Category: Family

Pfc John Franklin Cook, 1945

Featured Favorite: Christmas in Germany, 1944

                       Germany Noon Christmas Day, 1944 Merry Christmas Darling! And to all my three daughters a happy one. I thought of all of you through the long Xmas eve night and just had to dig out this scrap of paper and say it to you even though it will be late getting there. I’m sitting...

Thanksgiving Table (Photo by Richard C MIller - Getty)

Thanksgiving Blessings: Edelweiss and the Doxology

Our family tradition for Thanksgiving grace is sung to the tune of  “Edelweiss” from the Sound of Music. The Von Trapp family at the festival performed the forbidden national anthem as they prepared to escape the country. Bless our friends, Bless our food, Come, O Lord, and sit with us. Make our talk glow with...

The Six Lessons of 9-11

After 17 years, I still keep a poster on the wall of my office advertising the National Book Festival, which my husband and I attended on September 8, 2001. All kinds of booths and entertainment venues filled the National Mall in Washington, DC. The neighboring public buildings hosted educational and informational presentations. Authors signed their...

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Featured Favorite: Unique Puzzle Pieces

You and your husband are planning a vacation for your family.  As a wife and mother, you visualize a resort where you can leave the cleaning and cooking to someone else and relax by the pool. Your husband wants to go camping. In our Marriage Enrichment study, “A Marriage Made in Heaven,” we learned about...

CWG: What’s on God’s To-Do List for you?

CWG: What’s on God’s To-Do List for you?

Sunrise over Lake Ray Hubbard (photo by Nancy Ward) Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com What surprised does God have on his to-do list for you today? Does he wake you up early enough to enjoy the beautiful sunrise he created? As you get dressed, does he prompt you to pray for a divorced friend or cancer-stricken relative?...