by Joy Dunlap | Dec 6, 2022 | Fulfillment, Hope, Lessons along Life's Journey
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Strewn about on the floor near the brightly lit tree lay a variety of Christmas ornaments. Each one carrying the memory of a place, a person, or experience. The bird in the tree painted as a childhood project with my mom. The...
by Joy Dunlap | Oct 9, 2022 | Fulfillment, Growth, Lessons along Life's Journey, Serve
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com “How did Queen Elizabeth stir her tea?” That was one question on the “Queen for a Day” interactive quiz I shared at a women’s tea event in September. I added three incorrect answers to go with the right one: In a circular motion...
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....
by Joy Dunlap | Aug 5, 2022 | Encouragement, Hope, Lessons along Life's Journey
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Dense fog prevented us from stopping at an anticipated port call on our Great Lakes cruise. This was one of those times when the decision wasn’t even questionable. After hearing the captain announce that we couldn’t go ashore, we...
by Joy Dunlap | Jul 27, 2022 | Lessons along Life's Journey
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Dappled light dances on the trail like scattered spotlights. Illumination shines through the trees dressed in their finest green as they stretch toward heaven creating a canopy of shade and coolness. The path appears idyllic as it...
by Joy Dunlap | Jul 7, 2022 | Courage, Lessons along Life's Journey, Purpose
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com The Superior view was in front of me, but unconsciously I found myself looking instead at the manmade tile and walls boxing me in. When I discovered what they called a tepidarium at the ship’s stern while on our Great Lakes cruise,...
