As a child and teenager, I had been very religious and close to God, sure that God had a purpose for my life. I had even thought about becoming a nun, once in middle school and again in high school but had felt that it was definitely not what I was supposed to do. I don’t think I would have made a particularly good nun as I had become very independent and somewhat outspoken,  not good qualities for a nun. As I went on to college, got married, and moved across the country for grad school, I had pushed God away. I went to church for…