The Christianville Spirit: PTLS Congress in Germany

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Knows Love

May 29th, 2019-TCS # 641

Hallo, My Readers! That is How You say Hello in German. Well, I am Happy to be back Home after Our “PTLS Business Trip” and Be Back in My Routine and yet at The Same Time, I miss Europe and It’s Fresh Food! So, Where did We go This Time? Well, We were Sponsored (meaning PTLS Family Members invited and paid for us get there) to go to Germany. Yes, Folks! Really! Germany! The Land of My Portion of My Ancestors since I am Part German and Part Italian. Now, We unfortunately did not see Our Ancestral Stuttgart, but We did get to see a Little bit of Germany. 

So, Germany, A few things that I know about it going in. Germany has a Rather Nasty History that I won’t really get in to, but I knew to be Very Careful about Mentioning it there, Just a Topic to Avoid. Unless You want to educate yourself about it, that is Okay. 

Germany has a Super-Freeway System with Highways sort of like American Interstates but, Better. They say that You can drive Really Fast on Them. The Roads are called “The Autobahn”. Now, For The Record, Yes, They can drive Very Fast but, only if There is not a lot of Traffic, Construction, Weather, and Of Course, There are Certain Areas where They do have Speed Limits but, I think that is because of Cities, Towns, Construction, or Safety Reasons. It is actually Funny because There can be a Stretch of No-Speed Limit Zone and then, One comes along! 

Anyway, and then The Final Thing I knew about Germany that You must try Wienerschnitzel. So, We flew from Dallas to Frankfurt, Germany. This was The First Time in Germany and that was the Most Direct Route and Most Major City in The Region of Germany that We will be in. We actually flew to Germany on Lynee Remembrance Day (LRD as I call it). Now, Yes, I did do My “Lynee Day” Observance while We were at The Airport waiting for Our Flight. We arrived in Frankfurt on Thursday Morning. By The Way, Frankfurt Airport is a Massive Airport! It is a Big Airport with 2 Terminals but, I don’t feel that It can handle all the planes arriving and having all The Gates for Them. I say that because I saw a lot of Planes sitting on the Tarmac having Busses pick up The Passengers, sort of what They did in Iceland. Us, of course, were Lucky to have our plane arrive at The Gate. For The Record, after Passing through Frankfurt Airport both Arriving and Departing, I am sad to say that I feel that Frankfurt Airport is not Very Special Needs Friendly Airport.

