I don't know about Becky but I really like to talk and get some things off my chest.
...what keeps it's hold of me so to speak is
1. A way to convince a catholic to take a different look at their faith.
2. Or find a way for me to view their faith differently, so that I can feel more comfortable about my family.
1)What, would be the different look at your family's faith that could/would satisfy your requirement here? Any general thoughts? Big differences, little differences? Acceptence? Forgiveness? Compassion? Do they reject you in some way?
Acceptence: my folks kept trying to give me up for adoption sence birth, but they gave up when I turned 12, no one would take me. Forgivevness: The time I launched a rocket in my bedroom and it went thru the roof and burnt the house down, they never did forgive me for that. Compassion: The time I fell off the stage at a jr high school play and broke my arm, and they didnt't take me to the doctor and it healed up kinda crooked, well that really hurt my feelings. Rejection: Right after I turned 12 and they gave up trying to give me up for adoption, that day after I came home from school, they had moved but didn't tell me. Man they were hard to find too, took me almost a month, but I found them, they were really disappointed.
2) What could change in your view of their faith that would make you more comfortable about/with them? Respect? Understanding? Forgiveness?
Their faith: well it would really help if they would quit wearing those white robes and stop building and burning crosses. Respect: well if they would start comming to see me or just call once a year or so, that would be nice. Its been 30 years since I heard from them, it was the day I graduated high school, when I left for school that day, they were leaving for a trip in the Bahamas, I remember hearing them talk about some kind of celebratition. Forgiveness: well....I think they have forgiven me for being born, but I think their still a little disappointed that I have lived so long. (Mom - Dad, if you Freep and are reading this, I still love you guys)
Anyway D-fendr thanks for letting me share this with you. (I'm kinda lonely, could you Freep mail me every once and a while:)
BigMack
LOL. Uh oh. You're gonna make D-fendr blow the dust off of a couple more of those philosophical type books on the shelf right next to Robby's history books.
I could try, but I'd rather give you up for adoption to someone else.