My mother won't like this article. My sisters won't believe it. But my personal story is an honest one. That's what blogging is all about!

Winning goals: Rethinking Crime and Punishment

My father saw what he wanted to see. At least where I was concerned. I've blocked a bit of that childhood out, I suppose. I do remember getting punished for things I didn't do. Being the oldest of four that's inevitable. So down to my father's version of the old woodshed we'd go! The basement! Now this never was a pleasant trip. In fact, I hated it! My good 'ole Dad would get out a thick, wooden paddle called an "Indian Wack-em Paddle". And swing away! With the swing he had he could have bested Babe Ruth!

Needless to say that incredibly hard, well-built paddle didn't last long! Oh, no! Now came the leather-tooled belt! Let's just say the pain blazed through my bottom and embedded itself in my heart!

Crying? Not allowed! Heaven forbid! So I stuck my tongue between my teeth on the side of my mouth...And saw STARS! My dear daddy , enraged by what he had decided was my downright defiance and belligerence, had struck again! From that day on he convinced himself I was sticking my tongue in my cheek to defy him. What was a child to do? Cry and be struck again? Or bite her tongue to keep from crying out? So many times he would accuse me of sticking my tongue in my cheek even when I wasn't being punished. Of course, what little girl in her right mind would do that ON PURPOSE? Not I! But he'd order me back down to that basement! I believe he liked the power!

THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK IN SYLVIA BROWNE'S JOURNEY OF THE SOUL SERIES, AN ASTONISHING UNDERSTANDING OF A NUMBER OF RIVETING TOPICS THAT VISIT HUMANITY WITH INFORMATION THAT IS "MENTALLY PROFOUND, SPIRITUALLY MOVING, AND EMINENTLY LOGICAL". SYLVIA BROWNE HAS SPENT MORE THAN 50 YEARS RESEARCHING QUESTIONS SUCH AS, "DOES GOD EXIST? WHERE AM I IN THE BIG PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSE?" "SYLVIA'S SPIRIT GUIDE, FRANCINE, WHO RESIDES ON THE OTHER SIDE, LIVES WITHIN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND HASS ACCESS TO A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE NATURE OF CREATION. SYLVIA, THEN, BECOMES THE HUMAN VOICE FOR FRANCINE AND IS ABLE TO SHARE THE FRUITS OF HER WISDOM."* * TAKEN FROM "GOD, CREATION, AND TOOLS FOR LIFE" BY SYLVIA BROWNE. THERE ARE THREE ENTITIES WHO ACTUALLY SPEAK THROUHOUT THE TEXT: FRANCINE, SYLVIA, AND IN PART III, AN ENTITY CALLED RAHEIM. FRANCINE AND RAHEIM ARE BOTH CHANELLED BY SYLVIA WHILE SHE IS IN A DEEP TRANCE.

INSTANT RECOGNITION AND IMMENSE PEACE FILLED MY HEART THE MINUTE I BEGAN TO READ THIS BOOK. ASTONISHINGLY, I CRIED BECAUSE I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT, "I KNOW THESE THINGS! I REMEMBER!" I WAS HOME. AT LEAST I REMEMBERED HOME. I READ THIS BOOK OVER AND OVER AND OVER, GAINING MORE KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT EACH TIME. I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH, HIGHLIGHTING IN DIFFERENT COLORS EVERY TIME I READ IT. PLEASE! IF YOU NEVER DO ANYTHING ELSE IN YOUR LIFE, READ THIS 3-BOOK SERIES. YOUR LIFE WILL BE FOREVER TRANSFORMED!