The living room of our house was there for show not use. My family stayed in the den so everything in the living room was off limits to me. The roll top piano to the Bible on the coffee table, they were all hands off. For a precocious five-year-old that was an engraved invitation. When… Read More Do Not Touch That Bible
You know those ads on Facebook? Well, I finally ordered something from one. Different Not Less was advertising magnetic shoe closures. The goal is to give disabled kids more freedom. The claim is that children with fine motor difficulties who can’t tie their shoes will be able to put their shoes on independently with these… Read More Magnetic Shoe Closure Review
I have wonderful memories of my Papaw McLaughlin, even though he died when I was about four. My grandparents lived in a huge farmhouse in High Bridge, KY. He nursed any injured animal back to health. Whether it was a squirrel who later bit him for his efforts, or an unwanted dog abandoned by cruel… Read More The Shaping of a Life
Big day for The Joan Zone! We held our first live video promotion and gave away tickets to the Spirit Song Festival at Kings Island. Many thanks to The Joan Zone followers! First Live Video and Giveaway
The vision was as clear as it was murky. The image was of DJ walking to the front of the church toward the pulpit. I could make out nothing more than the church had two aisles leading to a step up to the platform where the podium stood. That made sense because it was the… Read More The Vision of God
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“13 Reasons Why.” The Selena Gomez – produced Netflix show that remade the YA fiction novel by the same name. The topic? Teenage Suicide. The “13 Reasons” refer to the 13 cassette tapes the victim, Hannah, left behind, explaining why each of the 13 people on the tapes were to blame…
I have always had a myriad of health issues. Within hours of my birth doctors discovered I had elliptocytosis, a blood disorder in which my red blood cells are half moon shaped rather than oval. Since the condition is rare and the majority of sufferers have no symptoms little is known about it. There is more information… Read More Physical vs Emotional Pain
To understand why Steve and I were so confident in a message from God that was in direct opposition to our baby’s doctor, you must know where we had been. Steve had endured a painful divorce that drove him to his knees and closer to God. I was a wild child with a wilder past… Read More God’s Painful Lesson – The DJ Journey 3
I’ve got to weigh in on this Kentucky doctor pulled from a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville. Dr. Dao refused to give up his seat after being randomly selected by a computer to do so. The flight was overbooked, a common occurrence in the airline industry, and four people were selected to leave… Read More United Airline Doctor Has Sordid Past
I can see me as clearly today as I did that night. It was pouring rain pitch black. The rain was exceptionally cold or perhaps I was in a sort of shock that had me experiencing the rain at a much cooler temperature. The rain pounded relentlessly against the windows of the car. I sat… Read More Seeing Me
