Hi Pham. Please pray for me as I finish at work and leave my apartment. It's a valuable experience but not exactly easy: joy-filled and painful at the same time. This is my last full week at work. I'm truly going to miss seeing these faces on a regular basis. I guess you can't not get close to folks you spend so much time with. I'm walking around with a big lump in my throat. Also my cat, Aria, is now living with my best friend; she's doing well but I'm a little lonely. I think the Lord must just shake His head over me. Because at the same time that all this saying good-bye is hard..my heart is beating with eagerness and excitement as each Sunday of Lent brings me closer to entering. I will be spending the triduum at a retreat house and then going to visit with family after Easter. On Friday I'm flying to Pittsburg and will rent a car to drive to Steubenville on Saturday. Most of my stuff is already there so I'll just have a bag for travel. Divine Mercy Sunday is the Day. Please pray for me.

Eventually the pictures will be on the web-site so you can see how I manage my "hair trauma."

I am offerring all this transition stuff to the Lord especially for my fellow discerners.

love and prayers,
Piamaria