After We passed Customs and such, We were picked up by The Husband of The Host of This “PTLS Conference on The Road”, PTLS Member Andreas. He drove us to The Town which We were having our PTLS Event, The PTLS “Congress” as They referred to it as, The “Congress” was held in a Moderately-Sized Town, North of Cologne. Every Time I try to spell it, I have a Hard Time with It. I know, it looks and sounds like Cologne, as like The Spray perfume  Goods. I course, prefer The Local way of Spelling, Köln. The Town where This Congress was held was an Even Harder Name, Leverkausen (Pronounced Lee-Ver-Koo-Sen). I digress. So, It was about a 2 Hour Drive between Frankfurt and Leverkausen via The First Thing I wanted to do on My “German Experience” List, Drive on The Autobahn. Now, in case You are wondering, We did a Speed-ups and Joyrides on The Way up there. We hit about 200 Kilometers an Hour (about 125 Miles an Hour). I have to say that It was a Weird feeling going that Fast. I wanted to make sure to Go Fast with My German Experience without Freaking My Mom out too much as well Overwhelming Myself too much. As We got closer, Andreas was told that The Hotel that We were staying at would call when The Room would be Ready, about 3 PM. So, PTLS Member Lisbeth and Andreas, The Host of The PTLS “Congress” invited us over to Their House, so We could hang out and have a Meal as They say there. Little did We know that this Meal would be a Big Meal. It actually was a Really Good Meal, We had Pasta and A Special Sauce that She made. Among Many other Things. It was Really Good! After all that, We drove over to The Hotel where We, as well as PTLS Family Members would be staying. The Hotel, to say the least, needed a Little Renovation. But, I digress. That Night, My Mom and I were so Tired, We went to Sleep early to catch up on Our Sleep before Everything kicked off. On Friday, the Host again, invited us to Breakfast. We thought that We would be going to a Breakfast Place because The Breakfast at The Hotel was a Bit Expensive but, She took us over to Her House to make Breakfast. She is One of Those Hosts that will cook you More Food than You need while spoiling You at The Same Time. I really felt Loved, I will tell you that! Later in The Day while We were waiting for PTLS Family Members to show up, My Mom and I took a Nice Walk around The City Center as well as The Nature Trail nearby The Hotel. After Everyone started Showing Up, We all walked to The City Center Shopping Mall down the street to a Biergarten. This was something in My “German Experience” List that was in The Back of My Head, along with The Wienerschnitzel. It was something I wanted to try, but try not to Make a Big Deal about it. If I did, then My Anxiety would go up. Now, No, I did not have any Beer but, I saw what German Beer looks like! It was kinda Fascinating! I am not an Alcohol Drinker, I would rather not drink, So I had a Soda instead. After that, We walked back towards The Hotel for Dinner. The Owner of The Restaurant, according to Host Lisbeth, says that She understands Those with Special Needs, Therefore She would be able to handle a Group like Us. After Looking on The Menu, I found that They had Wienerschnitzel there. I was a bit Tired though by Then, due to getting a little Overheated during The Walk that My Mom and I did earlier. It was a Bit Warm during The Day (like Over 70) but, Cool at Night. So, I ordered a Smaller Version of The Wienerschnitzel. I remember from Watching People like Anthony Bourdain try it, It was a Big Dish. It almost helped at The People around were having The Wienerschitzel as well. The Next Day, Saturday was The “Congress” Day. Both My Mom and I got to speak there. It is always Inspiring to Me as well as PTLS Family Members, to Meet them in Person. Each PTLS Family Member that I met, helped give me Insight into How The Children was treated, the Help They get, and Life in Germany. We met PTLS Family Members also from Belgium and The Netherlands (or Holland). Of Course, One Highlight among The PTLS Family Members was a Mom who does a lot of Traveling with Her Family, Another  was to spend Special Time with PTLS Member, Nathalie Foppen because We have known each other for 10 Years! It warmed My Heart that At This “Congress”, that There was a lot of PTLS T-Shirts, PTLS Pins, and PTLS Green Wristbands. It really was Awesome. I am Always Honored to get to Meet PTLS Family Members that I have known online for a Long Time. Not Only, Myself knowing Each Other but, Also Each Other knowing Me. Not Only, do I get to Visit a New Country but, also Going there with Purpose, not just to go there. There is Something to be said about Traveling for Fun and Traveling for Purpose. And, Yes, It is Perfectly okay, to Travel with Purpose, like a “Congress” and Sightsee at The Same Time. Doing it all in 3 days, with most at the congress can be hard to make a lot of time to sightsee. Speaking of that, That Evening, Us and Some PTLS Family Members took the Train down to Köln to do a little Sightseeing on Our Way to have Dinner. After We arrived the Köln Train Station, We were Greeted with a Very Tall Church, The Köln Cathedral. If You ever visit Cologne (Köln), You must check that Out! PTLS Family Member, Nathalie, who is Very much a Travel Nerd like I am, where Trying to guess when The Cathedral was Built...both of Our Guesses were Wrong. It was Built in The Year 900. Yes, Really, Folks! The Year Nine-Hundred! surviving Both World Wars and Many Things in between! Another Fascinating Part of Europe! We actually got to go Inside The Cathedral for a Bit. They happened to be having a Saturday Service in Latin. I will tell you, It was at times, chilling to hear The Sound from The Organ high above The Ground! On a Personal Note, My Mom lit a Candle for Grandma Honey and I did one for Lynee. So, Grandma Honey and Lynee have been marked in Köln, Deutschland (Germany). 

After that, We walked towards The Old Town of Köln, not before losing track of My Sightseeing Buddy, Nathalie a Few Times! Eventually, We walked with Our Arms wrapped around so I wouldn’t lose track of Her! It was a trick that I learned while I was in Spain walking around The Touristy Area of Puerta Del Sol, when Our Friend and Translator, Marta wrapped her Arms rung around My Mom and I. Once We got to The Old Town, We had a Nice Dinner while People Watching as well as looking at The Rhein River. The People Watching was quite entertaining considering We passed a Bachelorette Party and a Bachelor’s Night. We actually, was weird as it sounds My Mom had Authentic Italian Pizza and I had Pasta with Truffles. Both of which were Very Good. Both Italian and German Ancestors would be Proud! 

