tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206524469710613848.post7213840569015504065..comments2023-05-26T10:59:51.133-05:00Comments on Roman Catholic Cop: Thinking about DeathJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00240082655213917664noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206524469710613848.post-3344846642674289752010-06-30T12:23:34.495-05:002010-06-30T12:23:34.495-05:00Michelle---you are a saint. I can't picture y...Michelle---you are a saint. I can't picture you sinning. :-)<br /><br />Pam-thank you so much for your kind words. I can't express how much it means to me.<br /><br />Maggie--I thought at first you said it made you cry and my response was, "yeah, but with all your hormones dogs throwing up make you cry." :-)Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240082655213917664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206524469710613848.post-53004478703319389862010-06-30T09:45:09.064-05:002010-06-30T09:45:09.064-05:00I guarantee this post made mom cry!I guarantee this post made mom cry!Maggie @ From the Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01659200420621854710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206524469710613848.post-14695937768555699052010-06-30T09:43:28.563-05:002010-06-30T09:43:28.563-05:00Jamie - I have been reading your blog for several ...Jamie - I have been reading your blog for several months now and have thought of commenting on some of your other posts, but something has always stopped me. Today, as I read this post, I felt compelled to finally write something.<br /><br />First, I want to thank you for sharing some amazing insight about our Catholic Faith. You have such a down-to-earth perspective of what our Church teaches and how you live it out every day. It inspires me to continually work on my own faith journey.<br /><br />Second, I want to thank you for your service to your community and to our country as a Police Officer. A few months back, I stumbled upon your blog by complete chance, but I feel a deep connection to you. You see, I am Catholic as well, but I am also a Police Officer's wife. <br /><br />As I read your blog today, I again identified with your thoughts. I also think of death on a regular basis and for a lot of the same reasons. I pray for the physical, mental and spiritual safety of my husband and all officers every day, yet with the confidence that if, God forbid, the worst happens to my husband (or me for that matter), that I will once again be reunited with him in Heaven. And that alone comforts me on those nights when he is out on the streets and I am home alone with our kids.<br /><br />So thank you. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. And thank you for shedding that shield of personal protection to share it with the rest of the world. As an officer, I know it must be hard to open up to so many strangers because your training and instinct teaches you to be cautious and not to trust too quickly. (My husband and I tease often of his "paranoia" when dealing with people he doesn't know.) But I hope you know how much you sharing your spiritual journey helps those of us who "follow" you. <br /><br />Keep up the blogging and may God continue to Bless you and keep you safe until He decides that you have fulfilled your purpose here on this earth. <br /><br />And someday, I look forward to meeting you in Heaven! :)Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05830189101697129298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206524469710613848.post-58088253719220965022010-06-30T08:36:51.004-05:002010-06-30T08:36:51.004-05:00I have been thinking about my own a lot lately. N...I have been thinking about my own a lot lately. Not in a morbid sense...but as you mention...kind of checking moral compass type of stuff. What's kind of sad is I have had to make some decisions regarding some relationships that I have noticed when I make effort to keep thos relationships...I sin more...and so I have discerned the need to maintain more of a passive role in one particular relationship as opposed to active. It's kind of difficult to realize when that sort of thing is needed and then...the question: Am I doing the right thing now? Good post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com