Category: Practice Joy Blog (2010-2013)

Chick-fil-A….what do I say that hasn’t been said already on this topic?  To be honest this is why I have totally checked out of politics in the last 4 years.  I was disillusioned and frustrated after the last election...

“I like to write as if I’m already in the middle of a conversation to a dear friend…” I think the line goes something like this from Kathleen Kelly in You’ve Got Mail.  I couldn’t agree more.  Grant it...

The thing is…I’m not really sure what I’m doing here with you.  I’m not even sure what to say to you anymore.  I’m not sure I can go on like this.  I mean, I pour my heart out to...

I have been quiet for some time.   At first I felt too busy and overwhelmed to even think about this blog.  I felt frustrated as my creative side seemed to have dried up with the business of life....

I dearly love to laugh.  I dearly love to make others laugh…usually at the silly things I do. Once in a while I also land a perfectly timed and worded joke.  But that is only “once in a while.”...

When Harry Met Sally? – Harry explains his philosophy on the genders being friends If you have been reading for any amount of time, you know that I grew up in the mid-West where things tend to be more...

For any of you that have ever been a teacher of any kind for some time – I think you will understand this post quite well.  For those that have or are parents, I too think you will get...

To tell you the truth, I have been tossing around this idea for a post since late February – almost 3.5 months now.  I started to write it several times…but I was not quite sure what it would all...

Note from Joy Gal: If I only had the time to do this in-depth of a post on this issue…I would have written something very similar to this post.   This is the third post in our series, One...

I could never have imagined that in just a few short weeks I would have garnered such an audience to read my random posts …and that in those who would read, that they would leave their thoughts on my...