LFW

The beginning to this work immediately drew me in.  I instantly knew I was going to love it! I think I could write an entire essay on how I feel about literally just the first couple of paragraphs.  If you take away all the brilliant and creative wording, I have said much of what Dombek says here.  I grew up "catholic."  You know, the type that prays when something bad happens and only goes to mass when it's Christmas or Easter (if it's convenient).  I went to a public elementary school and was forced to go to a catholic high school, and at first I was miserable.  I thought it was all a big joke.  Then, somehow, I got sucked in.  I can't say when it was or that there was some sort of beautiful moment where I found God, but it happened for a moment.  I even became a Eukaristic minister and attended retreats.  It wasn't long after leaving high school and attending my  Catholic university that things changed.  Like Dombek says, "sometimes it lasted for weeks; once, when I was in my early twenties, it lasted for nearly a year."  I can truly relate! This is just how I feel about the beginning of this!