An Aid To Memory

In high school I used to always reflect on the end of different periods. Every Friday in my Academic planner I would summarize how the week went, and at the end of the year I would usually take a few spaces to sum it up as well, rating it on a scale of 1 to 10.

As I was thinking of blog topics I thought I would rate 2004 in the same way. 2004 was a pretty memorable year for me, and overall, a very good year. In the early months of the year I discerned that I was not called to the Anglican priesthood; I wasn’t even called to Anglicanism! I will always remember 2004 as the calm foil to the turbulent 2003, when Gene Robinson was consecrated as an Anglican bishop and I decided I could no longer remain in the Episcopal denomination (I thought for awhile Anglicanism might be an option). In 2004 I also ended two long-term and somewhat dysfunctional relationships. One with my ex-girlfriend of three years, and the other with the Anglican Communion. These two events make 2004 extremely memorable, probably more memorable than all the other years of this decade combined.

With the endings came some great new beginnings. I was confirmed a Catholic on August 14, 2004. This was the completion of almost six years of often desultory searching for my spiritual home. I also met Maria, finally finding that special someone whom I have dreamed of for a long time, but never really thought existed in the flesh. I guess 2004 is my year of coming home, and finding rest after wandering so long. Of course, my journey is only really just beginning. This makes 2004 a solid 8 or 9 by my high school planner standards. 2005 is looking bright as well, for reasons which I will detail after February.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 28th, 2004 at 3:18 pm and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.