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...
by Joanne | Mar 18, 2020 | Encouragement
In recent days, I have had several conversations with different people and the subject at hand was “fearâ€. We often use other words to describe our feelings – like worry, concerns, anxiety – in an effort to avoid the use of the word “fearâ€. Our fears, if...
by Joanne | Mar 16, 2020 | Encouragement
The past week has been a time of disappointments, delays, and setbacks for so many. As I have sat and thought about the different situations, the challenges that lay before and the days ahead, I realize this – I have no answer. No solution. No remedy. Nothing. All...
by Joanne | Mar 11, 2020 | Encouragement
Everyone has a story to tell and we encourage one another to tell them. We much prefer stories that are heartwarming, tales of success, love and laughter. But life is not always neat and tidy, tied with a bow and made to look pretty. In between those seasons of joy...