On Sunday Morning, We had Breakfast at The Hotel and Said Goodbye to Everyone. After that, Host Lisbeth and Andreas took us on One Last Adventure! So, I am sure that I have mentioned about How fascinated I am with Europe. In Fact, I wrote a Newsletter about It. Read My Newsletter about My Fascination with Europe (Refer to Newsletter 506)the-christianville-spirit-my_13.html So, I will help you with The Link, It may be faster for You. This is also, A Blip explaining about This but, the Last Thing on My “German Experience” List was to Cross a Schengen Border, something that I have Always Wanted to Do but, was Never Close enough to do so. Luckily though, In My Geographic Knowledge, I knew that The Netherlands was not Very Far, maybe an Hour or Less to drive from Köln to The Netherlands. Now, Considering also that We had drive back to Frankfurt to Our Hotel at The Airport, It did not make sense to Drive to The Netherlands (or Holland) and then, back 2 Hours to Frankfurt, adding another Hour from The Netherlands, so 3 Hours. Now, Anything who knows me, Knows that I like to go on Sunday Drives, just to See Places and Look at The Road Signs. Of Course, I figured that It was only an Hour to The Netherlands, so Why not?! Lisbeth and Andreas agreed. Although, It took them a bit of Time to understand why I was doing. So, The Blip from The Newsletter about Europe that I wrote that Explains The Reason.

Here is The Blip

This is something that for Most of The World is most likely The Craziest Idea but If You see a Map of Europe, You would understand why. It is something called Schengen. As In The Schengen Agreement. What is that? Well, It is basically an Agreement named after a Town called Schengen in Luxembourg that is literally a stones throw from France and Germany. That is All! Just Kidding! There is much more! The Best Thing (or Worst thing to some people) is the fact that You can Freely Travel between Countries (in Europe, They refer to them as “Members States”) without having to Stop at The Border Crossing and Have Your Passport Ready. You just drive across The Border and Continue on, that is as long You follow the Rules in Imports and Exports.

So, Basically, I wanted to know what crossing a Schengen Border feels like. To an American, When You consider the Context of What You are doing when You are crossing an International Border like that is Amazing. For a Road Geek and Geography Nerd like Myself, Even More! Because not only is The Road changing but, The Language of The Road Signs and Language of The Country, The National Flag, and The National Capitol among Many Other Things. So, We drove to The First Town in The Netherlands after leaving Germany, a Town called Venlo, The Netherlands (Holland). To Explain This Town, It is a Perfect Mix of Old and Modern. While We were having Lunch, We overlooked a Pond where Two Water-polo Matches were Happening. People seemed Very Friendly and The Town had a Very Quaint Feeling to it. After a Nice Lunch while watching The Water-Polo Matches, We walked around The Town a bit before Driving back into Germany and on to Frankfurt. We also did a Few Speed-Ups and Joyrides on The Autobahn, It made The drive back feel not as Long. German Time, that is What I will call it. 2 Hours feel like an Hour and 45 Mins. in German Time. and, Finally, We ended Our Trip staying at a Hotel in a Building at The Airport that I can describe as a Cruise Ship shaped Glass Boat. All in all, It was an Awesome Trip, a Learning Experience, and Of Course, It was My Honour to come over to Germany to Meet PTLS Family Members. That is something that I love doing! It is Always Good to to Spread Awareness and Learn about New Cultures!

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Expand The Mind, Learn about Different Cultures!

The Christianville Spirit: Why We Have Grandmas

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Knows Love

May 15th, 2019-TCS # 640

I Love My Grandma, My Readers! Yes, Folks! I Love My Grandma Very Much! It takes a Man to say that! Excuse Me while I perform in a Movie Voice for a Second. (In Movie Voice) From The Newsletter That Brought You Many Classics..... The Newsletter that brought You The Christianville Classic Newsletter, “Why We Have Children” (Refer to Newsletter 273; November 2011) and The Christianville Classic, “Why We Have Moms” (Refer to Newsletter 351; May 15th of 2013. Or Over on My Christianville Classic List on The Right)....As Well as The Christianville Classic Newsletter “Why We Have Dads” (Refer to Newsletter 549; June 2017).

