by joann.bjorkman55@gmail.com | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog
Love is Not Dark Chocolate I love dark chocolate. I also love my children and grandchildren. I love the beach, and I also love a good steak. Obviously, we use the word love so often it loses special meaning. Have you ever wondered where love comes from? Would you be... 
by joann.bjorkman55@gmail.com | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog
WINTER WOES The lack of sunshine and cold temperatures outside can affect our mental health. It’s called SAD or seasonal affective disorder or the winter blues. If you are carrying around false guilt over trauma done to you or you did to someone else, SAD can be an... 
by joann.bjorkman55@gmail.com | Dec 30, 2022 | Blog
In the Hand of God The gun felt heavy in my hand. There were guns in the house all my life. They didn’t scare me; I respected them. Nursing gunshots victims in the hospital emergency room made me well aware of the effects. There is no small caliber when it comes... 
by joann.bjorkman55@gmail.com | Dec 6, 2022 | Blog
What the Heck is Hark? Wait, don’t go. This is not a sappy blog about a Christmas carol called Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, but a challenge for you to think differently about your life. The word hark means to pay attention to or listen. A herald is an official... 
by joann.bjorkman55@gmail.com | Nov 25, 2022 | Blog
Rather than head out to Black Friday sales, I got the rest I needed overnight to recover from a busy Thanksgiving day with family. I accept my six-decade-old body doesn’t work or recover as it did in my 30’s and I try to watch out for myself. I observed my family pour... 
by joann.bjorkman55@gmail.com | Nov 14, 2022 | Blog
Gratitude to God Rush Limbaugh often said, “Words mean things.” As a person who prefers honest, open communication, I appreciate a good dictionary meaning of a word. It doesn’t escape my notice that the word Gratitude has within it the word Attitude, minus a T....
