being Catholic

today a new pope was chosen.  it was a cool,exciting,somewhat emotional feeling.  see I'm a convert, so the richness of the Catholic faith still amazes me sometimes.  to me,the foundation of my beliefs from my childhood as a protestant are the same as Catholics..there is just a deeper,more profound richness to Catholicism...the traditions are beautiful.   and when i saw the white smoke from the Vatican today, i was deeply moved.

Nolan's funeral was beautiful...it was so deeply sad,so sorrowful, but i was so thankful to be Catholic as it happened... the traditions,the beauty of the Catholic church.  I'm so grateful Nolan could be taken care of in such a profound way....