by Joanne | Jun 17, 2014 | Encouragement
I look out our window which faces our yard and there it is – the patch of grass which used to be our garden. It now has freshly planted green grass growing beautifully. After last summer, we made the decision not to have a garden any longer. There seemed to be...
by Joanne | Jun 11, 2014 | Encouragement
There are those times in which life just doesn’t turn out the way we anticipated. Disappointment – we have all faced it in life. Perhaps in different circumstances. Perhaps more than once. It can come wrapped in many ways, throughout out lives …....
by Joanne | Jun 10, 2014 | Encouragement
I will readily admit … I do not like change. I just don’t do well with it. I am a routine kind of person. I like to know when the next shoe is going to drop. And that is a problem. The reality is – we truly are not able to know when that is going to...
by Joanne | Jun 4, 2014 | Encouragement
We both needed the vacation desperately although neither of us realized just how much. It was a wonderful week away. And then we came home. We knew we would. As good as it was to get away, it felt even better to come home. Let’s see if I am still saying that in...
by Joanne | Jun 3, 2014 | Encouragement
“Happy Anniversary!”, we exclaimed as we toasted and clinked our glasses during our celebratory dinner. “And here’s to another thirty five, ” I said. The realization quickly hit us – there probably would not be another thirty five....
by Joanne | May 21, 2014 | Encouragement
The story of the prodigal son. We all have heard it …. The son who takes for granted all that has been given to him. The father who keeps watch for his lost son to return. The older brother, mad as all get out that he never had a party thrown for him. Hidden in...
