October 13th, 2002 - 6.15 pm
There were so many entries I wanted to write lately. So I guess I'll give you the Readers Digest version of them here.
Last Sunday, I went back to my church in Loveland to give a little speech. I know, I know, "But Emily! You're a self-proclaimed agnostic!"(agnostic is not atheist, btw, I believe in a Higher Power, but I'm not sure of the specifics) But I'm not opposed to speaking about how much special people mean to me. Sister Carolyn Hoying the principle of St. John's School for 16 years left them last Saturday. She was called back to her home abbey, to minister to young women thinking about joining the church as nuns. Again, that idea makes me cringe a little bit. But, Sister Carolyn is one of those people who is so genuine about everything that she does. She does truly truly love people and that's such a needed trait. She remembers all of the kids names who ever passed through St. Johns and it was an honor for me to be able to speak about how wonderful she is.
I didn't expect for that mass to hit me as hard as it did. The kids choir came up at the end and sang a song to Sister and she just stood on the alter and sang right back to them, like she would have done any other day at any other time. It could have been at recess or at school, or whatever, and she would have been just as ernest as she was that day, and man. I lost it a little bit. I'm not sure why, exactly. But that is a scene I'll remember for the rest of my born days.
Whoops! That took way longer than I expected and now, I have to go for sushi with S. More later!
