Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Not Alone Series: Introduction


Welcome to the very first post of the "Not Alone Series"! Weekly topics to be posted on Tuesdays will be chosen and we hope that you will join us in sharing your experiences! This first week we thought it'd be good to just have a meet-and-greet of sorts so we can all get an idea of who we all are and where we're coming from! So without further adieu....I better start talking about myself.....

I'm Morgan. (hopefully you gathered that much already...) Living in central IL and working for the largest statewide collegiate pro-life organization in the nation. I work with college students on the daily, giving them the support and training necessary to effectively build a Culture of Life on their campuses. It's a pretty thrilling being on the ground floor of the Pro-Life movement. Super thrilling and super humbling. 

I've been doing what I do for one year (today is my one year anniversary!!) which means, yup...I'm 23. 
A whole 23 years old which I'm told is so. young. (ugh. don't say it.
Which is a nice segway into where I'm at in my singleness journey...

My friend group from college is made of people who have coupled off and are either nearing engagement, engaged, married, or married with babies. And of course I'm happy for all of them, but that atmosphere does make it difficult to be "okay" with being one of the only single people. And while I've been here in Champaign for a year, most of my friends are married. Which, like I said, is awesome....just hard sometimes because they can't fully relate to what I'm feeling because my closest girlfriends here in town got married straight out of college and one of them is due with a BABY BOY IN TWO WEEKS!!!! (and I live only a few blocks away!!! eeeee!!!)

So it isn't always easy being single, but today....today, I'm content. And truth be told, I've become more and more content over the past couple months...but that's not to say that I don't have my days (or weeks) where I can't stand to be around couples because I so long to have that connection with someone (THAT is the danger, ladies. (or gentlemen?)). But I'm finally getting to a point where I'm learning to embrace my singleness. I'm learning to appreciate what's good about my life right now...I mean, just because I'm single doesn't mean that everything good in my life is negated. Which to some people might sound like a stupid mindset, but I know that most single people have felt that way at one point or another.

Which is why I am so excited about this series! I know that there are others out there like me and Jen, and I love "mommy bloggers" (I know they hate that label...sorry...), but we need to be able to read about topics that pertain to life as it is NOW, not what it may be in the future. And everyone has something to share that might help another!
(PS We don't discriminate! If you're married, but think you have something to share that could be helpful, please do! Your seasoned viewpoint is very welcome!)

Sooooooo enough about me....we want to hear read about YOU! If you would, join us in this little meet-and-greet so we can all get to know one another a little bit better....what you write about is completely up to you, we'd just like to know about you and your life at this moment! 

Link up below and please be sure to include a text link back to this post in your post!

Next week's topic:
Discernment
anything and everything you want to talk about in relation to discerning your vocation



18 comments:

  1. Eeee!! :) Yup, I am still up. I wanted to see your post!! ha. #dontjudgeme

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  2. So excited about this series! And I didn't really you were so young! :-p

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  3. YAYYYYYYYYY!!!!! So excited! *smiles* God bless!

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  4. So excited to read this series, props to you and Jen!!

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  5. Hi!
    I'm a thirty-something "Mommy Blogger" but I've been where you ladies are. My friends and I used to sit around in the coffee shop after Daily Mass wondering, "Where is he? Where is my husband, my kids?" Now we long for the days we could enjoy a coffee shop and Daily Mass visit without kids, ha! Full circle.....
    Prayers for all your discernment.....

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    1. Glad to meet you!

      Please feel free to join us if there's a topic that you have especially related to! Your advice is much appreciated! :)

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  6. I so completely agree that while it is great to read some "mommy bloggers" you can't get too deep into the a world that isn't in your own. You have to be able to relate to people who are more similar to you and right now, that is not a mommy. So excited to join up!

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  7. My post is up and happy to join here.

    Kim, USA

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  8. I feel so bad because I said you were 'so, so, so young' in my 7QTs! :) This series is a great idea! May I please Spotlight this series in my 7QTs this week? I think my readers will love it as well as the support and wisdom you and the other bloggers provide. Thanks Morgan! Cindy

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    1. Oh, don't worry about it Cindy! I know that you didn't mean it in a condescending way! :)

      And, yes please! We would love to be able to reach as many women out there as possible!!

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    2. Eeek!!! Cindy, I (we) are so honored!! I love your spotlight posts. Can't believe we will get in on that. :) Thank you soooo much!!

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    3. Thank you for understanding, Morgan! Ya know, my post tonight about responding to men may or may not have been inspired about your '7QT awkward' post from last week (the bearded guy at Staples). ;) I would love for you to do a guest post. How about I send you an email?

      Hi Jen! You are welcome. Some of your posts on your blog have inspired me so thank you! I also invite you to do a guest post on The Veil of Chastity!

      Blessings to you both, Cindy

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  9. Visting your blog for the first time :). This is SO GREAT!!

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  10. You (and Jen!) are too cool. So glad this is happening!

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  11. Woo hoo! It has begun! I was so annoyed that I forgot to post mine up on Tuesday, seeing as I had it written from last week, but I left the house at 9am for work and didn't return until 4pm! Bring on the fun! :)

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  12. I'm joining in and looking forward to getting to know everyone.

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  13. I just stumbled upon this from Cindy over at "The Veil" and am eager to read from other Catholic Singles. I have been single for the entirety of my 28 years and have mixed feelings ... some days I'm grateful for the time the Lord has given me and can see the grace being poured out - and other times, I think I may have taken a wrong turn somewhere, or the man who God thought, "that'd be a great one for Katie' took a swift left when I went right and now we're further from each other than ever before. It's a hard place to be, single-hood, in between and feeling lost most of the time. Anyway, excited to be in solidarity with so many other amazing single ladies!

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