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 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Most Fridays, I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is: Affection. Upon seeing the word prompt, a memory came rushing back. Even before writing a single word, I returned to read an old post...
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 12, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Most Fridays, I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is: Pick. Upon seeing the word prompt, I thought of the idiom, “a pick me up.” After the news in recent days, it is what we...
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...
by Joanne | Sep 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Most Fridays, I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is: Legacy Legacy can be defined as something which is passed down through from one to another. More than anything in this life, my...
