourage, and share in a the desire for fraternity and sisterhood. I come from a melting pot of American culture after living in various States & regions throughout my life. I love connecting with people in my travels. Faith & family were my constants. My faith is the foundation of my life throughout all the joys & trials. In my adult life, I've gone from successful slightly cocky & fearsome Jesuit University grad & hopeful graduate teacher to dehabiliated & unemployed to surrendering to God's awesome plan.
In my 31 years of life, one of the biggest gifts of my life is being an Aunt & godmother to many kiddos. I've enjoyed traveling parts of the world with my Dad & on occasion my Mom. Now I'm a caregiver to an ill patent which is an unique blessing. I've spent years singing in our local Diocesan Cathedral Choir praising God through Sacred Liturgical music. I enjoy the outdoors with my fiancé & our families from hiking & flyfishing to swimming & boating. Sometimes my fiancé & I social dance where I can share my enjoyment of ballroom, swing, & latin dance which I learned in college with an older brother.
I struggle daily with my physical health, but through my afflictions I've been transfigured into a much better version of myself & a more willing servant for God.
My fiancé & I have known each other for almost 6 years. I met him around the time my reproductive health nose dived, & he has walked beside me since. I spent the first 2 Valentine’s Day crippled over in endo pain, & he sat beside me on the floor and held my hand. When I introduced him to the Creighton Method years ago, I still remember the giggles, nervous tone, & humerous commentary when we first discussed my FABM. Over the years, we've matured, our conversations are substantive, & we seem to always be learning something new. We only recently began learning the NFP marriage protocols & collaborating on daily charting.
Anything NFP related is a test even when the method strengthens our relationship because he and I always will be tempted to focus on the self versus the other and us as a couple. Love is a choice. Creighton provides the opportunity for communication, understanding, intimacy, sacrifice, & love, but we how we respond to that invitation is up to us.
In some ways learning Creighton as an engaged couples makes our upcoming marriage & the opportunity to share life together more highly anticipated, exciting, & romantic. In other ways, it makes the reality and weight of the responsible of sharing a life together more real & intimate. Throw my health concerns into marriage prep and charting with my fiancé and God provides a great opportunity to grow in love, humility, & selflessness. He and I are both challenged with loving a person & not an idea of marriage. And for that, we are strengthened and sanctified as a couple.
