First of all: Hello dear readers! I've missed you, even if you haven't missed me and I'm hoping to blog more this year, warrior willing, so please hang on. This will be one of my reasons for blogging more and these posts will be up every Friday so if you're interested, stay tuned, if not, well I'll be posting other stuff. :P
So for my first week I feel like a bit of a cheater by doing an about me of sorts but I figure it's a start. Hey it starts with 'A', lol. Thinking next week I'll write about altars though. ^w^ So for those that don't know I'm pagan and when one of my besties told me about the Pagan Blog Project I figured it was a great idea because I'm looking to blog more and I'm also looking to be more of a practicing witch. Bam. 2 birds, 1 stone.
So for my first week I feel like a bit of a cheater by doing an about me of sorts but I figure it's a start. Hey it starts with 'A', lol. Thinking next week I'll write about altars though. ^w^ So for those that don't know I'm pagan and when one of my besties told me about the Pagan Blog Project I figured it was a great idea because I'm looking to blog more and I'm also looking to be more of a practicing witch. Bam. 2 birds, 1 stone.
You can check out the website for more info about how this is going and even join in. If you join in let me know! Now for a jumbled mess of a post but this is as straight as I can get it in my head. @.@
So about me and my path:
I was raised Catholic. I went to church every Sunday with very few exceptions up to my senior year in high school (and even then there were several Sundays that I changed from church clothes to work clothes until they started having me work at 6 am). Now when I say my family is Catholic, I'm not messing around. My family has ran CCD (religious ed program) for years and years. There are several nuns in my family, a deacon and a Monsignor (I'm sure I spelled that wrong) and my family is VERY involved and has been their entire lives. This little part will clue you into why I have not come out of the broom closet to my family. I honestly believe it would crush them but there is just too much I disagree with when it comes to the Catholic church. In fact I was hesitant to post these on this blog but since no family that I know of reads it, we'll keep it here for now.
So my Junior year after studying for several months (not the normally recommended year and a day) I did a self initiation into Wicca. It was amazing and things felt right. Well other than continuing to hide it from my family but it was that or potentially give everyone heart attacks.
I practiced for several years. Then school, asshole boyfriend and other things got in the way. Not to say that I didn't hold on to my beliefs, I just didn't do any spells or anything and aside from a cat named Beltane and having a deck of tarot cards, my beliefs were pretty quiet.
Fast forward to now. I'm married and we have our first child and I feel like I need to come back, I've felt like a part of me has been missing all this time. What I identify as has changed. I've got some Wicca, with some non Wiccan parts with a very light sprinkling of Celtic Reconstructivism. Very light sprinkling. Haha. I want to be able to share my beliefs with my son (Note: he is not going to be pushed to any religion. He will go to church on Sundays with his Grandma if we're around and he'll celebrate both Yule and Christmas and such things like that. I personally felt forced to go to church and I want him to be able to see there are different beliefs and choose for himself.)
So that's where I am. I feel a great connection to the Gaelic Gods and Goddesses though it's hard to find what I would consider reputable information. I strive to learn as much as I can about ancient Gaelic culture and try to incorporate it as well. I've been in the midst of a re-dedication of sorts to my path (though I'm not sure re-dedication is really the right word for it) because I feel it is necessary and have been for several months so my posts this year will be a "new to this, but not" if that makes any sense to anyone at all. ^w^
Also, if you're a new follower from the Pagan Blog Project say hello! Introduce yourself, I'd love to hear about you as well. :)
Also, if you're a new follower from the Pagan Blog Project say hello! Introduce yourself, I'd love to hear about you as well. :)
4 comments:
Hiya! I really enjoyed reading this and think your 'About me' is an excellent topic for the first PGP. Bright blessings to you and yours!
Your story has much in common with mine. I look forward to reading more from you as the year progresses :)
I loved how you phrased this. I can so sympathize. I think it's important that if you want to start practicing again, to go for it.
Great first post! I'm fully out of the broom closet, by ex-bff outed me mistakenly... and I've kind of been tip toeing out to the in-laws. But I'm with you on the whole raising my child attitude. I have two girls and while the do attend church while they stay with their grandmother over the summer, they get a healthy dose of other experiences the rest of the year. We do Yule and Christmas, Ostara and Easter etc... I think its wonderful that the PBP has brought you back to discovering yourself and sharing with everyone!
Kourtney
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