The Introduction

My first meeting with a mason happened out of the blue. I happened to be visiting my wife at her workplace late one night when he had stopped in to drop off a recently deceased person (He worked for the local transfer service) and when he came in he would always have coffee with my wife. I never realized he was the mason friend my wife had, but my wife must have remembered my curiosity because at one point in our visit she had said "Oh yeah Ross is a mason". That comment opened the table for us to have a conversation on the subject unsolicited. At that time I was just more curious than anything. Ross answered all my questions about the fraternity, assured me that's there was no goat sacrificing, and summed the Freemasons up as being a group of brothers that take good men and make them better. We also talked a little about the rank and structure of the fraternity. It wasn't until much later that I had realized that my new friend was a past grand master of our grand lodge!! It spoke leaps and bounds to me that someone who held a station such as that was so willing to be my friend! This first meeting moved me from a place o curiosity to a place of sincere interest in the values and goals of the fraternity and planted a seed that blossomed into a desire to petition to join this great fraternity. Bear in mind this meeting happened about 5 years ago so this road is a long and windy one,so if you care to walk it with me I would love to share its highs and lows. But for now I need to say goodnight!