Dear Friends of joyfulandhappyliving, Thank you for joining with me in praying for the safety and peace in Ukraine: Dear Heavenly Father, We love You and humbly beg for Peace and Safety to once again inhabit Ukraine. Dear Lord, thank you for the character and determination of the people of Ukraine. Grant them Your protection. […]

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Yesterday was a delightful day. Then at suppertime I discovered that one of our residents at the retirement community where I live had tested positive for Covid-19. He, of course, will be in quarantine for the next few days and the community will have restrictions also. The moment I heard the news I thought “Here […]

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Day before yesterday, I read Joli Beasley’s post about cooking with one arm. What a wonderful post. It has made me think about my own experiences with living with a birth defect. I was born with a condition called Amniotic Band Syndrome or ABS. This is a fairly rare condition caused by fibrous tissue from […]

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Two days ago on Facebook my friend and former Oklahoma University colleague Aaron Pope shared a post about his great-great grand-father who fought in the Union Army during the Civil War. Thank you for sharing about your family member, Aaron. Your post inspired me to write this post about my relative who also served in […]

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