A Summer Vacation in the 60s . . .

Every year about this time, I remember my favorite family vacation. My parents rented a Shasta camper and we headed for wild-sounding places: the Black Hills, the Badlands, the Corn Palace, Wall Drug, and Mt. Rushmore. I could hardly wait to walk in places the Sioux lived and where Presidents heads were carved in a mountain. I’d [...]

Your Life a Legacy SALE!

It’s actually better than a sale! It’s FREE!   Tuesday, July 3, 2012 I’m having a one-day giveaway! This is the perfect time to start writing the adventure that is your life. Joy

The Adventure That is Your Life

  Sometimes the thought of looking back and re-examining your life is intimidating. There are some memories that leave me feeling like I’m standing on the edge of a cliff and am about to be pushed off. That’s when I have to ask myself: Joy, what are you afraid of? Usually, the first answer is [...]

Your Faith Legacy

  When I first started speaking on this topic, it was titled: Journal With Joy. Isn’t that. . .cute? Ugh. The topic evolved into Your Life a Legacy which grew into a book, and now this retreat and seminar length event. Men are enjoying the book and the events as much as women. When an [...]

How I Wish I Knew

I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. ~Carol Burnett I deeply loved my grandmas, and yet I know so little about who they really were. These days I hold my memories close and whisper questions that no one has the [...]

Hypocrisy in Your Legacy

  I don’t know about you, but I used to despise hypocrisy in others and I fought to keep my own hidden by denying it existed. The only one who believed me was me and even I knew I was lying, and I believe lying is wrong. This is just one of my personal hypocrisies. [...]