It was yesterday, but I got home late so I'm posting about it now.
Last night I had a dinner meeting with a UCC minister whom I'd asked to write a letter of recommendation to the seminary I'm applying to (each applicant needs 3 such letters). As our conversation was winding down she said to me, "I don't know if I'd ever written a letter for someone as ready for this process as you are, and I've written a lot of letters."
This particular minister is very well respected out here, and to hear her tell me she thinks I'm more than ready is a real confidence booster. And without this transition, I doubt I'd have the ability to even hear that people have faith in me.
Wow, but transition can be a truly powerful thing.