I am the religion I was raised in, but I didn’t attend after college or until my daughter was born. (I think my beliefs are a bit different from the church, but it is what I feel most comfortable raising my daughter in.)

My husband and I were married in the Lutheran church, my husband’s religion because we were in a hurry to get married before my husband’s grandmother died. Some years later when we had our daughter, we took her to my church for the sacraments. During that time, my husband decided to convert. The Byzantine rite is a small rite of Greek Catholics, not Greek, but Eastern. (It used to be mostly Slovaks, but now it is more ethnically diverse as it is seen as an alternative for Roman Catholics because it is Catholic, but the service is like the Greek Orthodox (I use to go there too).)

No classes for my husband, just private discussions with the priest once a week. Our marriage was blessed before the other sacraments were given. So when Ami was two months, my husband and her were chrismated (baptism, Eucharist and confirmation all at once). (The Lutheran baptism is valid depending how it was done, but my husband didn’t have a record.)

I really love your honesty.