I don’t really have much of one (at least not an exciting one). I was raised with a strong belief in God and have always had God in my life. I do not recall a time when I’ve ever questioned my belief in God but what I have questioned, at times, is whether it is necessary to go to mass each week and on all days of obligation. I have also at times, question why things I prayed so hard for didn’t happen. Once, I prayed for a love in Scotland to come back into my life. I was so depressed and prayed so hard. I couldn’t understand why God wouldn’t answer my prayer because I wanted something so right… to be true and faithful to one man forever. Then, I met Mark and it all made sense. God knew that I was met to be with Mark and he brought Mark to me. If the previous relationship had never have happened I wouldn’t have been able to meet Mark. Mark and I do feel this is a miracle.

I found my beliefs strengthening while I attended Uni far from home and I attended mass quite frequently during that time. Now, as an adult I live alone, work full-time, travel a lot (to be with my husband or he travels to me), and admit that I do not make it out to mass as much as I should. I am determined to change this when Mark and I are together permanently in August. After all, attending mass is refreshing, relaxing, and spiritual. We’ll enjoy going to give thanks, pray, and learn.

We have decided that we want to raise our children with the Catholic Church as part of their lives. We’ve always felt that a little religion is a good thing. It’s when people resort to extremism that it can become a problem. We’ll raise our children to have a strong belief in God and to have the good values we were raised with. That said, my testimonial will be a more interesting read in the future :-)