Moments. Memories. Realization.

Right now I am overly surprised that I even want to blog.
I have been working diligently for about 3 days now on my Autobiography, which is needed for this beautiful application to the Panhandle Franciscans.

I really thought this application would be easier than the one for the Salesians, yeah I had a hard time, but I managed to get everything together rather quickly. This time its different. 
          I thought that I had put all the certificates, and things needed for the Salesian application, away, for the next time I applied to an order (see I internally knew there would be a next time). If I did do this, I must have found a wonderful hiding place because I can't find it anywhere. So I had to start from scratch on that, gathering my Communion and Confirmation certificates, birth certificate, etc. I have to wait until the first week of November before the church based certificates are able to be obtained, as the lady who is in charge of that is away on vacation. PATIENCE.
Then I thought I had the Autobiography already written, or at least most of it. I had a 5 page autobiography for the Salesians, that would have been a great starting point.
           But, No, that is not what God wanted. I believe he wanted me to start from scratch, act as if this is the ONLY religious community I have ever applied to, because it should be. So need less to say, I have started to write my Autobiography from the beginning, I am on page 8 so far and a Junior in high school.

Now onto some interesting realizations!
     While cleaning my room the other day I came across a key chain that I bought when I was 12. I thought that this key chain had been long gone. It is one that has St. Francis' quote "A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows."- i adopted this quote right away. This gets me to thinking, maybe God knew all along that I would become a Franciscan. I have always had compassion for every living thing, animals, trees, people alike, and I have always found creative ways to live the gospels in my everyday life, without ever quoting the bible (though Francis quoted the bible ALL the time). I AM A FRANCISCAN.

   
I guess this is all I can even fathom writing about. I have Autobiography on the brain. Please read tomorrow I will post more about the conversion I am experiencing right before my eyes!