*meet the parents*
it was derek's turn tonight... such a momentous time. nearly 3 years after we met. hmm... i guess i won't bore you all with the details, but you'll all be glad to hear my dad left his guns at home :D everything went much better than i thought. and derek even managed to suppress his upchuck reflex and ate the fresh uni (sea urchin) that my mom brought back from vancouver. he of course also had better luck than gaylord focker with a last name like ma, because my dad is kind of a horse racing freak. kinda scary to think about it, but this kind of thing does make a difference i'm sure. dpma got a few bonus points with that one.
in the midst of my sister trying to ram her catholic ideals down everyone's throats, my dad said the truest, yet simplest, thing i've ever heard him say: that nothing matters but what is inside us, our hearts. so many things [about "religion"] are just man-made and irrelevant. MY dad said this. i was mildly shocked to say the least, but also comforted. he had apparently gone to billy graham crusades in his youth (likely during his days at the university of wisconsin) and attended the church of england and had raised his hands at alter calls many times before. of course, he is still far from actually accepting the WHOLE truth of the gospel of jesus christ, but tonight i realized that he has a much clearer and genuine understanding of christianity than i had previously thought. although that still didn't really shut my sister up, i said a silent prayer of thanks. the Spirit is working in him.
it was derek's turn tonight... such a momentous time. nearly 3 years after we met. hmm... i guess i won't bore you all with the details, but you'll all be glad to hear my dad left his guns at home :D everything went much better than i thought. and derek even managed to suppress his upchuck reflex and ate the fresh uni (sea urchin) that my mom brought back from vancouver. he of course also had better luck than gaylord focker with a last name like ma, because my dad is kind of a horse racing freak. kinda scary to think about it, but this kind of thing does make a difference i'm sure. dpma got a few bonus points with that one.
in the midst of my sister trying to ram her catholic ideals down everyone's throats, my dad said the truest, yet simplest, thing i've ever heard him say: that nothing matters but what is inside us, our hearts. so many things [about "religion"] are just man-made and irrelevant. MY dad said this. i was mildly shocked to say the least, but also comforted. he had apparently gone to billy graham crusades in his youth (likely during his days at the university of wisconsin) and attended the church of england and had raised his hands at alter calls many times before. of course, he is still far from actually accepting the WHOLE truth of the gospel of jesus christ, but tonight i realized that he has a much clearer and genuine understanding of christianity than i had previously thought. although that still didn't really shut my sister up, i said a silent prayer of thanks. the Spirit is working in him.
posted by jana* at 10:49 PM
