Moving forward...

So, when we finally got some down time that Saturday, I began by asking if he felt ready to move forward like he wasn't in December.  He said that he basically did except he was kind of waiting to see how everything went with telling the folks.  Understandable, since that is his biggest concern with me is how they can affect me and my moods from time to time.  Then we discussed how he seemed to be getting more into his faith, which while wonderful, didn't bode well for us.  He agreed to rethink how he felt about going to Mass regularly once there are kids.  I also explained to him my recent "discovery" that my faith is my passion in life, until recently I didn't think I even had one.  He was able to relate easily to that since he has such a passion for movies.  He said he'd be happy to attend at least one faith-related event (outside of Mass) a month like he used to....he was just waiting for me to invite him.  That was great to hear!  I also asked straight out what was his current issues with the Catholic church.  He said it was the papal infallibility thing (which I mentioned earlier) and other than that nothing!  He just wanted to feel a call from God to become Catholic and have a real passion for it.  He wants to be able to have to real reason to tell people if/when he converts other than just doing it for me....which is great!  He also agreed to contact a priest friend of ours about the papal infallibility.  This was wonderful to hear....just means I have to continue on with my prayers and back off and let God do his thing!

So I feel alright with where things are right now....not total peace but that is probably cause the folks haven't been told.  I was going to tell them in a couple weeks, since my Dad's 60th b-day and father's day are next weekend and my mom has been in a depression since my aunt passed through.  However, his brother and nephew are visiting from AZ the 25th-3rd....so J asked me to wait until after that.  And I'm traveling with the folks the 21st-26th of July....so telling them 2 weeks before that sounds scary....but I might depending on circumstances....we'll just have to see.  I do love him very much and have been having a great time spending time with him!  It is just so great to have him back in my life.