by jo | Oct 3, 2013 | Everyday Stories, Published Pieces
North State Voices: A grandmother’s legacy of love and life by Joanna O’Hanlon She didn’t want my sister’s grave to be alone. She was nearing death — she had been nearing it for over a decade — and yet as she was thinking about her final...
by jo | Sep 5, 2013 | Everyday Stories, Jesus Time, Published Pieces
North State Voices: Letter to the church: Stop singing louder By Joanna O’Hanlon An open letter to the Christian church: I heard a story recently about a church in Europe during the Holocaust. The church was situated right in front of the railroad tracks. They...
by jo | Aug 7, 2013 | Everyday Stories, Published Pieces
North State Voices: Choosing to Celebrate By Joanna O’Hanlon Posted: 08/07/2013 Today is my 24th birthday. I ended up in the ER on my last birthday. Fortunately I had already gotten to eat my dessert. Unfortunately, I threw it back up in the examination room....
by jo | Jul 11, 2013 | Everyday Stories, Published Pieces, Travel
North State Voices: Travelling Through Italy and Crashing Cars By Joanna O’Hanlon Posted: 07/11/2013 12:03:05 AM PDT We were sitting on a bench in a Swiss train station one evening, about to leave for what we would soon call “Kate and Jo’s Italy...
by jo | Apr 5, 2013 | Everyday Stories, Published Pieces
North State Voices: Heads bleed a lot, and other sibling lessons By JOANNA O’HANLON Chico Enterprise-Record Posted: 03/21/2013 12:00:00 AM PDT When I was a kid, whenever we drove together as a family, my brother and sister and I were all in the back seat, for better...
by jo | Apr 5, 2013 | Everyday Stories, Published Pieces
photo from google images and AP photos North State Voices: Reaching out to homeless softens hearts By JOANNA O’HANLON Posted: 02/21/2013 12:16:43 AM PST He observes my extended hand, waiting to be shaken, and he slowly extends his own. He has been on the streets...