11-4-2019 Video Diary

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  1. JSNovember 9, 2019 at 12:34 AM

    Hi Shannon I really liked your video blog I totally understand about the family separation syndrome -I kind of call it that -I really miss the days when both our families were intact- those were the happiest days of my life it’s so hard to not think about how happy we all were I have to compliment you because on Fridays you sound like you don’t have a care in the world and for that reason I think that radio show is really good for you it allows you to express yourself you are really good at it you have even done it a couple of times by yourself I thought that was really cool ... I know you must miss having everybody together I can understand how that feels everybody goes their separate ways the whole church thing has been a struggle for me as well I started out at St James but there are women there who think it’s a social affair and when I show up it’s like I can’t focus on the church service because it’s all about the talking lots of times I go to Guadalupe because it’s all in Spanish I can understand most of it no one knows me there and I can actually meditate a couple of times I went over to Saint Peter and Paul but it’s kind of a social affair thing there as well I thought well hell maybe there are some good looking old man Catholic bachelors there but there wasn’t much to see LOL I do like that church one thing I like is no matter where I go the service is always exactly the same so I take my prayer book and my rosary and I just meditate and that seems to help me I am not much for joining the groups at church never have been even though I taught at St. James I went to mass every day with the kids in school but honestly I just go when I go for the quietness of it I like to listen to the music sing the songs that I know but mostly for me it’s focusing on inner peace and thinking without interruption but everybody has their own needs for church I hope you find something that works for you there were quite a few people I knew that focused on their church is solely because of the minister and lots of times the minister turned out to be a fake or not who he claimed to be or he was fooling around on his wife stuff like that so When they put a lot of emphasis on the minister of them self you’re running the risk of losing because he’s only human the Catholic priests in Seguin have never been real personalities they’ve always been kind of mundane so they weren’t at the core of why I went to church I mean they said the mass but I could take the priest leave the priest it didn’t really matter that much to me it was the going and the praying that comforted me the most for a long time it depressed me to go because my mother and I used to go together all the time and after she passed it depressed me too much to go and then after Frank passed it depressed me too much to go again but I always came back but it took a while anyway I just wanted to chat with you by the way I think Cats can be counselors yours looks like a good counselor mine is also is A good counselor they are so relaxing except when they scratch you LOLI was dictating this and I tried to go back to correct some typos but couldn’t do it so if you see the typos that’s why—- I love you. Julie

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  2. ShannonNovember 18, 2019 at 3:27 PM

    I love you. You understand me. You have no idea how nice that is.
    I've been doing the video diary and the other different videos because they seem to make me want to get out of bed in the morning and get dressed. Even if no one watches them or reads my blogs, they have become very therapeutic for me. Thank you for always supporting me in the things I do.

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