Mom

My mom is 77 years young and when I asked her what gives her joy she started singing.  "The joy of the Lord gives me strength". 
The Lord gives her joy and another song," Joy unspeakable and full of glory, full of glory, full of glory.  I have joy unspeakable and full of glory". 
What gives you joy?  Make a joyful noise!

Dad

My dad is 81 years young and he said ,"What brought me joy was driving the bus and it makes me joyful just remembering thoses many years of driving,"  He drove Greyhound buses for more than  twenty years.

Fall

Decorating for Fall has given me joy.

I started out with my dining room table-didn't buy anything new-

just used what I had.

I then went to a closet and pulled out a decoration that I had bought last year

at our Fair on the Square. This happens to be the first Saturday in October.

I put this on our front porch.

A couple of days ago I sewed and glued a scare crow together to

put in our entry way. This has given me such joy. The cooler weather, even if it is still in the 80's, feels wonderful.

Hope you can let the fall season give you joy.

Joyfully Yours

The Definition

Webster"s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary

joyful-experiencing, causing, or showing joy
joy- the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires-happy- delight-gaiety

Why am I doing a blog?

Why am I doing a blog?

I asked myself this as I was playing around with setting up a blog site. I like reading the other blogs and boy there are a lot out there. I thought someone might enjoy reading mine. Not that I have exciting things happening in my life---but I want to focus on being joyful---finding things to be joyful about. I need this daily.