Peace That Surpasses All Understanding

cath4608 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:05:53 -0800

A Peace That Surpasses All Understanding . Philippians 4:6-8 I would rather die than go back to the way I lived before. It was hell for me. Perhaps I had to experience hell to know peace? After all, there was no place in the world that I could run to or any doctor that could have helped me with the pain that I was living with under my own skin. A doctor can’t put ...

Consideration: An Opinion Obtained by Reflection

cath4608 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:04:07 -0800

Consideration: An Opinion Obtained by Reflection A personal account: I think that consideration is a most important and valuable virtue that brings us further along the path of fulfillment on our journey of life than any other virtue in the world. When we give careful consideration to things, we are taking full responsibility to what may consist either in a ...

The Doors that Never Closed

cath4608 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:28:35 -0800

A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God. - Leonard RavenhillIt all began in church: A lost soul longing for a way to find some peace and understanding in God. I was raised Catholic and grew up with many friends who were Protestant, Baptist, and Jewish, etc. I feel blessed for my upbringing that taught ...

Underlined just for me

cath4608 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:45:30 -0800

Underlined just for me My first love of books began in the Free Library of Philadelphia. A great book report in elementary school brought me and seven other children in the City of Philadelphia to a luncheon and reading with Marguerite De Angeli - A well known author in American Children’s Literature. This was my first visit to the City’s Library. The outside of ...

Right the Bill

cath4608 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:52:23 -0800

Right the Bill My fourteen year- old son came home from school yesterday and immediately began a conversation with the differences between the two political parties. I assumed the topic was brought up at school (at this time of the year) and why he was full of questions and answers for me. He said: He thinks that the (A) political party seems to have a focus and ...

Dressed up as Mr. & Mrs. Neil

cath4608 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:59:28 -0700

Halloween was not an occasion that I looked forward to as a child. I didn’t know “how” to set my imagination still enough to dress up with what I wanted to meet in the mirror. One of my fondest memories of Halloween was the excitement of going out with my brothers and sisters, and over to Mr. & Mrs. Neil’s house for Trick-or-Treating. They were neighbors that lived on the cross ...

On the Way to Cape May (Mom, we're here!)

cath4608 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:44:52 -0700

In the year of 1990, my husband and I had the good fortune of buying a small summer home in the City of Cape May, New Jersey. We were in our middle to late forties and chose a community that would one day be our retirement home. Cape May has been the vacation place of my husband’s family for their love of fishing for well over fifty years. It is nestled at the southernmost point of the ...

When is doing a good deed not so good ?

cath4608 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:40:54 -0700

When is doing a good deed not so good for everyone? I think it is when you allow others the freedom from not having to take care of their own responsibilities. The things that they can (more than likely) learn to do for themselves. This, in turn, keeps us busy and veiled from sight to a greater need or loss that we could possibly attend. I hope to explain ...

The Wizard of Oz ( The Young, the Old, and the New)

cath4608 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:20:06 -0700

The Wizard of Oz (The Young, the Old, and the New) My parents found great pleasure every Holiday Season with their children gathered together in the living room to watch The Wizard of Oz. I can recall my dad making note to the importance of this truly remarkable movie that’s enjoyment for the whole family. I never said a word to my parents but, as much as I loved the ...

Co-Pilot

cath4608 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:23:11 -0700

Co-Pilot During our first year of marriage, my husband was a Corporate Pilot. He had a trip scheduled one particular weekend and wanted me to come along. Though I didn’t like flying in a twin engine turbo prop airplane; being newly weds, I wanted to be with him, too. So I went along as his co-pilot. It was early spring and the weather was beautiful when we ...

Premium Gift

cath4608 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:46:34 -0700

Premium Gift … I found the Red Room Writers Society October 8th 2008. This month is my One Year anniversary. (Or is it First Year anniversary?) Becoming a member here has opened up a whole new world of opportunity for me. I was in the process of writing my book with no writing experience whatsoever, other than I had in High School. I was in “total bliss” when I began reading and ...

The End Results ( In The First Place)

cath4608 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:51:50 -0700

The End Results ( In The First Place) I seem to be led to books on mind/body/spirit ever since my wakeup call many years ago. But, time after time, I continue to feel uncomfortable with putting the “self first”. There seems to be something that just doesn’t feel right with me. Especially, since I agree with most everything else in these books. There seems to be one ...

Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)

cath4608 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:51:15 -0700

Goodbye’s (The Saddest Word). Saying good-bye was the saddest word that I’ve come to know ever since the age of twenty- six: I faced a traumatic month that would forever change my life. I lost my first husband to cancer and my dear beloved mother died in her sleep a month later. All that I knew, those I held dear, were suddenly gone. I was alone with a five-year-old year old ...

The Larger the Scar, the Bigger and Brighter the Star!

cath4608 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:31:33 -0700

“Forgiveness”: The Larger the Scar, the Bigger and Brighter the Star! I truly look forward each week to participating in the Red Room’s blog Creative Challenge. Enthusiastically, I check my mail to see the topic of the week! But, I wasn’t ready for this one: Forgiveness. I don’t even know where to begin. - Since I learned a life time of lessons of never discussing the ...

Twitter Influence

cath4608 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:13:11 -0700

Twitter Influence My husband is a professional businessman that has successfully built and expanded his company.I was his secretary and file clerk (many years ago) in our home office before we were introduced to computers. The lack of knowledge with the computer paralyzed me to continue to assist him any further. His love of technology brought him to excel in his skill ...