by Joanne | Nov 12, 2013 | My Journal
There’s something that’s been pressed on my heart lately. I confess, it’s involved a few growing pains, and I wouldn’t say that I’ve reached the other side yet… not even close. But I’ve been hungering to find the joy in...
by Joanne | Oct 8, 2013 | My Journal
This weekend my husband and I went to Julian, California, a quaint little apple community that’s about an hour and a half away. We had a few things on the agenda for the week: Go to a Bed and Breakfast for the first time ever Visit the Apple Days festival where...
by Joanne | Jun 18, 2013 | My Journal, The Cadence of Grace Series
Right now I’m getting ready to go to St. Louis for the 14th annual Christy Awards. Something I never thought I’d say. Especially with this first book, Be Still My Soul. I have shoes and a dress and a husband who’s coming with me and the utter...
by Joanne | Jun 4, 2013 | My Journal
I don’t know what to write. I take that back. I know exactly what I want to write, I’m just not sure how to begin. m There’s a basic law of the universe: writers typically write. Except for this one. At least lately. 😉 It’s been a while since...
by Joanne | May 28, 2013 | My Journal
There’s a one-year-old wearing a t-shirt and cloth diaper who’s in my garden, poking green bean seeds exactly where they go. There’s a four-year-old in a sun dress dumping lettuce seeds exactly where they don’t. And it’s twice as hard,...
by Joanne | Apr 23, 2013 | My Journal
Last week was quite a week! Last Monday I turned in a huge round of revisions that I honestly didn’t think I would survive–and Sunday got dubbed “the day of the nervous breakdown”…but with God’s grace and help, it all came together!...
