Dealing With Stuff Before Entering The Convent...

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[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1335303158' post='2422854']
haha, I understand how you feel about the bidding war for your stuff. I think maybe it might be with younger siblings. My siblings went from reluctant acceptance to.. "I get your phone right?" "well who gets these shoes?" "well I want the dog.." "I don't want this, it can go to so and so"
In a way, it's refreshing to see that because I don't feel as anxious about them taking it hard and having a hard time coping and dealing with the absence.
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I think my siblings were not surprised when I decided, but I am glad they are taking it well. My youngest brother did ask my Mom why she was more excited about the other brother getting a summer job, than me deciding on entering the convent. She said, "Well, you always knew she was going to do something like this."

[quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1335306444' post='2422889']
The day my sister told me of her plans to enter we had just been clothes shopping and we were waiting for my parents to meet us for lunch. At the last place we had stopped, she had bought a really cute skirt and it was the only one they had (we wear the same size). So, when she told me she wanted to join the Nashville Dominicans, the first thing I said was, "Can I have your clothes?" She looked something like this: In my defense, we had gotten up at like 4:30 that morning. But she's never going to let me live that one down! (And she did give me her clothes. We decided it made the most sense. I could make use of them and if she did discern out, she could have them back.)
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Too funny!