by Joy Dunlap | Apr 14, 2023 | Learning and Living, Love
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com To truly love our neighbor isn’t about gifts or money, it’s about compassion shared, time extended, the you-matter-to-me moments that demonstrate care. It’s a matter of our heart. Sometimes showing love for our neighbor means...
by Joy Dunlap | Apr 7, 2023 | Growth, Hope, Purpose
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com My heart sank. I’d been expecting it because of the signs I had seen, but nothing prepared me for what I saw. Hundreds of tall trees had been chopped down a few blocks from me. What will rise up is difficult to envision, and it’s...
by Joy Dunlap | Mar 31, 2023 | Joy, Lessons along Life's Journey
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com A parade shows up at our place each spring. Like marching musicians playing a variety of woodwind instruments, birds swoop from tree to tree singing their various songs. The cacophony of their varied calls somehow transforms from...
by Joy Dunlap | Mar 22, 2023 | Learning and Living, Purpose
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Every day comes with wonder, but some dates such as 3-23-23 arrive with a twist – as palindromes. When a date is the same whether we read it backward or forward, it’s known as a palindrome. March 2023 boasts 11 palindromic...
by Joy Dunlap | Mar 16, 2023 | Courage, Lessons along Life's Journey, Rescue
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Yes, I kissed the Blarney Stone. Not because I believed that stone would do anything (which I don’t) and not because I believed it has any special power (which it doesn’t) but because I wanted to experience it for myself. To see this...
