by Joanne | Jan 9, 2018 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
The month of January lay before us as a blank slate, its days yearning for purpose, for direction, and for hope in the new year. My online Bible Study group, Hello Mornings, kept the month as a 31 day challenge. Life brings challenges and demands which often require...
by Joanne | Jan 2, 2018 | Encouragement
With a house full of family, it was nice to wake each morning to a few minutes with coffee and reading. December has been a most meaningful month. Advent brought a time to slow down a bit, even writing those words seems odd. December brings its own sort of busyness...
by Joanne | Dec 15, 2017 | Encouragement
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Different. It seems funny to see a word prompt that already has been in my thoughts for a few days in a different way. ‘Different’ according to the...
by Joanne | Dec 13, 2017 | Encouragement
If you have been around here for very long, you’ve discovered God speaks to my heart in and through the course of my daily happenings. God seems to connect the dots, teaching and leading me back to Himself in conversations, making Himself known and erasing any...
by Joanne | Dec 7, 2017 | Encouragement
Christmas is a time full of traditions. We enjoy our favorite dishes, desserts, music, and movies. Family decorations come down from the attic, warming our hearts as we think of years passed. We need our hearts to be stirred till they are fully alive as they wait for...
by Joanne | Dec 5, 2017 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
It was the weekend of tree decorating in our family. With ours up, we went over to watch as our granddaughters helped to do theirs. She sat in my lap for a few minutes chatting about Christmas trees before asking the question on her heart … “Mimi, is there...