 Comes an Additional to My “Why We Have Series”; Most Recently, “Why We Have Brothers/Sisters” (Refer to Newsletter 581; January 2018) 

Introducing The Newest Newsletter, “Why We Have Grandmas! (or Grandparents)!” (Back to Normal Voice).

Ya Know, I laugh at Myself sometimes at What Situations provoke Newsletter Topics. Basically, When It comes Choosing My Newsletter Topics is that I try to come up with The Topic on My Own; Topics just come to Me out of The Blue, like This One; and, Finally, I ask My Mom for Her Input. So, Coming out of Mother’s Day, I realized something. From Yet another Touching Mother’s Day Tribute from The Newscaster that I was telling you about, made me realize that Not Everyone either has a Mom at All, in Other Words, She was either passed away or She is just Out of Your Life, or You have a Let’s just say Less-than-Awesome Mom. I can say that I am Very Blessed to have Great Brilliant Mom like I do. Now, No I don’t have the Perfect Dad, although I wish I did, nor a Perfect Grandma, On My Dad’s Side. But, I do have an Awesome Mom AND An Awesome Grandma (aka- Grandma Honey, or G-Honey)! 

Now, This is sort of News to Me, only because It really is not a Big Deal to Me anyway but Did You know that There is Holiday from Grandparents? Yes, Really! So, There is a Mother’s Day, A Father’s Day, and A Grandparents’ Day. Problem, Not too many People know or even celebrate “Grandparents Day”. Sure, They celebrate their Grandparents all the time, but Unknowingly do not celebrate that Day. To Me, though, You don’t need a Day to celebrate them. Them meaning Grandparents, Mothers, and Fathers. We should just Honor Them all the Time! But, We do appreciate The Reminders. So, Here comes Question that People should ponder. Why do We have Grandparents? What an Absurd Question to Ask, Christian?! Well, Okay, if You ponder This Question, perhaps It would make you appreciate them. Now, Because I have Greater Respect for My Grandma on My Mom’s Side, I will address most of these to Her, but I will add in Grandma on My Dad’s Side as well. So, for the record, People all over have a Nickname for Their Grandma or Grandparents. In the Southern US, They would say “Mamaw” (Mah-Ma) or “Mamma”. Perhaps, “Oma” (Ohh-Ma) is Used in Other Parts of The Country. In My Mom’s Side Case, We call her “Grandma Honey”. On My Dad’s Side, because of The Part-Puerto Rican side, We referred to them as “Bella” and “Bello”, short for Abuella and Abuello, Grandma and Grandpa in Spanish, Respectively. Soo, Back to The Question of Pondering, Why We Do Have Grandmas or Grandparents? Well, I am going to answer that Question in My Humble Opinion 

So, Without Further a due. This is Why We have Grandmas (or Grandparents). I Love You Heaps, Grandma Honey!

WHY WE HAVE GRANDMAS (OR GRANDPARENTS)

