by jo | Apr 7, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Jesus Time, People I meet, Reviews/Recommendations
I met him once, briefly. “Sit, with the opportunity to listen to one of the ‘saints in the land’ speak… this morning,” were the chaplain’s closing remarks of introduction before Brennan took the stage. “In the words of Francis of...
by jo | Mar 31, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
He must’ve been about 6 years old. His head full of blondish brown curls. He was tall, lanky, apparently even the “slim fit” pants would fall down because of his narrow width. I was a toddler, about three years old, with baby-fat chubby cheeks, big blue eyes, and...
by jo | Mar 24, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays, Stories By Jo
We sat in a small, barren classroom with approximately twelve standard table desks, in three rows of four. A green chalk board spans the length of the front wall, and a small wooden podium sits off to the side at the front of the room — it holds handouts and chalk,...
by jo | Mar 17, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Travel
I found myself wandering down the shoe section aisles at target about a week after I first had the idea for the Story Project. And there they were, the snow boots I had looked at the year before and decided I didn’t need them, as chances of me going up to the snow...
by jo | Mar 10, 2015 | Everyday Stories
There’s this thing about me (that everyone says, but I don’t believe everyone means it, or knows how to do it): I absolutely love to laugh.I love funny movies. I love funny books. And over the past couple of years, I’ve discovered the joys of stand up comedy....