by Joanne | Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Spring had come. Or so we thought. We were able to enjoy a few days playing in the yard, soaking up the sunshine. Out came the hula hoops, soccer balls, and the basket of collected rocks. Jocelyn climbed, ran, slid down the slide, and went on the swings. She...
by Joanne | Apr 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today I’m joining Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. All of us writing on that same word. Today’s prompt is … Whole. I went to bed with two thoughts on my heart. One was of the moral failure of a young man. The other...
by Joanne | Apr 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.) In reading the quote, I think back on the last few weeks of a Bible Study which has been encouraging me to love more like Jesus. As the quote...
by Joanne | Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
One afternoon last week, the call came instructing us all to get inside, locking doors and windows until further notice. It was a police robo call informing us the police were looking for a criminal in our neighborhood, on my very street, no less. The hunt actually...
by Joanne | Apr 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today I’m joining Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. All of us writing on that same word. Today’s prompt is … Decide. Seeing the word prompt, I almost decided to pass this one by. But it nagged at me until I...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
“We learn how to create beauty where none exists, how to be generous beyond our means, how to change a small corner of the world …” ~ Gabrielle Hamilton In the course of a day, life happens. Life happens to us and through the things which take place,...
