Worldly Tigers of Florida, USA

01/03/2022

Christmas confusion!

I have a story to tell. Of course, it’s my version and yours might be different but we might see some similarities in our lives at least this season.
Aside from the magi bringing gifts to Jesus to celebrate his birth, there was no wrinkled wrapping paper spread on the living room floors, toys hardly looked at and scattered about the room and sticky candy canes stuck to the carpet. Now, some 2000 years later how do we celebrate Christmas and what does it mean to us. Not only to the children whom we assume are enjoying a joyous occasion but to the adults and the elderly who might’ve lost a love one during this year or a few years before. Do they feel like celebrating and having a party or would they rather go to church and pray to our Savior that our loved ones are watching over us and will help alleviate our pain of missing them so?

This Christmas season hit me with a ton of bricks. Although it is been a few years since I lost my family, my husband and my son, my heart seemed to ache more and I was reaching out to find the spirits and love. I was alone this year, although I had quite a few friends that had invited me for dinner. I was usually the one that had a big gathering with wonderful food, gifts conversation and bright faces. All I could think was that I wish this day would be over. I pray to the Lord that I would be forgiven for not wanting to celebrate his birthday but at the same time I somehow knew that I would be understood and the pain would slowly diminish and his blessing would take its place.

So that’s really the end of my story. There are many people like me who have experienced a loss that can’t be duplicated. At the same time as the day grows closer and the Christmas lights shine brighter, the hymns from church echo almost to the clouds and the pastor gives a beautiful sermon, it helps me find my way back home. Home is where your family, friends, and faith lie. Also our God-given “hope”helps us through to the next occasion.

My resolution to the situation is to enjoy each day that we have loved ones, to give, to spread our love no matter what the circumstances. The reason as I see it, is that God gave us a family. He didn’t just stop and start with Adam and Eve but created many people from many lands, all different and yet the same. The same in all capacity to love and enjoy friendship. My advice is to do this and not let little squabbles in our family separate us. Love and let others love you as our Lord wished us to do.

12/17/2021

We certainly would appreciate some feedback on our page Worldly Tigers of Florida, USA! Give us a shout, your opinion, your outlook and anything except naughty talk. We are glad to have you and would definitely like some input.  Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a wonderful New Year to all our friends... YOU MATTER! ! !

12/12/2021

I like to write and often I save my little Stories. Writing gives me peace in later I reflect on the story and see how true it is to me this day! Here is one I wrote sometime ago.

When is too much not enough?
I have a meditation that I listen to. Not every day but often enough. The one I listened to today was about envy and greed and wanting more. That’s not true of me. I have always told my friends that I “have everything.” To some folks it probably wouldn’t be enough but to me it’s more than. I worked hard for what God graced on me. I earned it. I suppose the biggest sin I commit is the sin of “pride.” Actually I don’t think God minds that I am proud of myself because I identify myself as His child.

I’m a bit of a hoarder because Through my life there’s been ups and downs and probably more downs than ups and so I prepared. I bought things reasonably and was able to sell them for more. I’ve kept an attic full of things I collected over these 50 years or more and a full pantry almost always except when I had nothing to put in it. Now, myself protection has almost fallen away because I have some incremental things going on in the house that might cost me more than I have to put down.

I am tired. I’ve been tired since the day my husband Scott left me to be by Jesus’ side and then there was my son, My only son, my gifted son, who suffered too. My friend Jesus puts in my mind “just stand up straight because this is not the only life we have.”

When this latest dilemma is over, and it will be, I want to go back to a simpler life. I don’t need the protection of items to sell or a full pantry to satisfy my hunger. People say that God will provide and forgive me when I mention that I’m not sure about that. What I am sure about is that He gives us the strength to carry-on and to provide for ourselves and maybe some others.

Catherine

The meditation about greed and envy is really not true of me. I don’t suffer from Greed, I don’t Envy other people. I have enough. I have too much. It’s time to lighten my load and cut the ties that bind me to the past, from knickknacks to concrete. What I call my own is simply my being and doing and seeing what is out there. What God wishes of me. To do good and to be good in his vision.

10/24/2021

Amen. . . My brothers. Sisters and their children..

"And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross." - Philippians 2:8

10/09/2021

This was written in 2014…

10/01/2021

Good Friday

To all our people!