Janet K. Warren
Welcome!
  • Home
  • Bio
  • Books
  • Weddings
  • Funerals
  • News
  • Blog
  • Contact

Birthday!

7/12/2016

0 Comments

 
Happy Tuesday, everyone! It’s a toasty one here at 29 degrees Celsius, which is 84 degrees Fahrenheit to my southern friends. I’m later than normal getting a blog out, but since it is my birthday, that is my topic!
I used to get rather depressed on my birthday.  Not so much because I was getting older, but because I didn’t feel that I had really accomplished anything yet.  I didn’t expect to create world peace, or cure cancer, but I had always hoped to really do something worthwhile.  Not that I knew what that was.
I’m not sure if my birthday isn’t bothering me because I am retired, or because I have started along a whole new path that will allow me to do some things that I think are really worthwhile.  IT wasn’t it.  I did enjoy most of the 35 years I focused my energies on it, but it didn’t seem to be my actual purpose in life.  Along the way, I raised two wonderful girls on my own (perhaps a challenging task, but still not it), did quite a bit for the MS Society of Canada, Scarborough Chapter (again, a worthy task, but still not it) and wrote and published four books (also a challenging task, but still not it).
Now, I am on the path to be a deacon and I think this might be it! As deacons, we can perform weddings, baptisms and funerals, but I truly believe that my calling is to work with seniors.  I have actually been in contact with Seniors for Seniors, which I am hoping to do some work with, perhaps this fall.  They have not yet reached out as far as Cobourg, but I have connected with them, in the hopes that they will.
I think I mentioned in a previous post that I can choose to study to be a priest after I am ordained a deacon, but I have not yet decided that yet.  I am leaning towards it, but I have a lot of soul searching to do yet. Deacon might be all I am called to do.  I’ll see.
So, folks, I just turned 58.  It’s not bothering me, and 30, 40 and 50 didn’t bother me, but I am wondering if 60 might bother me when I get there.  I guess that will partially depend on what I do over the next two years!  Right now, except for my course, I’m pretty much just trying to catch up on years of reading.  I was reading as fast as I could because I have over 100 of my friend Viv’s books and she is 90!  I was afraid that I wouldn’t get to read them if she passed away before I got through them, but she has now told me that whatever books I have when she’s gone I do not have to return to her family.  I’m still hoping that she’ll be around for another 10 years or so, and I might get through them by then, but you never know!
Well, everyone,I pray that you find your purpose in life, because the part before that just isn’t quite as satisfying.  God bless!

​
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Hey folks!  I decided to blog from my author page rather than from my book series page, because although I should shamelessly flog my books, I don't.  I blog about all kinds of stuff.

    Archives

    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015

    Categories

    All
    23andMe
    Allan Gardens
    Allergies
    Ancestry
    Animals
    Anniversary
    Apple
    Autoimmune
    Autumn
    Barbeque
    Bible
    Birthday
    Blessing
    Blessings
    Blogtalkradio
    Book Marketing
    Books
    Book Sales
    Bronner's
    Bus Trip
    Busy
    Busyness
    Calling
    Canada Day
    Cancer
    Car
    Careers
    Cats
    Challenges
    Challenging
    Chaplain
    Children's Books
    Christ
    Christian
    Christian Books
    Christianity
    Christmas
    Church
    Circle Of Life
    Community Catholic Church Of Canada
    Concert
    CPAP
    Critics
    Deacon
    Death
    Decorating
    Dexterity
    Diet
    Dieting
    Encouragement
    Essential Oils
    Exercise
    Facebook
    Fall
    Family
    Family Day
    Father
    Father's Day
    Fatigue
    Final Wishes
    Footprints
    Frankenmuth
    Friends
    Gardner Museum
    Gift
    Goals
    God
    Goodreads
    Grilling
    Happiness
    Heritage
    Homily
    Independence Day
    Instagram
    Jesus
    Job Hunt
    Job Hunting
    Keto
    Ketosis
    Labor Day
    Labour Day
    Lazy
    Life
    LinkedIn
    Linux
    Manchester
    Memory
    Mother
    Mother's Day
    Moving
    MS
    Multiple Sclerosis
    MyHeritage
    New Year
    Ordination
    Organization
    Overdoing
    Painting
    Paleo
    Palliative
    Parenting
    Paris
    Patriotism
    Perennial
    Pinterest
    Please
    Prayer
    Prejudice
    Preservatives
    Priest
    Priesthood
    Projects
    Reading
    Religion
    Reorganization
    Resolutions
    Rest
    Retire
    Retirement
    Retreat
    Sadie-hawkins-day
    Seniors
    Sermon
    Sick
    Single Mother
    Smoker
    Social Media
    Spring
    Summer
    Talent
    Tenebrae
    Thanksgiving
    Thank You
    Theatre
    Tow Truck Driver
    Traditions
    Tragedy
    Travel
    Twitter
    Valentine's Day
    Volunteer
    Volunteering
    Weather
    Weddings
    Weight
    Wheat Belly
    Whole30
    Windows
    Workout
    Writers

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
✕