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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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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Three days ago on November 13, the world celebrated World Kindness Day. Don’t be embarrassed if you are unfamiliar with this little known but vitally needed holiday. I had never heard of it until a few hours before it began last Saturday. The first World Kindness Day was celebrated in 1998 as part of the […]

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