Hi, my name is Auntie Coosa and this is my campfire journal. I hope you'll want to toss another log on the campfire and read on.
My family history goes way back to England, Scotland, Switzerland, Germany and "America." I am related to royalty through the de Bohun family. I'm related to Clan Donald. My Swiss DeMuth relatives got their name changed when they arrived in America prior to the Revolutionary War. Those relatives fought in both the Revolutionary War and the War Between the States. My German Gumtow relatives came from Berlin. My "American" Native relatives go back to Pocahontas (before it was popular) as well as some sketchy references to another Native relative who "passed for white." I'm interested in Genealogy and that "sixth degree of separation" that we're all really Cousins of each other. Oh, that we would all treat each other as Cousins.
I'll pick up on more genealogy at another time.
Books, read any good ones lately? I'm reading a couple of very different books right now. I decided to re-read Tom Jones by Henry Fielding. You remember it from your High School days, I imagine. It was one of the first novels written. I'm also reading The Courage To Be Catholic by George Weigel and Love & Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs. All three are very much different from the others. My daughter (38) recommended Love & Respect as she found it very helpful in understanding her husband and son. The subtitle is "The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs." That probably says it all. I picked up the George Weigel book at a Christian Bookstore which was going out of business. I am glad that I did because it's been very eye-opening in explaining what happened to the American Catholic Church after Vatican II. Being a recent convert to Catholicism (1992), I have found The Church to have many "personalities" depending on the Priest and the make up of the congregation. Some Churches have been welcoming and warm, others cliquish and cold. This book is helping me understand why.
More about my faith walk later.
Well, the embers are glowing warm and it's time to say "good-night."
2 comments:
hey there auntie coosa this is beth b well i never really knew this about you it is very good to know your whole entire background. such as were your family came from and what your family was involved in.
great job!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE @lw@ys,
beth
i think every picture is so pretty and cool i wish i could get some like these
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