Comments for Vicar's Family in Training

Comment on Accessorise, accessorise, accessorise by Reverend Mummy

Reverend Mummy — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:26:59 +0000

Thanks for the referral to mommypriest! Hope your adventures as Vicar’s family-in-training continue to go well.

Comment on The point of gardening by Janet Turville

Janet Turville — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:13:55 +0000

My husband understands how you feel. We were married 5 years ago. Since then he has moved out of his own home into what had been mine, we then moved into a rented property in the north before moving 6 months later to a rented property in the south and then coming to college where we are in a 4th floor flat. As a result he has now told me he has given up gardening for good and if there is a garden at the curates house he’ll leave it to me to do. I’m hoping that with 4 years to look forward to in the same house I may actually enjoy the break from ministry.
Hope all is going well with you and VIT

Comment on The point of gardening by Keef

Keef — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:47:21 +0000

It’s part of the “Abraham wrench”, isn’t it. You are comfortable, happy, settled in the house you’ve lived in for years – and then He calls you to move.

Some pleasures and joys go (and the geraniums too), but others come. Keep on blogging, and take some of the plants with you.

Comment on The point of gardening by Jokey

Jokey — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:54:05 +0000

I always gardened in curate’s houses even though we were there for relatively short times – found it therapeutic! But that was when I wasn’t working full time…more tricky after that! But although gardening can be about legacy, it can also be about making something lovely for the moment – or at least the next summer! Plus you can always use pots/hanging baskets or transfer bits of things into pots like you did with your geraniums…(I still have things in pots which must go back about 20 or more years!)

I can see that it’s a big wrench to leave where you are though – and to let go of a space you have faithfully tended and leave it to the potentially less tender mercies of someone else! I suppose we have to remember we’re just tending everything for God in the end so it’s never completely ‘ours’ anyway if that doesn’t sound too twee and pious lol! Sure there’s some good sermon material in there!

Comment on The point of gardening by husband

husband — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:43:19 +0000

Thank you for the comment, and the blessings on all of us. And the garden!

Comment on The point of gardening by Debs

Debs — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:17:11 +0000

Great thoughtful post. We can relate to many of those emotions. Since leaving the house where Pete had lived for 28 years ( me for 8 years ) in 2006, we have lived in 4 different places, including moving to the other end of the country and now a different continent. I’ve been thinking about this a lot and wondering how to put feelings into words for my own blog so expect to see my thoughs about it soon. Blessings on you, your family and your garden.

Comment on Becoming a Vicar’s Family in Training by Allie

Allie — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:19:59 +0000

ps obviously assuming allowing women priests came along earlier!

Comment on Becoming a Vicar’s Family in Training by Allie

Allie — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:04:27 +0000

Hi,

Not sure if you’ll ever see this but if you do could you ask your wife if she is glad that she waited to become a vicar? I’m 24 and, as like it sounds like your wife did, have felt a call to ordination for around 5 years now (on and off but always there). I have a good job, which could develop into a great career and am thinking of starting a family in the not-to-distant future but I’m thinking of starting to properly approach the road to ordination.

So I guess my question is, is she glad she waited or if she could go back would she go for it at a younger age?

Thanks

Allie

Comment on Nearly there by Isobel

Isobel — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:58:06 +0000

A long wait nearly over..

Comment on Nearly there by Elizabeth Hanna

Elizabeth Hanna — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 05:46:42 +0000

Good morning. Thinking of you all today. God bless.