Thank you for understanding. Your response was very kind and exactly how I'm feeling and fearing for my own faith and children. I have 2, my son is 5 and my daughter is 19 months. My daughter is to be baptized soon but that's another battle with getting information with the parish. Ugh.

And yes he is definitely picking up on my burnout and I feel really bad about it but I can't help it right now. My husband isn't converting but stays home with our toddler while we commit the morning to the religious ed...it's exhausting and ruins the rest of the day, honestly. Coupled with being in a foreign country, new routine, it's been tough. My son enjoys mass and learning about God and Jesus, the blessed mother... but it's a LONG day...even though it is just the morning.

You're right about volunteers. We are military so people are moving, commitments come up etc. I am getting confirmed Easter, yes. I am really toying with the idea of not putting him in for 1st grade classes. He is already young for his age, late July b-day.

It feels like a chore and I am even in a women's group where "suffering as catholics" is a weird virtue. I understand that sentiment but I don't agree...I already have my own mental health struggles.

I am sticking to it because I see the importance in the long term, obviously. We will move a lot and maybe being in a non military parish once we are in the states will help too.

I like your idea of taking the day for just that. It would be nice if I had the mental and emotional energy to do lunch or dinner out but I'm so burnt out after RCIA. It's a lot of information, plus you're juggling your own religious upbringing and understandings for some new stuff. It's mentally a lot and idk if I'm alone in this and if isn't talked enough about. The people are nice who run it but...yeah. I don't say anything in class bc I don't want to come off a certain way.

Sorry, the empathy of your comment was so lovely so I dumped on you. Thank you for the prayers.