"Busy is a choice. Stress is a choice. Joy is a choice. Choose well."

~Ann Voskamp

This Joyful Life is filled with continual discovery and awareness of beauty, even in the ugly, through development of a heart of gratitude and being fully present with God in the environment and circumstances He's placed me in.

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Sep 5, 2021
5 min

I Love Fall, Just Not This Kind!

My plans for the Labor Day weekend were fairly simple, quiet, and creative. On Friday night Eric and I had a dinner date with our...

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Mar 7, 2021
3 min

Seeing the Flowers in the Weeds

Some people could be given an entire field of roses and only see the thorns in it. Others could be given a single weed and only see the...

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Jan 10, 2021
3 min

A Few of My Favorite Things

Ah, 2021, you have arrived like a thunderous cacophony. I would like to send you back from whence you came, but I have decided that you...

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Nov 21, 2020
1 min

An Illuminated Crown of Gold

I open my eyes to discover day overcoming night in a crown of golden light resting softly on rounded crests. Colors overtake the sky. My hea

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Oct 3, 2020
4 min

Sweet Peace

It's been a while since I've written. While I've had a multitude of topics bouncing around this brain of mine, I haven't felt any...

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Aug 11, 2020
5 min

Gloomy to Glorious

Photo above and writing below are from August 6, 2020 It is a grey, wet day here in Seattle . Some call it gloomy. I just call it...

Jenene

Jul 14, 2020
7 min

How I Am, Really

On June 8, I asked this question in the photo above on Facebook. There was a reason, and that's because I was NOT doing well or fine or good

Beauty and Serenity: The Gifts of Kubota Garden

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Apr 26, 2020
2 min

Beauty and Serenity: The Gifts of Kubota Garden

I called my Mom yesterday and she suggested going to Kubota Garden. It was my understanding that all the parks were closed except for walkin

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Mar 14, 2020
4 min

Shifting Focus

What I have to say will sound rather negative at first, but please hear me out to the end, if you will. This started as a Facebook post,...

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