Circle of Faith

The girls and I went to a church retreat this weekend, and my heart is still overflowing with the sense of community I gained. My girls have at least three new "adopted" grandparents and more.

In Spiritual Support, I spoke about finding Unitarian Universalism after living my entire life without a "spiritual home". I am so blessed now to be surrounded by people who fill a unique need I didn't know I had.

I cannot stress how important this is to me as a single parent. While some of my friend circles are growing smaller, as I mature and weed out people who no longer represent the things I want my girls to value, this circle is growing by the day. In particular, my girls have access to men they can admire, which is HUGE for us.

It is hilarious to me that I am now that person saying how wonderful My Church is, when I have distrusted others saying something similar for so long. In my defense, I still mistrust anyone telling me I will be PUNISHED if I don't conform to a certain set of ideals.

Still, I understand now what it is like to feel such joy for my faith and want others to feel it too.