Preacher's Kid

By Catherine Wright

Preachers Kid consists of twenty short chapters depicting the happenings in the life of a ministers daughter. In each story, a life lesson unfolds in the process. Sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant, these stories invite readers to reconnect with their memories of childhood.

It is the authors hope that the reader will have enjoyed the memories and will want to wholeheartedly embrace the future.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jan 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781452567273

Catherine Wright

Cathy was adopted as an infant into the home of a United Church of Canada minister’s family. Early in life, she realized that there seemed to be a prevailing attitude among her peers that “preachers’ kids” lived by rules far more stringent than the ones that were a part of their lives. She also learned that these rules were not written anywhere—they just developed as a situation would arise. The book presents a spiritual journey—one that is ongoing and unfolding as intuition and willingness allow. After retiring from nursing in psychiatric hospitals, Cathy settled in the vacation town of Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. For the last several years, she has been studying A Course in Miracles and has become an ordained minister of Pathways of Light.

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Preacher’s Kid

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Copyright © 2013 Catherine Wright.

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ISBN: 978-1-4525-6726-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4525-6727-3 (e)

ISBN: 978-1-4525-6728-0 (hc)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013901073

Balboa Press rev. date: 01/24/2013

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

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Chapter One New Kid On The Block

Chapter Two Moving On

Chapter Three Rabbits And Rooftops

Chapter Four Church Etiquette

Chapter Five Learning Life Lessons

Chapter Six Sunday School

Chapter Seven Rhubarb Hats

Chapter Eight Work, Then Play

Chapter Nine Weddings, Baptisms, And Scripture

Chapter Ten Fuzzy Slippers

Chapter Eleven First Job

Chapter Twelve Peace Is Mine For The Asking

Chapter Thirteen Completing The Family Circle

Chapter Fourteen Aurora

Chapter Fifteen Bennie Boy

Chapter Sixteen Precious Memories

Chapter Seventeen John

Chapter Eighteen Positive Energy

Chapter Nineteen Health And Wellness

Chapter Twenty Completing A Dream

About The Author

This book is dedicated to my loving parents,

Rev. and Mrs. H. K. Wright

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Holy Spirit for Your many gifts and blessings.

Thank you to the editorial and printing team of Balboa Press who graciously helped this novice writer get her story out in the form of this book.

To my brother, Robert, and my sister, Maggie, I thank you for your love, your contributions to these tales of our past, and for your belief in me. Life has been the greater because of you.

Thank you, Deborah and Bob Hannaford for your patient hours of teaching, not only in my personal classwork but in your love, support, and desire to see our group understand and put into practice the concepts of A Course in Miracles. You are, indeed, awesome people.

To Toby Mikle, thank you for your delightful illustrations which have helped to bring this book to life.

And last, but certainly not least, I thank my life partner, Wendy Crewson, for her unwavering support in any and all the adventures I have managed to conjure in my head. You are loved.

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This book was written for several reasons. Firstly, it is a collection of short stories recalling memorable events in the