Today. After 20 years, I completed an examination of conscience, made a full confession, and re-entered the Catholic faith. Reflecting on 20 years worth of sin and wrongdoing in the eyes of the church was difficult, but also a gift to realize how much I have to be grateful for. I now believe we all have more people who want the best for us rather than the worst. Letting go and being absolved of 20 years of sin with extremely little penance asked in return was extremely humbling.
Here’s the least romantic thing you’ll read all day & the deepest truth I know about love:
Pick a partner who can sit in a hospital room with you.
Because no matter what, 100% guaranteed, life together will bring you there. Either one of you could be in the hospital bed, or it will be your beloved child, or the parents who raised you, or another family member or friend whom you can’t imagine the world without.
And the two of you will wind up together there, under-slept and over-caffeinated, starin…
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