1. So, I have to come realize that with Every Edition of My “Why We Have..” Series, seems to begin with a Short Health Lesson. So, Why not skid in into It. Basically, in a Short Health Lesson. If It weren’t for Grandma, in this Case, birthing Your Mother (or Mommy). Then, You would not have not
2. They birthed Your Mother and That, in Turn Birthed Your Mother birthed You (Graphic I know!)
3. Being of Birth, Grandmas will Literally be THE First at The Hospital when The Time comes when You give Birth  to Your Grandchildren. In Fact, She will be Packed and There about Two Hours Early after You called her telling her that You are going into Labor, even if It is False.
4. Now, Not that I know what is like in The Birthing Room after Said Baby is Born, but Just be forewarned when Said Baby comes out, if grandma is in the room, Grandma might just be The First to Hold It! Before Your own Mom; Before You,; and, Before Your own Wife! Oh! and Yeah, She will take..hmm.. about 30 Mins. in, then It will be Yours, Your Moms, and Your Wife’s. But, When She says “Give me That Baby!” She means it! Even if, Said Baby in covered in “Baby Slime”. Baby Slime be darned!
5. Excluding all The Baby Stuff (Clearing Throat), Like Your Mom, Grandma will be Your Secondary Quilt or Blankie when You are a Baby or a Young Child. She will have Extra Fluff though. Sorry Mom!
6. Again, like Your Mom, She (or They) will be Your Guard, Protector, Guard-Rail Fence, against Evil, Mean, and Hurtful Forces. She will stronger than Anyone has ever seen!
7. Don’t Worry though, If You are Trouble with Your Mom, Grandma, or should I say “Suupper Grandma!” (Heroic Tone applied!), She will come and Rescue You. Speaking of That, as well When Your Mom has had enough of You, or at least in Temporary Instances, Grandma will come save you too.
8. Now, Let’s Bare in Mind, that if You get into Real Trouble, Not even Grandma will Save You. Now, that is not to Say that She will try! Again, Majorly Depending on This! But, She will spend her life’s Saving to Bail You Out. If What You did is a Minor and Forgivable Offense.
9. Grandma will make you Laugh, Cry, and Ponder about Life. Sometimes at The Same Time and Sometimes within an Hour of Spending Time with Her.
10. While We are in The Subject of Time with Her, You will have Fun (Fun comes a Second!) but, She will tell you some Really Good (or Sometimes Frightening) but, Most Times, Good, Stories about Her Life, Things She had Said and Done in Her Life. Folks! If This is not a Reason to have Grandmas, I don’t know what is. But, for The Love of Goodness, Listen to Those Stories! They might have Morals, Funniness, Scariness, and, Sadness. But, Believe Me, they are Worth Hearing! I wish I would hear My Great-Grandma Mimi’s Stories!
11. Now, to The Fun Stuff! Okay, Grandchildren listen closely! You know that One Thing (within Reason) that You can not do with Mommy. You can with Grandma! Again, It depends here! Again, within Reason!
12. You know that Food that Mommy never serves? or Perhaps, Mommy may not serve that frequently. Yep! Grandma will serve it to You, Possibly in Larger Quantities than You are Expecting!
13. When It comes to When You get Older and Start Dating, Grandma will test them many Time to Make Sure that They are of Quality. Oh! And Yes, Mommy may not do it, but Grandma will most definitely break out the Baby Pictures!
14. When It comes to Your Wedding...Remember when I said that Grandma will be THE First at The Hospital when Your Grandchildren are Born? Yeah, Grandma will be in Town about 2 Days Early; Have Literally Everything Planned, even in though Your Wife and Wedding Planner had it Set (Yeah, This and Only This Time, Might be the Only Time when Grandma may not be so Nice. I am thinking, that is what that “Grandma’s Test” is for that I mentioned earlier); Grandma will be at The Church or Wedding Site, about 3 Hours before Anyone shows up!
15. A Serious Note Here, Not that I want to even think about This Right Now, but I am aware that It is coming. When The Time comes that You have to “Call It”. Just Remember The Great Times, The Great Stories, and Probably The Most Important Thing, The Great Person that Your Grandma was. Carry that with You Forever! and, I can guarantee Two Things... She will Absolutely come Visit You Anytime that You ask and Finally, You will experience something that We’ll refer to your “Inner Grandma”. You feel the need to be Early for Something, “Inner Grandma”!; You feel the need to Lash out at Someone because She were Mean to Someone You Love (Mom, Your own Grandchildren, or Yourself), Yep! “Inner Grandma!” Embrace that “Inner Grandma”! Perhaps, that is Grandma coming to Visit You!

In All Seriousness, Your Grandma (or Grandparents), Okay, who Am I Kidding?, I only talked about Grandmas and Not Grandpas. Grandparents in General! Whatever. So, Basically, Your Grandma is Very Important Person! Yes, Just a Smidge more important than Your Mother. But, I guess that Mothers are Important in One Way and Grandmas in another Way. All in all, Embrace, Ponder, and Love on the Fact that You have a Grandma because unfortunately, You may not have her Forever. I guess it is One of Those Stupid Terms and Conditions that You did not read and just signed when You were Born!

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit.  Love and Embrace Your Grandma! 

The Christianville Spirit: A Tribute to Moms!

