by Joanne | May 7, 2015 | Encouragement
So much is written on passion and finding purpose in life. For the past few days, I have been thinking long and hard on these words, “Find your passion.” Written in a book I was reading, they began stirring my heart to ponder the passion in my own life. I...
by Joanne | Apr 16, 2015 | Encouragement
I have been thinking about perfectionism a bit these last few days. Most of us have a desire to do things well, or at least with excellence. Yet not any of us do all things with perfection. Perfectionism stakes its claim on us by making us feel we are not enough. It...
by Joanne | Apr 9, 2015 | Encouragement
I woke up this morning in need of a word. Just being honest. Perhaps you know the need as well. Before going to bed, I said to my husband, “Well, the hardest part is here. We’ll see what the next few days bring.” I wasn’t being negative or...
by Joanne | Mar 12, 2015 | Encouragement
On a Sunday afternoon, I sit on one end of the sectional, reading, and she sat on the other end, crocheting. I watched as she carefully transformed the wool, slowly, as she scrutinized her work. After several rows were completed, she began to look more carefully,...
by Joanne | Feb 19, 2015 | Encouragement
I heard on the news of an eighty year old woman who slipped on ice, fell into a snowbank and was stuck there, unable to get up, for three hours. Thankfully she lived next door to a fire station and eventually a fireman heard her cries and came to her rescue. Notice...
by Joanne | Feb 12, 2015 | Encouragement
Each weekday, right around 11:30AM, I begin to ask Jocelyn the same question, “What would you like for lunch?” And each time, the response is always, always exactly the same, “Pee-ZAAAAA!” I ask solely because I love hearing the response. From...
