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My journal about my conversion to Judaism. |
| I started writing my conversion story in June 2023, even though it started before then. It will not be in chronological order as I remember things from the past that brought me to this point in my life. My decision to convert was not an easy one. I grew up Pentecostal. I watched my grandma speak in tongues. My aunt played keyboard in the church band. I used to attend church (a member of a Baptist church for many years) 3 to 4 times a week. I did not start my journey of healing after my divorce and expect to end up here. However, my desire and work to grow closer to G-d has left me no doubt or question about where I am now. I have no hesitation in my conversion to Judaism. This is my story of leaving Christianity and becoming a part of a people that I will be able to, one day, proudly say that I am also. A Jew. |
| Finally! It took two days, but I finally got my cabinet put together, my parve oven set up, and my new pots and pans put in the cabinet. I chose one with a metal top so it could be easily koshered. I am looking forward to baking challah this week! I have everything (hopefully) that I need to make parve food on a regular basis. I am so happy. I now get to try new recipes and make the ones that I already know (and keep them parve)! Since I have been in my new apartment, I have done nothing but work and study. There have been very few moments that I have been able to spend doing things that I love doing, or creating things that I love to create. I need to set aside time to just be me. I need to spend some time writing, crocheting, and dancing around my kitchen again, so I feel like myself. I absolutely love all of the learning that I am doing, but I have stressed myself out. For the past seven months, outside of work, studying is all that I am doing. I ate a bowl of cereal for dinner the other day. It reminded me of my place up north, away from the community, when I would often eat a bowl of cereal for Shabbat dinner, and go to bed soon after. I admit that Shabbat is so much better here in the community, but that bowl of cereal made me realize all of the things I used to enjoy that I haven't made time for since I've been here. Now that I have my kitchen set up (Finally!!!), I can get back to doing some other things that I love. I miss crocheting, and I miss writing. Outside of this blog, I haven't written much in the past year. Today is the first of Adar. The month when joy increases. If I think about what brings me joy the most, writing is definitely on the top of the list. Okay, I got a bit sidetracked with chatting with my children and now it is the second of Adar. I am still looking for a new vehicle. My van is going through a bottle of power steering fluid a day. However, it is Adar. That means that I will find a car that will last me a while and it will be a great deal. Right? I hit 1000 days on duolingo Friday before Shabbat! I go back and practice Spanish when I am frustrated with Hebrew, but for over the past year, most of the year was strictly Hebrew. It felt good to hit that milestone. 1000 days on duolingo, a wonderful Shabbat, and my kitchen finally set up made it a wonderful weekend. Hoping that it is a good week. I will post pics of my challah when make it. |
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