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Knows Love

May 8th, 2019-TCS # 639

Happy (Early) Mother’s Day, My Readers! Yes, It is that Time of Year, A Time to reflect, Love on, and Thank Your Mom! My Readers, I can’t help but Think of What I thought was a Lovely Mother’s Day Tribute, A Newscaster talking about Her Mom. Now, The Issue with This Newscaster was that This Newscaster was not only doing a Mother’s Day Tribute but, A Tribute to Her Mom that Passed Away. The Way She did it, really stuck with Me. I thought about My own Mom as well as My Grandma Honey. I thought, “What would I do if I lost them?!” I don’t want to think of losing Grandma Honey but, Worse, thinking of losing My Own Mom! My Mom and I have a Great Relationship, The Best Relationship that I feel that You could have with Your Mother. It is not always a Perfect one, but that is with Every Relationship. There are Times, probably more than I can think of where My Mom and I thinking the Same Thing. My Mom likes to say that It seems that I am reading Her Mind. I often that She could read My Mind to see all the Thoughts, Wishes, and Dreams that come with Having PTLS. Speaking of PTLS, She fights hard for PTLS, as well as and More Importantly PTLS Family Members and She does not get Paid for It! Err...at least not at This Moment in Time. My Mom is So Awesome! And, I honestly, Don’t know, nor do I want to know what I would do without My Mom! Not to go too Christian (The Religion) on You, but The Only Reason I would want to The Rapture to happen in My Lifetime is so I don’t have to Lose My Mom. Anyway, To honor How Awesome My Mom is, as well as Other Moms, I am going to Rerun a Christianville Classic Newsletter about a Question that I am sure that All of us Have, Why do We have Moms? My Mom is My Hero who comes along, with The Strength to Carry On!

As a Reminder, This Newsletter is a Christianville Classic, So You can check out This One and Many Others, on My Christianville Classics List.

 So, A Bit of a Background here though, First of All, the Basics, This Newsletter was written on May 15th of 2013 (Refer to Newsletter 351). I’m not sure if I mentioned in The Newsletter below about The Origin but, Before This Newsletter entitled “Why We have Moms”, I had written one about “Why We have Children” so, If You Will, The “Why We Have Moms” was sort of an Extension, A Sequel to The “Why We have Children” Newsletter. (Refer to Newsletter 273; November 2011). Anyway, I hope You know You PTLS Member Moms are Brilliant (I Love that Word!) Moms and My Mom is By Far, The Most Brilliant! This Christianville Classic is called “Why We Have Moms”. Enjoy and Happy Mother’s Day!

This Newsletter was written on May 15th of 2013 (Refer to Newsletter 351)

So, As You all know, Sunday was Mother’s Day here in The United States, I say that because Mother’s Day is on a different day in other parts of The World. But, Anyway, Mother’s Day is a very important holiday to Me because of one thing that I am ever grateful for, My Mom, as well as Moms in general. Moms are Awesome! But, Why do we have Moms? Now, I’m sure you are reading this, thinking, “Why do We Have Moms?! What kind of Crazy Question is that?!” and others would wonder and ponder about it. So, I’m going to answer that question, “Why Do We Have Moms?”. Well, Truth is, there are a lot of reason why, but here are MY Reasons Why.

