This is a photo of a cutting board in my kitchen at our apartment. I've shown this to a few people and they have all been familiar with...

One of my joys of life with Eric is the opportunity to see things I never dreamed of seeing. I can honestly say I never even thought...

From one side of the continent to the other. We've done that a couple of times, but not to Canada. What a great place this is! There is...

My Christmas tree with various nativity scenes on and beneath the tree. When I was a teenager, which was many years ago, Christmas cards...

Have you’d ever gone somewhere, maybe a mall or a park or even standing on a sidewalk, and just taken a a few minutes to observe all that...

Small and simple things mean more to us than we sometimes realize. In our travels, especially when we are south of the US border, we will...

I believe people come into our lives at times when we need them. I love public speaking. Put me in front of an audience and I’m soaring....

My husband and I have the opportunity to travel a lot for his work. We find ourselves attending church in many different places during...

Sitting in a church meeting one Sunday, I noticed the sweet lady next to me was bent over - a sign of a long life. She obviously had...

We had the unique opportunity of spending time in a lovely lakeside town in Mexico called Ajijic. It’s a beautiful place with flowers...

Come with me as I look back on the events leading to My Joyful Jaunts - “Mom, you should write a blog.” “Yeah, I know. I don’t just know...

I was happy. Probably the happiest I had been in a very long time. Why was I so happy? Part of it was that I was having more fun than I...

Oh, the beauty of change! Jonathan had been in California on a religious mission for two years. He would soon be home and even asked if...

The snowball was growing! The Impact Training gave me a newfound feeling of confidence. I was now willing to step into the dark and...