Dear Holly,

It is quite natural for some people to think that if you dont "have fun" now before you enter a convent you will not know exactly what you are giving up, and then you will have difficulties later on and perhaps end up leaving after "wasting" a number years of your life. At the bottom of the objections of many parents to their childrens vocation there is often this desire to "save them from a mistake".

I think you should address their unease with them. Show them you understand and are grateful for their concern, that it has really made you think, but that the vocation is not like that. Let them know in detail the process you have gone through before getting accepted into the convent, and the further discernment you will do as a postulant, novice and temporary profession

If they insist it may come to a point where you will not be able to please them, but at least they will see that you are going about this maturely, that it is not some emotional, "idealistic" (meaning unrealistic here) wave you are on. They will see this as you progress in formation and they see how happy you are.

So, pray to the Holy Spirit for the gift of love, and always put God first.

God bless,