by Joanne | May 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
                       Today is Mother’s Day. “Mother’s Day”. How did it come to be? Julia Ward Howe who wrote the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, suggested the idea of an International...
by Joanne | May 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Names. Ever notice how much attention we give to them? We agonize over what to name our children. We pick out names & change them for 9 months. Then the day of their birth arrives & that form is brought to us & the weight of that decision hits hard....
by Joanne | May 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
This morning while blow drying my hair, a thought came to me. I know, I know, Lisa & Tim, that is amazing in itself that I even had a thought. I will say it for you:))) But a thought I had! Ever realize how much we look at ourselves? I mean like physically look at...
by Joanne | May 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
                        Life is so fragile. Every once in a while we get a reminder. Having spent 5 days with my dad in the hospital, I once again received that not so gentle reminder of just how fragile life truly is. No guarantee. No...
by Joanne | May 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Over the last few days, there has been so much talk about the royal wedding. I have been so surprised of the number of people that have commented to me that they had set their alarms for 4AM in order not to miss a single part. One person even told me that she had...
by Joanne | Apr 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Tonight Danny was going to be a little late getting home from work. So I settled on the couch to read a bit. Have you ever noticed that we tend to have a favorite place to settle in to read or watch TV? It is that place that is comfortable, suits us, feels so right....
