by Joanne | Jun 10, 2013 | Encouragement
I found myself wondering, “How did we get here?” “How did it get to this point?” “Why did we let it?” It was supposed to be a simple dinner out. Just the two of us. A quick bite. He mentioned something from work. I asked a question....
by Joanne | Dec 31, 2015 | Book Reviews, Uncategorized
Reading is such a favorite pastime of mine. A book, a hot cup of tea, a blanket and all is fine. I had every intention of not doing Kate’s special linkup “Books I read in 2015” but am finding myself drawn in and reading all the wonderful lists...
by Joanne | Jun 10, 2025 | Let's Have Coffee
Hidden in Psalm 127, we can discover some wonderful truths about the making of a home and family. God is the One who builds the house. “Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted.” (Psalm 127:1, NLT) While God does not physically build our...
by Joanne | Feb 10, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every house we lived in needed some work. They weren’t fixer-uppers per se, but over the course of time, we knew they would need some changes. We took the changes, one might call updates, little by little. We did them over the years, as money afforded, and time...
by Joanne | May 13, 2024 | Encouragement
Being a person who is unable to watch anything tense or scary, when alone at night I tend to flip to HGTV and watch a few shows. The ending is always good: Perspective buyers always buy their dream home in thirty minutes. Seriously, it took us over a year when looking...