Why is she smiling?

"Because she was recently voted upon to receive the Holy Habit and begin her novitiate!!! As you can easily imagine, Sr. Greta is counting the weeks, the days, the hours, the minutes, the seconds, and the nano-seconds until the big day of her vesitition on August 2, the feast of Blessed Jane of Aza, mother of St. Dominic (affectionately known by us as 'Grandma'!). Sr. Greta's joy is of a very bubbling and effusive nature, so much so that even the mere mention of her vestition will make her giggle! Her excitement and anticipation brings smiles to our faces and memories to our minds....

"Please keep Sr. Greta in your prayers as she prepares, temporally and spiritually, for this beautiful monastic 'rite of passage.'"

from the Vocations blog Moniales OP
of the Dominican Nuns of Summit, New Jersey