That's a brilliant piece of writing. A hopeful ending (Mary is always giving us those - even in her darkest apparitions) Our world is missing those. Thank you for sharing this.
I am sorry all this happened to you Greg. Thankful you are now at a place where you can face it. What a beautiful ending to see how Our Blessed Mother has brought healing into your life. This is probably the most moving and powerful thing you’ve ever written. For yourself, bringing Hope ing healing for yourself and letting others know, they are not alone and not worthless. God has a purpose and will bring healing, if we allow him. Interesting to see how priests in a confessional have been major factors at least twice in your life. Also your “story” masterfully written and told here. I’m not much of a writer but really appreciate others who can tell or craft a story. Well done sir. Praying for you and your family.
What a heart-wrenching story! It gave me chills as I was reading it. The ending is only the beginning. Mary's light will help you through your darkness. Praying for you everyday, Greg.
What an amazing and beautiful essay, Greg; thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing this with us. I’m so sorry you had to suffer through all that bullying and those traumatic experiences and so thankful you are in therapy and experiencing some healing from your therapy and from our blessed mother. This helps explain a lot of the pain you have been sharing on the podcast. It is so important to go through the pain instead of around it to experience true healing. Not easy but necessary. I think sharing this with us will also help you along your healing journey. (I also resonated with ALL the TV shows you mentioned! I watched a lot of TV myself as a child and found it very comforting. I was an only child and TV was regularly my companion.) I wish you God’s healing blessings in your life and guidance for your future.
Such a moving but overall positive glimpse into a life filled with strong memories and emotions. I felt like I had shared similar experiences and understood you more in these paragraphs than all the podcasts and YouTube moments I had shared, watching you be what you wanted to be and do. My own journey brought me to God but in an unexpected way. An emotional moment like you had with Our Lady was a far reaching & special gift, but you already know that. My own Parish Priest told me that all those dark experiences and bullying made me the person I am today. I tend to agree but it took me a while to see it through his eyes. If I hadn’t gotten through what had happened, I would never love the Blessed Trinity and Mary as much as I do today. Like you, I’m a big burly bloke that hides a loving, faithful child of God inside.
I look forward to continue walking your journey with you and all the other readers. Thank you for sharing 🤗
Wow! This starts so painful I almost couldn’t read it but the end makes it worth it and is so beautiful. Thank you for your openness. I hope this reaches someone that needs to read it.
That's a brilliant piece of writing. A hopeful ending (Mary is always giving us those - even in her darkest apparitions) Our world is missing those. Thank you for sharing this.
I am sorry all this happened to you Greg. Thankful you are now at a place where you can face it. What a beautiful ending to see how Our Blessed Mother has brought healing into your life. This is probably the most moving and powerful thing you’ve ever written. For yourself, bringing Hope ing healing for yourself and letting others know, they are not alone and not worthless. God has a purpose and will bring healing, if we allow him. Interesting to see how priests in a confessional have been major factors at least twice in your life. Also your “story” masterfully written and told here. I’m not much of a writer but really appreciate others who can tell or craft a story. Well done sir. Praying for you and your family.
What a heart-wrenching story! It gave me chills as I was reading it. The ending is only the beginning. Mary's light will help you through your darkness. Praying for you everyday, Greg.
What an amazing and beautiful essay, Greg; thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing this with us. I’m so sorry you had to suffer through all that bullying and those traumatic experiences and so thankful you are in therapy and experiencing some healing from your therapy and from our blessed mother. This helps explain a lot of the pain you have been sharing on the podcast. It is so important to go through the pain instead of around it to experience true healing. Not easy but necessary. I think sharing this with us will also help you along your healing journey. (I also resonated with ALL the TV shows you mentioned! I watched a lot of TV myself as a child and found it very comforting. I was an only child and TV was regularly my companion.) I wish you God’s healing blessings in your life and guidance for your future.
Such a moving but overall positive glimpse into a life filled with strong memories and emotions. I felt like I had shared similar experiences and understood you more in these paragraphs than all the podcasts and YouTube moments I had shared, watching you be what you wanted to be and do. My own journey brought me to God but in an unexpected way. An emotional moment like you had with Our Lady was a far reaching & special gift, but you already know that. My own Parish Priest told me that all those dark experiences and bullying made me the person I am today. I tend to agree but it took me a while to see it through his eyes. If I hadn’t gotten through what had happened, I would never love the Blessed Trinity and Mary as much as I do today. Like you, I’m a big burly bloke that hides a loving, faithful child of God inside.
I look forward to continue walking your journey with you and all the other readers. Thank you for sharing 🤗
Wow! This starts so painful I almost couldn’t read it but the end makes it worth it and is so beautiful. Thank you for your openness. I hope this reaches someone that needs to read it.
I really thought this essay was amazing.