1. They birthed us; through hard labor, sometimes, Hours of it. In My Mom’s Case, A C-section that she felt the whole time (the anesthesia didn’t work!)  
2. They are our Secondary Quilt, Beanie Baby, or Blankie when we are Babies (Because We like to Snuggle)
3. They are “Best Friends” when we don’t have any Real Friends and They always will be, whether you like it or not.
4. In The 90’s (And, Probably still now) They are Our Seat Belts when someone slams on their brakes. Even though We already have our Seat Belt on.
5. They are our Protecter, Guard, and Guard-Rail Fence against Evil, Mean, or Hurtful Forces.
6. (If You Let Her Do This One, You are Lucky) They are Your Matchmaker. As in, walking up to the Prettiest Girl around and saying, “Hey, Check Out My Son, He’s a REALLY Good Catch!” and You always say, “Moooom!”. But, You never know if that girl might be the Girl of Your Dreams!
7. If You have a Bully or Hateful/Hurtful Person in Your Life, “Momma Bear” will come out and it will NOT be Pretty!
8. In My Case, If You have Special Needs, Your Mom will go to all lengths to get you what you need, help you in anyway possible, and be there for you when you need her. Even going through many teary-eyed and bull-headed IEP Meetings!
9. They know what is best for You, Way before You Do.
10. Most Importantly, They are Your Mother and Whether You Like it or Not, They will be the only person besides Your Soulmate that will be by your side Forever!
11. When It comes to Your Dreams, They will be do One (or All) of A Few Things; Be right beside You as You ride through It (like My Laser Hair Removal), Help You in The Middle of It, or Cheer The Loudest for You (Who is That?! Oh, That’s My Mom!) along The Side Lines.
12. In The Moment that You say, “I Do”. She will be There. Most likely in front cheering, following being in The Back, Crying Her Eyes out. (Ohh Mom!)
13. When You Graduate from High School or Any Life Event that is Important to both of You. Yep, She’ll be Crying there too. 
14. They will always be There if You need to have a Heart-to-Heart Talk or Vice Versa, Where They have a Heart-to-Heart with You
15. They will let You go Where ever You want when You are an Adult on Three Conditions. One, It is not Dangerous. Two, It is not a Stupid Decision and, Three, You shall at some point, Come back and Live Near Mom (Or at Least, That is My Own Old-Fashioned Mom) Are You Listening, Michael?!
16. They will be Honest with You. Sometimes more than You want them to. But, Believe Me, You will be Grateful in The End.
17. They will have Many Talks with You. In One of Three Versions; Either a Heart-to-Heart Talk, “Step into My Office”(Sometimes Good and Sometimes Not) , or “A Come-to-Jesus Meeting”.
18. She’ll be there to Pick You Up if You are Down and Cheer when You are Up.
19. In My Case, they are your Road Buddy or Your Chauffeur when you want to go somewhere. By The Way, That is a Condition that Can not be taken advantaged of. 
20. This may sound a bit too Honest, but from a Man’s View, Let’s face it, Your Family, Your House (applying to Guys), and Your Life would be a Mess without Your Mom.
21. No Matter How Young or Old You are, It is Perfectly Okay to say that You need Your Mommy.

 So, Those are My Reason as to “Why We Have Moms”. All in All, My Mom and I have always had this system where I ask her, “Mom, Why do you do this?” and she answers, “It is in The Book of Moms!”.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Love Your Mom and Grandma with All You Got!

The Christianville Spirit: Intuition and Angel Voices

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Knows Love

May 1st, 2019-TCS # 638

Happy May, My Readers! Oh, I am so Happy to say that! After a Crazy Month like April, I deserve a Break from Craziness for a while. So, Happy May to Ya! Okay, so This Week, We are going to go rather Deep. Deep like Spiritual Deep! So, Whenever The Late Joan Rivers wanted to talk about something deep and meaningful, She would always say “Let’s Talk”. So, “Let’s Talk”. So, It is really No Secret that PTLSers can be Very Intuitive, Sensing when People need a Hug, Some Warming Advice, or Perhaps in This Case, Inspiration. At The Realization of This, I just realized that although My “Blues Month” is well and over, Someone else’s “Blues Month” has come. Like We have discussed before, People die Everyday, even on Christmas. Yes, Believe it or not, December might be a “Blues Month” for Someone. I am reminded as well that for Lynee’s Family, May is that Month. I digress. So, There are Sometimes when Things of The Spiritual variety confuse and befuddle me. Well, Okay, Sometimes (ahem..Clearing Throat, All the Time), God and Angels are NOT Literal in Any Sense of The Word. I have explained to My Friend, Deb as well as Our Lovely-Awesome Christian Neighbours that Messages from God are in Symbols. Each Symbol means something that is Very Important to Your Destiny. Unfortunately, It has to be Translated into an Understandable form. My Best Example is to Imagine Translating Every Symbol of Japanese Characters (Japanese is Hardest Language to Learn, so I am told), Add in there some Cyrillic Russian, and Throw in some Georgian. Each Symbol is Very Important and First needs to be Translated into English (or Whatever Language You Speak). Next, It has to be Translated to the Form of English that You speak. Think “Pahk The Cah in The Yahd” in New England or “Y’all! I’m fixin’ to go to The Store, Y’all want anythang?!” in the Southern US. and, finally, this is The Most Hardest Translation, It has to be Translated into The Way that Your Heart and Mind speak. In Other Words, In My Case Literal or non-Literal. Now, Let’s also bare in Mind that when God wants to send a Clear-as-Day message, You will know What It is saying. For Example, There was One Time I wanted to drive up to Oklahoma, about an Hour North of Here for Two Reasons, because I wanted to get a Map of The State and See the New Casino that opened up called WinStar World Casino. Now, I did not want to go to The Casino itself, but to see The Outside of it that was Designed after different places of The World. The Weather was fine until We got closer to The Oklahoma Border; when I got The Map at The Welcome Center, it started Raining; When We got to The Casino to look at The Outside, It literally started Storming. I suggested that I wanted to see The Inside, to see if There was anything different, if They have any Worldly References inside. After I said that, A Boom of Thunder came. Message Received! After We finished driving around The Outside of The Casino, We drove back toward Texas, It was now Storming, Raining, and Very Windy! We rushed out of There! By The Time, We got to closer to Home, The Sky was clear again, as if Nothing happened. If that is not God, I don’t know what is! Of Course, The Most Befuddling Messages from God and Angels come most often in My Dreams. There are sometimes when I hear the Voices clear in My Dreams giving me Messages in My Dreams. Now, this is Not like weird voices, and don’t worry that I have a Mental Health problem or something, it is just dreams People have that are clear. The kind that People Remember really clearly. Sometimes, though They are not always Messages, or what I think is a Message, so it is confusing,  just voices saying something that is usually positive or scratchy and I do not remember what is said. I like to say that I had dreamt of Three “Voices”, perhaps The Biggest Voices. 

