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Mother’s Day in a Daughter’s Garden

May 9, 2025 Joann Claypoole Home, Inspiration

To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.   ~ Maya Angelou The inheritance I inherited my mother’s love of nature

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The Table

November 8, 2024 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Home

Thank you for giving me bread to break with family and friends. Thank you for my good health and even better cheer. Thank you for the eternal love, light, and meaning given to each of

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He Calls Me Friend

May 10, 2024 Joann Claypoole Home, Start a Conversation

  If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky. S.E. Hinton Friends till when? When asked if I ever dreamed or thought about

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How I Find Peace When Bunnies and Sparrows Fall

August 11, 2023 Joann Claypoole Home, Inspiration

Finding peace in nature’s sad situations isn’t easy… While I’ve considered thoughts about my being a fraud, the question and answer of how I find peace when bunnies and sparrows fall have piqued my brain

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A Forest’s Song

July 7, 2023 Joann Claypoole Home, Inspiration

I will sing a forest’s song. Let every creature praise his holy name. Let the heavens be glad, let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult,

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Memories of Springtime and Mother’s Days Past

May 12, 2023 Joann Claypoole Home, Inspiration

Winter had worn out her welcome. Memories of springtime and Mother’s Days past recently invaded my dreams. Thoughts of how each season compares to sacred snapshots of unforgettable days of our lives swirled in my

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How to Find Peace Where the Sparrows Live

August 12, 2022 Joann Claypoole Home, Inspiration

I’ve often wondered how to find peace where the sparrows live and how the answer to that quirky thought compared to my life-long desire to discover and abide in God’s presence. Those who know me,

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No Greater Love

February 11, 2022 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Culture, Home, Inspiration

Can love change the world? I’m reminded of splendor and thunder; how the trickle-down effects of selflessness, patience, kindness, and faithfulness instead of selfishness, impatience, and unfaithfulness can change lives for the better. There’s no

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Embracing the Thought of Starting Over Again

January 14, 2022 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Culture, Home, Inspiration

Starting over and embracing new beginnings… When I think of winter’s wonders, my thoughts wander like snowflakes drifting with the wind. The sudden rush of goodbyes and quiet after Christmas vacations with our loved ones

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Home For Christmas

December 11, 2020 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

Christmas 2020… Over the river and through the woods to NOBODY’S house we go—Huh? The holidays are here. That means everyone wants to go somewhere. Grandma and Grandpa’s tiny city apartment, Sissy’s country house, or

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