Joy on Purpose Blog
Happy Birthday Mom!
“Beware the Ides of March.” The soothsayer's warning in Shakespeare’s famous play, Julius Caesar, has forever given that date a bad name. Yet for my family the 15th of March (the "Ides") was the wonderful day that our mom, Marion Emily Martha Veronica Krien Schmidt...
What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Happy Valentine’s Day! I know today is supposed to be all about love, but I have to admit, I hate what our society and the marketing gurus have done to it. From selling huge Teddy Bears or PJ’s to those who are expecting these gifts to “pay off” ~ to the absolute...
Live Today ~ On Purpose
Happy New Year! Can you believe it is 2014? It seems like only yesterday that we crossed that invisible divide, taking us from the 20th to the 21st century. I was working in corporate information technology back then, and we were all on the edge of our seats wondering...
In the Cold, Gray, Dead of Winter… There is Life!
Have you ever seen a Christmas cactus? We have one that sits in our beautiful sun-drenched foyer all year long. And each year, come November, its red blossoms start to peek out their little heads, and burst into full bloom just in time to ring in the Christmas season....