by Joanne | Jul 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
{{Today is Friday!!! It is the day I link with Lisa Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday. Here is how it works…. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. Lots of women. We all write on the same word.}) And today the word is …. Exhale. On any given day, I ...
by Joanne | Jun 25, 2014 | Devoted Living
The other day, I had my old sewing machine in order to mend some clothes. As I threaded the machine, it brought back such fond memories of hours of cutting and pinning and creating. When I was a teenager, I tried my hand at sewing, as in, sewing all my own clothes. I...
by Joanne | May 13, 2014 | Encouragement
For much of my life, I had better than 20/20 vision. Reading glasses entered my life at some point. And then … mono vision. I now wear contacts, with two different strengths, enabling my right eye to be able to read and see up close; my left to see in the...
by Joanne | Apr 15, 2014 | Book Reviews
I have always loved to read. As a kid growing up in the Bronx, my favorite thing to do was to head to the library and come home with a shopping bag full of books. Sure it was nerdy but it was always an exciting way to go on an adventure. To be honest, not much has...
by Joanne | Apr 14, 2014 | Devoted Living
Growing up can be so difficult at times. Now that I am an adult, I look back on those days and realize how we each truly strive to find ourselves – who we are to be, who we want to be, the purpose of our lives and how to get there. Each stage of life presents it...