by Joy Dunlap | Oct 30, 2025 | Courage, Hope, Peace
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Alone in the house, I jolted awake from a deep sleep. Had I heard something? Someone? Sleeping on my side, my eyes opened to look straight into the ensuite bathroom. Two round eyes stared back at me. I gasped and froze. Startled by...
by Joy Dunlap | Nov 10, 2024 | Courage, Encouragement, Learning and Living, Serve, Thankful
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Veterans Day is different in so many ways. Many holidays honor people from the past, celebrate historical happenings, or promote clever marketing concepts. Veterans Day is a day designed to to say “Thank You” as we honor men and...
by Joy Dunlap | Feb 29, 2024 | Courage, Hope, Peace, Strength
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com “It would take a miracle,” the ER doctor said. Earlier that evening, when I arrived at my brother’s apartment, flashing lights from a firetruck, EMT vans, and a police car added to the surrealness and the shock. “They’ve been working...
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...
by Joy Dunlap | Mar 8, 2023 | Courage, Fulfillment, Growth, Learning and Living, Purpose
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com The words and lives of many women throughout time have pointed others to the love of God, and the peace and joy found by trusting and walking with Him. Like water flowing in a forest stream shaping the banks and the rocks, feeding...
by Joy Dunlap | Aug 25, 2022 | Courage, Growth, Lessons along Life's Journey
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com The first and only Grateful Dead concert I attended found me dressed in a formal. As far as I could tell, only two of us wore evening dresses to that sold out concert in Atlanta. Being different from the deadheads just wasn’t done....
