Hello Everyone, it has been a while but according to my heartbeat I am still around. Many things have changed and others changing as I speak. The biggest change would be is that tomorrow at 12:30 CST I am getting married. She is a lovely lady that I have known for @ 6 years. We never saw ourselves as anything other than friends since she was married and I was a Priest. Dear friends but nothing beyond. Yet life has a way of changing everything. Her husband passed away after a hard battle of several years of illness. Out of nowhere God placed us together to realize that we loved each other. It was a new, fresh, and beautiful love yet I was still a Priest and could not marry and really, though not forbidden, should not even date to avoid complications. I would not break my vows anymore that she would not during his lengthy illness. After much prayer and consultation I was released from my vows of celibacy and free to marry. I am still ordained and carry the title Reverend with all the duties and responsibilities but I no longer wear the collar. When two are brought together by the Spirit of God and remain focused on that beginning and grow on it, they will have a good chance of having a beautiful life and marriage. By the way, I am 57 and she is 48. Her name is Barbara with 2 boys and a girl. The boys are 26 and 23 with the girl being 19 next month. She is the Maid of Honor with the oldest giving his Mother away. The middle son has no problem with me but the marriage is a bit more than he can absorb. Perhaps in time that will change.
I ask your prayers and thoughts for the service, our lives, marriage, home, and family. As soon as I have some, I will post a few pictures so you may see my Bride. I will be in touch and miss all of you deeply but you remain in my thoughts and heart...Bill.