A Friendly Ear

I sat at the ballfield yesterday with a friend who has children about the same age as my own and who attends the same church as I do.

She knows I'm not Catholic and asked me why I haven't attended RICA to become Catholic. There was nothing accusatory or any exclusivity in her voice, she wanted an honest answer.

So I told her. I confessed my fascination with religions - Islam, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Confucious, Judiasm - and explained how I believe all are linked by the same One God / Deity / Supreme Being / The Creator and how I believed all life on Earth and the Universe is related. Instead of brushing me off like some ill-informed, unsaved, non-educated pagan idiot, she listened. I mean really listened. She asked questions and asked to borrow some of the books I referred to often in my conversation.

In this day of right-wing oppression (no emails - I'm a registered Republican) it was refreshing to have someone listen to non-mainstream and quite radical thinking. Thank you Sandy, for your time and your ear.

This week I need to catch up on the serial. No messing around. I'm still head of my subscribers but I'm behind to my plan. Ughhh!

My 6th grade son has to write a three page realistic fiction story for class. He just came down the stairs and said, "this is easier than I thought it would be. I had an idea and the words just came to me." Ahhh, the thrill of being a newbie.

I have to type it for him later.

BK