by Joanne | Jul 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Most Fridays, I join Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. Lots of women. All of us writing on that same word. Today the word prompt is … Free. Each Thursday night, I read the word prompt on my twitter feed and head to bed....
by Joanne | Jul 16, 2015 | Encouragement
I saw the above image in her post and immediately remembered a TV show my cousin loved when we were growing up. “Diver Dan” always had a segment of a man in a deep sea diving suit which intrigued me. Something kept nagging at me as I remembered his diving...
by Joanne | Jul 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
I listened to my then four year old as she declared in total exasperation and defeat, “I will NEVER be able to do it!” At the time, she was trying to learn to whistle. She was actually pretty close to achieving her goal but was getting frustrated with...
by Joanne | Jul 14, 2015 | Devoted Living
Have you ever noticed that believing can be hard work some days. When the evidence all around us is telling us something different than what we want to believe, it takes every ounce of strength to believe. It is those very times, we discover just how strong a will we...
by Joanne | Jul 13, 2015 | Book Reviews
One would never imagine having their life remembered hundreds of years later. Yet Marie Durand is such a life. I must admit, I had not heard of Marie Durand so it was quite an introduction. Marie Durand was born in the beautiful area of Southern France. She chose to...