Texan Dyspraxic
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:23 pm
Good evening, all!
I'm new here, at least as a member. I've been to this forum and have used it as a resource for a while now. I'm 34, from Texas, and was first diagnosed as dyspraxic when I was 5 years old. Growing up in the Baptist church, I loved going to church, but would be frustrated with the lack of structure the private faith life had. I discovered the Anglican/Episcopal/Catholic liturgy in high school and fell in love with it. I finally had a rubric with how to move my body, and it goes at such a pace that I can keep up. I finally was home. I discovered that because of my limited working/short-term memory, I'm perfectly designed to hear confessions as a priest, so I'm moving in that direction. Hoping to go back to school to finish my education to enter seminary and be ordained. I'm also a huge Star Trek and Doctor Who fan, and am just beginning to collect vintage computers (starting with the Commodore 64). I don't see my dyspraxia as a limitation so much as a different way of processing information, and a unique way of seeing the world. My wife will tell you I'm a fiercely loyal terrier of a man partly because of it. I'm happy to be here!
I'm new here, at least as a member. I've been to this forum and have used it as a resource for a while now. I'm 34, from Texas, and was first diagnosed as dyspraxic when I was 5 years old. Growing up in the Baptist church, I loved going to church, but would be frustrated with the lack of structure the private faith life had. I discovered the Anglican/Episcopal/Catholic liturgy in high school and fell in love with it. I finally had a rubric with how to move my body, and it goes at such a pace that I can keep up. I finally was home. I discovered that because of my limited working/short-term memory, I'm perfectly designed to hear confessions as a priest, so I'm moving in that direction. Hoping to go back to school to finish my education to enter seminary and be ordained. I'm also a huge Star Trek and Doctor Who fan, and am just beginning to collect vintage computers (starting with the Commodore 64). I don't see my dyspraxia as a limitation so much as a different way of processing information, and a unique way of seeing the world. My wife will tell you I'm a fiercely loyal terrier of a man partly because of it. I'm happy to be here!