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try to get off probation already , then I had to go pay a $350 fee because the charges I had committed at Bartow by the court house , furthermore I had to complete my community hours at my favorite church Saint Ann located in Haines city. I love that church so much, I use to go every Sunday to church with my mom and dad so I didn’t mind doing my hours there. My goal was to try to do all those errands all in one day so I can show effort to my probation officer Mrs. Terry and get released probation

My Spiritual Autobiography How did your relationship with God begin (when and where)? It started off slow and by slow I mean really slow. My father was a deacon and my mother was the Sunday school teacher for the kids and adults, My Spirituality was something I don’t think much about as a kid. I was more in to Power Ranger and Ninja Turtle that anything else. My mom and dad tried to make god a part of my life but it don’t work. I was just a little kid and all I want was to play. That was my spiritual

think about that too much. But when all that was going on my father left the household when I was 7 years of age and I didn’t know what was happening at the time but later on in life I figured it out for myself. I grew up without a father but that did stop me from doing the things I like or getting the things I want. I never got in trouble or anything but I try to remain good and did the right thing.

caught up with any of that. I can still remember at age 10 while walking to school seeing a dead body on the sidewalk. From the start, my mom wanted us to leave Paterson and to live somewhere better than where we were. So from there my mother and father would work extra hours just for us to leave the area we lived in and to find a house up near Haledon. There would be some days I wouldn’t get to see mom at all and I would be the one having to care of my sisters and attempt to cook. My mom would teach

get caught up with any of that. I can still remember at age 10 while walking to school seeing a dead body on the sidewalk. From the start my mom wanted us to leave paterson and to live somewhere better than where we were. So from there my mother and father would work extra hours just for us to leave the area we lived in and to find a house up near haledon. There would be some days i wouldn’t get to see mom at all and i would be the one having to care of my sisters and attempt to cook. My mom would teach

for his work, Catholic Online relays. “It is with heavy hearts we share the news that Bill Paxton has passed away due to complications from surgery,” TMZ, which broke the news on Paxton’s death, quotes a family representative. “A loving husband and father, Bill began his career in Hollywood working on films in the art department and went on to have an illustrious career spanning four decades as a beloved and prolific actor and filmmaker.” “Bill's passion for the arts was felt by all who knew him, and

watched the remaining attendees to this evening's sermon disappear into the snow-blanketed gloom. It was not normal for the church to hold sermon's in the evening hours; however, here in the holidays, many people grew so entrenched within their seasonal madness. It was sometimes difficult to pay the proper respects to their Lord in Heaven. She understood that, as well did her Father, the pastor. It had actually been his idea to hold these late day sermons and they had proven popular. Abby had been seeing

earliest memories originated when I was two years old. My parents and I resided at Holloman Air Force base in New Mexico where my father was in training to fly F-15 fighter jets. I recall lying on a couch with a stomach ache and witnessing my frazzled and concerned mother enter our home and ask my father if he had given me anything to ease my pain. My calm and humorous father responded by saying he gave me a few sips of his Diet Coke. He seemed to enjoy how she reacted to his less serious demeanor

book, The Seven Storey (Merton spells story as storey) Mountain, he explains his journey of becoming a monk, otherwise known as monasticism. To start, Thomas Merton was born on January 31, 1915 in Prades, France to his mother, Ruth Jenkins and his father Owen Merton. Both of his parents were rather successful artists, but they did not want Thomas to be raised as a wealthy child. They instead wanted Thomas to live without wealth and possessions, they believed that without wealth, Thomas would live

had 5 other siblings and an abusive boyfriend. In my opinion, I was set up for failure and more unfortunately, abortion, but by God’s amazing grace, my teenage mother did not give up on me. She left my father during my infancy, the ghettos of Cleveland during my toddler years, started going to church in my preteens, and received her Ph.D. during my high school years. All of this is important because it is all evidence of Jeremiah 29:11. My life started with a dreary future, but has turned into a magnificent