by Joanne | Nov 7, 2022 | Devoted Living, Encouragement
It was the first summer we had bought our house ”“ 31 years ago now. Our yard seemed huge to this Bronx girl who had been raised with cement underneath her feet. Our neighbor handed our kids, what seemed like a twig with a few leaves and even less roots, and informed...
by Joanne | Mar 8, 2022 | Let's Have Coffee
We’ve had some days of springlike weather. Those days of just slightly warmer temperatures which tease and remind us spring will come. As I look out at our trees, I keep looking for signs of growth – those slight tinges of color that appear before the buds...
by Joanne | Nov 16, 2021 | Let's Have Coffee
Thirty years ago, our daughter came home from school on Arbor Day with a small sapling of a pine tree in a plastic bag. The school had given each fifth grader a tree to plant on their last year in elementary school. She carefully, and proudly, picked its new location...
by Joanne | Mar 23, 2020 | Encouragement
What a difference a week makes! We are all learning to cope with new limitations and strategies. Our “normal” activities have now become abnormal, while we adjust to our new normal. As we wonder if life will return to normal any time soon, we are becoming used to...
by Joanne | Jun 7, 2019 | Encouragement
This morning I watched as the sun came up over the corner of our property, and remembered the day we planted the tree which sits in that same corner. It was the first summer we had bought our house ”“ 28 years ago now. Our yard seemed huge to this Bronx girl who had...
