by joanborton | Aug 10, 2024 | Family, Hope, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Marriage
When I finished my devotions, I noticed something didn’t feel right. I jumped up, found my husband, and blurted out, “I’ve finally become a Borton woman!” At some point in our twenty-eight plus years of marriage, he mentioned there is a history of Borton women losing...
by joanborton | Sep 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Authors often compare the publishing process as a birth of their book baby. Though I’ve never birthed a child, I can resonate with the pangs of delivering a book. Babies and new moms get baby showers. Book babies and their author get a Book Launch Party (but you don’t...
by joanborton | Sep 12, 2023 | Disability, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Vulnerability
Vulnerability. Much easier to talk about and expect from others than to live that way ourselves. After all, one definition is to be exposed and open to attack. Rarely do we want to put ourselves in that position. Yet we long for authenticity. I came face to face with...
by joanborton | Sep 1, 2023 | Caregiving, Disability, Family, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned
Caregiving friends, do you ever get smug? You know, self-satisfied, puffed up, or feeling an air of superiority in your caregiving role? The time that comes most readily to mind for me is when a news story came out several years ago. It was the sad news that...
by joanborton | Aug 26, 2023 | Disability, Family, Marriage
Wow, it feels like a LONG time since I’ve sat down to write. And even longer since I communicated to you, my blog followers. I know the experts say that when restarting one’s blog after a period of quiet; it is not advisable to apologize or explain. I hope you don’t...