First of course is what I Think is God’s Voice. God’s Voice is a Very Deep, Manly Voice that does not mess around. This is the Voice, You must hear Very Clearly and I feel that This is the Only Time when He might actually give you a Message to help me feel happy or help someone else to feel happy, that has been Translated for You. Very Clear as Day! 

The Next is a little more Personal, You see, in Short, My Friend, Deb’s Mom, Joan passed away a couple years ago and When She was Alive, I referred to her as “Ma”. As in asking Deb, “How’s Ma?” before Ma passed away, although I never really knew her in Person, I felt Very Attached to Her and She, of course, had known Me very well from Me talking to Deb. So, after She passed away, I figured that I give Ma a Job because I felt that Heaven would be boring for Ma because let’s just say, She had a rather exciting Life in her Latter Days. Anyway, so I added her to What I refer to as My Angel Cabinet. think of The US President’s Cabinet only with Angels. The Two Major Angels in My Life, Lynee and Ma got the Highest Positions, Guardian Angel Lynee and The Most Important, Director of Destiny. Ma’s Voice, to describe, It sounds like a Sweet Southern Women who is asking if You want Sweet Tea and Cookies. As in,(In Southern Accent) “Sugar, Do Ya want some Sweet Tea and Cookies?”. So, Her Messages are Very Sweet sounding

Then, We have got to talk about a Less-than-Pleasant Voice. Now, This Voice has No Important Messages, just things that are not Nice. Satan’s Voice. Now, Satan’s Voice otherwise known as “The Dark One”, “The Devil”, “The Enemy” and, “The Dark Lord” is Very Bad Voice! I don’t know if You have ever had Satan’s Voice in Your Dream but, Let me tell you, It is rather disturbing. Picture a Deep and Dark Voice, Very Mean and Angry, and Both are Very Distorted. That is Best Way I can describe This Voice. Now, Do I listen to it, sure but, It does not mean anything. I just let it go and ignore it. Before I leave This Voice, I should mention an Inspirational Meme that I saw from a PTLS Family Members that said, “The Enemy (Person or Devil) wouldn’t be attacking you if Something Vary Valuable was not Inside of You. Thieves don’t break into Empty Houses”. This is the message I think is coming from this voice. My intuition Tells Me that Someone is trying to cause problems in my life or someone I love and this is like a Warning. Come to Think of it, Maybe, It is not Literally The Devil, I just give it that Name because It relates to Negative Things. My Intuition always tells me when Something Good or Bad is going to Happen. So, These “Voices” are Actually My Intuition talking to me in My Dreams. It is like, as Weird as it sounds sometimes I have dreams of The Future and Those Things happen. Believe Me, It sounds Weird and Feels Weird, but It is not Scary. It helps me Prepare. But, I know that that Other PTLSers have the Same Thing, There have been Interesting Stories throughout The Years. All in all, This Duplication (called PTLS) might be giving us The Sixth Sense.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Listen to Your Intuition! Watch for Messages from Angels or Just Listen to Your Inner Voice!