Oh wow Anastasia, I resonate with your experience at Prince of Peace so much, I also used to go there. I love how there are these little coincidences that pop up with people that don’t know each other. Such a small world!
Dana, this is very validating -- I had no idea you also went to Prince of Peace! I struggled for years with the guilt of 'leaving' the church -- compounded by a lot of guilt around me not being a 'good Catholic'. If the same situation were to happen today, I don't know if I would have taken it as personally as I did then, but I do recall it being devasting for me at the time. For the record, I would have attended that church between 2005-2008 timeframe... I probably left the church sometime in 2007 if I am recalling correctly?
I started going there in 2006 I think! And left in 2013. It’s actually going to close from what I’ve heard. Lack of attendance. I remember a violinist playing there occasionally which must have been you. Wow 🤩 Also, I love the empowering feeling of looking back on something and knowing you would be able to handle it differently now.
If there was a violinist that you heard, it was definitely me lol! How wild is that that our paths crossed way back then? I can't believe its closing, although maybe I understand it if they were ostracizing their parishioners? I do think I would have handled it now --- I don't think I would have taken it so personally or been so hurt, and I would have understood that their reaction was much more about them than me. I held onto anger about what had happened there for awhile, and realized that it ultimately only hurt me. I definitely have no ill feelings for those folks, and realize they were trying their best, in some way, even if it was misguided.
It was so fun to write this again... and also absolutely DELIGHTFUL to discover my original logos were still in my Canva folder. They made me feel so much empathy for that version of myself who was trying so hard to 'figure everything out'. It's really endearing to see that... and to truly know that everything that exists today was completely built from scratch.
That's so cool about the St E's connection! We love spending time there. A couple years ago, when we had great in town snow, we skied from the parking lot INTO Lake Washington, then skinned back to the car. It was my favorite Valentine's Day so far!
I never made it to the Breakfast Club when I was in Missoula (so wild that a town that small can have neighborhoods that I can count on one hand how many times I went to in the 5+ years I lived there!), but my favorite grocery store, Good Food Store (also in Missoula), used to to "make your own" breakfast burritos and I ALWAYS put the sausage gravy in it! My standard was gravy, scrambled eggs, a few potatoes, bacon. I was very sad when they got rid of that station.
Oh wow Anastasia, I resonate with your experience at Prince of Peace so much, I also used to go there. I love how there are these little coincidences that pop up with people that don’t know each other. Such a small world!
Dana, this is very validating -- I had no idea you also went to Prince of Peace! I struggled for years with the guilt of 'leaving' the church -- compounded by a lot of guilt around me not being a 'good Catholic'. If the same situation were to happen today, I don't know if I would have taken it as personally as I did then, but I do recall it being devasting for me at the time. For the record, I would have attended that church between 2005-2008 timeframe... I probably left the church sometime in 2007 if I am recalling correctly?
I started going there in 2006 I think! And left in 2013. It’s actually going to close from what I’ve heard. Lack of attendance. I remember a violinist playing there occasionally which must have been you. Wow 🤩 Also, I love the empowering feeling of looking back on something and knowing you would be able to handle it differently now.
If there was a violinist that you heard, it was definitely me lol! How wild is that that our paths crossed way back then? I can't believe its closing, although maybe I understand it if they were ostracizing their parishioners? I do think I would have handled it now --- I don't think I would have taken it so personally or been so hurt, and I would have understood that their reaction was much more about them than me. I held onto anger about what had happened there for awhile, and realized that it ultimately only hurt me. I definitely have no ill feelings for those folks, and realize they were trying their best, in some way, even if it was misguided.
So glad to see AMA is back!!! I had brief moment of fear thinking it was already Wednesday, when you usually published it. Haha ... all good!
Also I loved seeing the logo options... and now you can connect the dots (or rectangles) backwards :)
It was so fun to write this again... and also absolutely DELIGHTFUL to discover my original logos were still in my Canva folder. They made me feel so much empathy for that version of myself who was trying so hard to 'figure everything out'. It's really endearing to see that... and to truly know that everything that exists today was completely built from scratch.
Thanks for being here Maria, I appreciate YOU!
That's so cool about the St E's connection! We love spending time there. A couple years ago, when we had great in town snow, we skied from the parking lot INTO Lake Washington, then skinned back to the car. It was my favorite Valentine's Day so far!
I never made it to the Breakfast Club when I was in Missoula (so wild that a town that small can have neighborhoods that I can count on one hand how many times I went to in the 5+ years I lived there!), but my favorite grocery store, Good Food Store (also in Missoula), used to to "make your own" breakfast burritos and I ALWAYS put the sausage gravy in it! My standard was gravy, scrambled eggs, a few potatoes, bacon. I was very sad when they got rid of that station.
Very sweet photos🥰