First Post - Who I AM and Why

Here are the high-level details of who I am and why I am going through this process.

I am your typical "Good Jewish Boy" I was born and raised Jewish. I grew up attending Hebrew School and was Bar Mitzvah'd etc. My family was not overly religous and being a Jew was more about our Heritage rather than our religion. Sure we attended Temple on the high-holy days etc but not much else. However when it came to ordering Chinese Food and eating Bagels, we were right on top of things!!

Along the way, I married a beautiful girl, who just happens to be Catholic. We decided from day 1 that we would raise our children as Catholic. This was no so much a discussion rather it seemed the natural course of action. She attended Church fairly regularly and me.. not so much.

The kids thing its great having a Jewish Dad and a Catholic Mom. You can only imagine what our December's are like :-)

Regarding Church, I attend Mass fairly regularly. This started out strictly to be a supportive Dad and Husband. Initially it was more out of respect for my wife and wanting to impress the importance on Faith / Values to our Children.

However over time I actually looked forward to going.....

Here is where the story gets interesting.

During my oldest child's 1st communion (May 2008). Something hit close to home at that moment. Call it "grace, love or simply Peace, whatever it was it was very touching. It was a moving experience and upon some reflection I realized, it was not necessarily the first time I had this experience.

I have had this feeling at various times in my life and clearly recall it at each of my children's baptisms. I never thought much about it beyond those particular days. I figured it was just a feeling of "being caught up in the moment".

When I finally did pay attention to the feeling, I realized I have had this desire for a few years.
It was not until the most recent moment that I actually "listened" and decided to make a change.