by Joanne | May 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Song. I love music. I listen to it a lot throughout the day. All kinds of music. I am not particular. So many songs have a story connected to them for me. The songs I love have somehow attached themselves to an event, a joy, a difficulty. And so, when they come back...
by Joanne | May 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Mother’s Day: Sunday, May 12th. As I sat thinking about this today, I realized what a wonderful mom I have truly been blessed with in this life. There are many great women who have surely contributed to the world & done amazing things. My mom opted not to...
by Joanne | May 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Comfort. Oh the things that bring us comfort…. our home comfort food comfort smells a blanket a person a memory I remember my granddaughter this week wanting her binkie. When only the binkie would bring that needed comfort. And she hummed as she finally got it...
by Joanne | May 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Brave. What came to mind was the book, Anything by Jennie Allen. The book explores a prayer of surrender which the author prayed. The prayer, simply stated is, “Anything. God I will do anything.†To say the book has challenged my faith & my relationship with...
by Joanne | Apr 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Friend. I have always had a friend at every stage of my life. It seems that the stages of my life have been marked by deep & meaningful friendships. The person that I could share & bare my soul. The friend that I could cry & pray together with. So parts of...
by Joanne | Apr 23, 2013 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
For about a week now, I have been pondering this question: How much do I love life? My life. I mean like I have been mulling this over & over. I am not sure what precipitated all this. I just know that this is where I found myself. For days. I found that I really...