We have decided not to join a church right now. We are going to attend one for awhile and then see if we want to change. It is too difficult to formally leave St. Mary's so we just won't attend there for now.
When my Mom was dying we had her best friends surrounding her bed the day before she died. She couldn't talk but when they said something interesting she would lift her eyebrows and we would all laugh. It was an amazing day. Her daughter, granddaughter and newborn great granddaughter and Mom's best friends all together to celebrate her life and her death with her.
One of the stories was about when I was in high school (1968), Monsignor wouldn't allow us to have guitars at church. So I went to Mt. Carmel where they welcomed us. Mom sent a letter to Monsignor that said every time we were at Mt. Carmel she was going to put her envelope there that week. OOOOHHH did he get mad! He was not only her pastor but her boss, too - she was the secretary at the parish school.
What I found very interesting was that she never told me this story - I found it out from her friends on that amazing afternoon. Mom didn't do things for show - she did them from her heart. So - I am going to do the same thing - just put my tithing where I attend that week.
Since we have made this decision we feel at peace with it. Getting to the decision to move on was very difficult. But we feel we are doing the right thing.
The pact we made with our friends - well - we all decided we were in a different place in our lives when we made that pact. We are all going to do what is best for each couple. Some are staying - some are going - but one thing we all know - we love each other and we are family - we will always love each other and always be family.
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