by Joanne | Oct 6, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
For much of my adult life, my days have been spent with children, mostly toddlers. Between raising my own, doing daycare, and then tending to my grandchildren, one might say I have had more conversations with toddlers than adults. Most days it seemed like I was under...
by Joanne | Sep 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
I have been a Mimi now for seventeen years. Not sure how the years managed go by so quickly, but they have passed with the blink of an eye. Now I have found myself in the trenches with other Mimi’s, or Grandma’s, or Nana’s, or MeeMaw’s, and all of us have a heart to...
by Joanne | Sep 22, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Waking up and walking to the kitchen, I see visible signs of what I need to do – the counters need to be wiped of crumbs, furniture to be dusted, a floor to be swept. All of these are indications that life happens. These simple chores can be annoying at times, for we...
by Joanne | Sep 15, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“Want to come over for Chinese food tonight?” The question was asked Saturday morning after a most challenging week. The table was set with paper dishes and disposable cups. The boxes of the selected Chinese food were set out on the table with serving spoons as we all...
by Joanne | Sep 8, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“After these things he left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, and because he was of the...
