Feb 13, 2022
I’m more of a spiritual person than a religious one. I was raised in a Christian home and we attended Church and Sunday school every week. Once I had children of my own, they also learned about God, the Bible and attending church on Sundays.
I have chosen to live my life with an innate sense of gratitude and humility. I pray twice a day (morning and evenings) and give thanks for all of the blessings in my life. My cup is ALWAYS HALF FULL, NEVER HALF EMPTY. In this, I pray every day and ask the Good Lord to show me my talents and gifts and how best I can share them for the good of others.
Quite frankly, I’m still not too sure what my gifts are, but I think they involve words, stories and crafts.
I love to tell stories and I LOVE WORDS. To all of my family and friends, who have heard many of my stories over the last few decades – thank you and I’m sorry…..hahaha.
We all have stories to share. Good, bad, sad, tragic, uplifting, spiritual, resonating, life changing, life altering. We all help each other when we share – not always necessarily with those closest to us, but strangers too.
To this, my kids are grown but don’t yet have lifetime partners or children. My sisters, my friends – many of them are grandparents or about to become grandparents. I won’t be part of that group for another few years, methinks.
So until that time, I’ll be sharing my stories here…….I pray that some of them will make you laugh, some of them may bring a tear or two, some may invite change in your own life or give you inspiration/permission to seek out your own gifts and talents.
My travels have given me new stories to share – the Canadian Mint, Viola Desmond, the Gimli Glider, driving past Miami to get to Holland ( see post about Manitoba), Pier 21 ( my parents sailed to Halifax from the Netherlands, in the 1950’s), Hopewell Rocks, the Confederation Bridge, the Crooked Bush, Point Pelee National Park, Lake Manitou, Grand Beach, the Yellowhead Highway.
Stay tuned.
Thank you for reading and for letting me share.
Joye
Single Older Woman - Living Life Passionately 