(1) She was apparently drawn to investigate Catholicism by reading the Confession of St. Patrick and agreeing with the doctrine he expressed therein.
It seems as if intellectual curiosity preceded emotion in this case.If her conversion was a purely emotional one based on "happy warm fuzzies", then it wouldn't really have been sustainable in the face of her mother's melodrama.
(3) She seems to have been raised in a home (and I in fact know she was raised in a home) where fairly sophisticated doctrinal discourse was a part of her upbringing.
She had a well-articulated doctrinal background and she wouldn't be able to consider Catholicism without having strong doctrinal conviction.
But how much of HER beliefs were hers because of a personal relationship, personal search of God's Word, rather then just I believe because that is what my family says to believe.
I have to agree with drsteve. Her "conversion" is based on experience, warm fuzzies, rather then on a personal response to God.
Becky