Radio Silence

If anyone is still reading, it probably hasn't escaped your attention that I haven't posted in about a week, and that gaps were appearing during the previous week. Here's what happened:

A little over a month ago, I installed a stat counter on this blog. About the same time, I received a free "sponsored listing" on a great blog directory, and listed this blog in a couple of Catholic directories.

Much to my surprise, my stat counter told me that I had readers from several different countries. Some of those countries were places in which Catholicism is frowned upon, and it was a bit overwhelming to me that people who weren't free to practice their faith as they wished might be reading my blog as a little slice of Catholic life.

At the same time, I started to get some email feedback on the blog. It was so lovely and encouraging that, frankly, it scared me to death. A handful of wonderful people called me things like "insightful" and "blessed with a gift", and...well...I pretty much stopped posting. Because, you see, I'm just a single mother in Chicago struggling to support my kid and raise her honestly and get as close to God's plan as I can with all the missteps I've already made. I don't know anything you don't.

I am a writer by natural persuasion and by profession, and I can't think of a more valuable place to use that gift than in talking about God's love and his gifts and how we can live those things more completely on earth, but I'm no authority in my own right and I wouldn't dare to presume that God speaks through me. I offer him my transcription services and the talents he gave me if He chooses to use them, but that's a big "if".

So I'm going back to writing, but with a sort of disclaimer: I only hope that my thoughts and insights and revelations might sometimes inspire others in their own insights and prayers, might appears in the right place at the right time to remind someone of what he already knew or encourage someone to dig a little deeper. The only absolute truth I have is what comes from the Bible and the Catechism--my own wisdom is newborn and frail.