An Introduction

Before I get started on the meat of this Blog, it's appropriate to offer a little information about me.

While my primary identity is "Daughter of God," I wear a number of hats in my life.  At home I'm wife to a patient,  generous,  loving husband.  I'm also mother to a delightful but sometimes exhausting toddler son and a daughter in heaven we recently lost in a miscarriage. At work, I'm a doctor-in-training, a Family Medicine Resident at a local hospital. I look forward to graduation and hope to practice in a private practice, preferably NFP-only, where I can practice the full spectrum of medicine from conception and Prenatal care through natural death.

I'm also a convert to the Catholic Church, along with my husband, for nearly 5 years. While I grew up in the Free Methodist Church, over the course of several years I came to discover the Beauty of the Catholic liturgy and the Truth of Catholic doctrine and made the decision to come into full communion with the Catholic Church in Easter 2009.

My interests include medicine (of course), religion (especially theology, liturgy, and church history), music (especially piano, for which I had over 12 years of formal lessons, and sacred music), books (especially JRR Tolkien and Alexander Dumas along with books on the above subjects), and more recently sacred at and gardening. I'm sure you'll hear more about each of these in the months and years to come.

Migration and Modulation

It's been a while since I've written any sort of Blog. Probably a few years,  although at this point I can't be sure.  In any event it was long enough that when I logged into Xanga to look into writing s new entry I was shocked to discover that the old Xanga had gone and the new Xanga required me to purchase a subscription to keep posting. They kindly allowed me to download a copy of my old posts and perhaps some time I'll be able to upload them and see how long it has been. But for now I'll just say it has been a while.

So as I faced that prospect this morning I had the opportunity to think about what I've offered in the past in terms of content and what I want to offer in the future. What can I bring that is unique,  that encapsulates my own perspective,  that makes this just a bit different from everything else out there? What sort of content will my musings have?

In the past my reflections have revolved around my life: the medicine that I do,  the music that I love,  my faith,  my family. And I think it is safe to say that they will continue to do that. But I'd like to frame those thoughts, as I can, on a pair of themes that I notice have been recurring in my life of late: Truth (Veritas) and Beauty (Splendor). I also hope to illustrate, through the lense of my own life and perspective, how each of these leads us to the other.

I have no idea how many people will actually read this,  but I hope that each person who does will come away with a little more appreciation for the Truth and Beauty that surround us.