tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post7751611473593026630..comments2023-12-25T11:13:04.495+00:00Comments on Seraphic Singles: Recognizing the Single ExperienceSeraphichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-318637880005738212011-02-18T03:20:37.260+00:002011-02-18T03:20:37.260+00:00@Seraphic - So, thanks to your advice, I did try a...@Seraphic - So, thanks to your advice, I did try again to contact my pastor & youth/y.a. minister. I left them both voicemails a week ago, and I haven't heard anything yet. I'll try again tomorrow (maybe messages to the secretary) then I'll leave it alone after that. Thanks for encouraging me to not give up [too] easily.Christinehttp://lettersfromchristine.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-16290698329971813362011-02-10T20:19:27.623+00:002011-02-10T20:19:27.623+00:00I have, probably unusually, had an experience exac...I have, probably unusually, had an experience exactly opposite of what you describe. In my previous parish, I was the only woman in my age/social group who was married. The single women didn't invite me to their 'girls-only' social gatherings. I don't know whether they assumed I wouldn't want to come, or whether they thought it would be awkward to have a married woman there, or what the deal was. I wanted to go--even a happily married woman wants to hang out with other women sometimes!--and felt left out. But I didn't know how to tell them that.<br /><br />So, thanks to all women, married, singles, mothers, widows, nuns, who don't make other women feel excluded, whatever their station in life!JaneChttp://allepsalite.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-5377846228564292472011-02-10T05:38:20.727+00:002011-02-10T05:38:20.727+00:00The girl who wrote in here: http://www.theglobeand...The girl who wrote in here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ask-a-health-expert/ask-a-psychologist/how-can-i-accept-being-single-am-i-just-being-too-picky/article1901413/ should have written to you!<br />Perhaps you could leave a comment on the article?OntarioGirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-10664017388923379222011-02-10T00:05:22.461+00:002011-02-10T00:05:22.461+00:00Hey, that's great!Hey, that's great!Seraphichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-53239798592958136752011-02-09T22:54:11.425+00:002011-02-09T22:54:11.425+00:00Seraphic - just got two copies, one for me and one...Seraphic - just got two copies, one for me and one as part of a Valentine's package for a friend. Enjoying the book immensely already!AveLadynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-19272661875385128192011-02-09T14:09:15.057+00:002011-02-09T14:09:15.057+00:00Oh no, Christine! I feel overwhelmed by the urge t...Oh no, Christine! I feel overwhelmed by the urge to hand out yet another piece of advice. Call up the youth minister or priest, and cheerfully ask whatever happened to that meeting idea. That way if there was an honest mistake or good explanation, you won't carry the feeling of being let down with you into your new parish. If you really were "managed," however, that absolutely sucks.<br /><br />Thank you, everybody, for your kind remarks! I keep on blogging six days a week because of all of you. Meanwhile, my publisher would like me to tell you that if you want to find out what I was thinking and doing the last years I was Single, get your hands on "Seraphic Singles" (in the British Commonwealth) or "The Closet's All Mine." If you're Polish, however, you might want to wait for the Polish edition, coming out with Homo Dei.Seraphichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-75978675416377148782011-02-09T04:22:52.571+00:002011-02-09T04:22:52.571+00:00I e-mailed my pastor once, telling him how I felt ...I e-mailed my pastor once, telling him how I felt alone & excluded in the parish. He had me meet with the youth minister to brainstorm ideas, which we did swimmingly, and formed a general idea of what kind of a group meeting we'd like to initiate. The youth minister said he'd just arrange a date with the pastor. However, after that, I never heard anything from either one again. I guess I've been "managed." Luckily, I'll be moving to another town by Autumn and another parish.Christinehttp://lettersfromchristine.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-61324368661743269512011-02-09T00:52:10.308+00:002011-02-09T00:52:10.308+00:00I am one of those single woman who has been left s...I am one of those single woman who has been left sitting in the pew on Mother's Day applauding the women who have "done something valuable with their lives". I am so grateful to women who have had children and have spent my entire adult life working with other peoples' children. I think kids are amazing and hilarious. My parish priest has made it a point every Mother's Day to acknowledge ALL the women in the parish as offering mothering in one form or another to people in their lives - he acknowledges ALL the men in the parish on Father's Day too. I also have some very nice friends and family who acknowledge my single, childless self on Mother's Day for the gifts I bring to the lives of their children. Thanks for this post. It made me feel that what I have to offer the world as a single woman is of some positive consequence.Blipfillypicklepoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786249200499351976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-40201134964924584952011-02-09T00:43:32.823+00:002011-02-09T00:43:32.823+00:00married or not, you've given me great advice a...married or not, you've given me great advice and I thank God for your blog. I actually found this blog after you got married. I've been reading your articles in the Catholic Register for a few years. I remember reading about your wedding day and the Catholic Register is how I found your book which led me to this site. Thank you so much Dorothy for continuing to do what you do!<br /><br />AmandaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459533707755995195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-79667898264413020312011-02-08T21:12:56.684+00:002011-02-08T21:12:56.684+00:00Thankyou for writing that! I am so glad to have fo...Thankyou for writing that! I am so glad to have found a blog that makes sense to a woman, aged 37, who looks younger than her years and has lots of things going for her, who just simply hasn't meant the right person yet. When people want to talk to you about how you will meet someone ( as if that's the only thing that matters) it's so easy to feel like you are some kind of social failure. Truth is, I would love to meet a good Christian man who I feel is right for me, but equally I feel like its wrong to have someone in your life just for the sake of company... it would not be fair on them or you. I have cried to god about meeting someone I can see myself with ( and I', not loking for perfection) but I know He wants me to trust Him. Ad, at the end of the day, as you say, this is about His timescales and not ours.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507492861917239218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-39103673848615903752011-02-08T19:48:29.176+00:002011-02-08T19:48:29.176+00:00Thanks for a great post, Seraphic!Thanks for a great post, Seraphic!dark but fairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929758251543007628noreply@blogger.com