Category Archives: joy
The Empty Tomb
I don’t usually re-post, but as we approach this Easter season, I thought it appropriate since there are a lot more followers than a year ago. So, for my new-found friends, this is for you. And for my regular readers, … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday: Dear …
Since Kate has taken over Five Minute Friday (http://katemotaung.com/2014/12/04/five-minute-friday-dear-and-an-e-book-for-you/), the word prompts have tended to more … challenging. Instead of just a single word, they tend to make you think about how the word pairs with other thoughts. This week, … Continue reading
Social Experiment
I’m trying something new on Facebook. Each day, I pick a random photo or saying from my WordPress Reader and share it on my Facebook page … like today’s to the right. I include the introduction “Random photo for the … Continue reading
Saturday with Santa
I spent the better part of Saturday with Santa Claus. Now, before I get pummeled with snowballs since we haven’t hit Thanksgiving yet, let me sort of explain as best I can. You see, every year around this time, I … Continue reading
Thank You for All My Blessings
How fitting. My latest granddaughter — Hayleigh Ilizabeth-Joy Siccardi — made her appearance this afternoon at 4:45 p.m., appropriately on National Grandparents Day. Hayleigh weighed in at seven pounds, five ounces and stretched 20 1/2 inches. My son advises me … Continue reading
Happy Anniversary
What Is Marriage? Marriage is the beautiful blending Of two lives, two love and two hearts — It’s the wonderful, magical moment When a beautiful love story starts. Marriage is caring and sharing From the moment you first say, “I … Continue reading
Love! Love! Love!
If you heard a loud raucous roar coming from the Brownstone Inn in Paterson, NJ, this afternoon, it wasn’t a rowdy riot … it was a loving celebration that may have raised some decibel levels a little bit past normal. … Continue reading
All in the Family
What a weekend! What a wonderful weekend! Under the pretense of a graduation party for my grandson — okay, it actually WAS a graduation party for my grandson — we were able to bring the Siccardi clan together for the … Continue reading
Is That Creepy?
My daughter, son-in-law and grandson were visiting last week from Ohio {and they’re coming back this weekend along with my sons and their families from Kentucky and Massachusetts}. We spent some time sitting in the gazebo along with my local … Continue reading
Friday Without Five Minutes
Well, it’s Friday, but lo and behold, there’s no Five Minutes. My Friday muse, Lisa Jo Baker, decided to go dark this week {offline} to catch up on … her sanity. If you follow her blog at all (http://lisajobaker.com/), you … Continue reading
The Light 