by Joanne | Mar 30, 2020 | Encouragement
The first day of spring was last week. The time of year when everything planted comes back to life. Nothing remains dormant. A quick walk around the house recently and I noticed the trees were budding.To my surprise, there was new growth beginning on some of the...
by Joanne | Mar 27, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Adjust. Adjust – In looking into the definition of the word, I found an interesting fact. The word in its literal meaning implies...
by Joanne | Mar 26, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Yesterday was a hard day for me. Perhaps for someone else as well. It was a day which brought extension of closures and the sobering realization of difficulties sure to be lengthier than many had first expected. And the dam broke and the tears burst. The memes were no...
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 | Mar 20, 2020 | Encouragement
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Tomorrow. These days we are now experiencing are a bit unsettling if we are honest. Words like ‘unprecedented’ and...
by Joanne | Mar 19, 2020 | Encouragement, Prayer
It was a morning like many other mornings except this one was the most different from any other morning yet experienced in my life. Pulling into the parking lot, I prepared to enter. Putting disposable rubber gloves on, I pulled clorox wipes from the dispenser to wipe...