by jo | Dec 22, 2015 | Memoir & Essays
One of my family’s favorite stories to tell at Christmas time is about my 3-year-old self’s guide to gift giving: No Gift? No Worries! 3-year-old Jo’s guide to gift giving Who do you need to give the gift to? (Specifically, you need to know their...
by jo | Dec 8, 2015 | Reviews/Recommendations
My parents and brother just came out to Kansas for Thanksgiving and they drove the last of my earthly possessions here with them. Which means, I finally have all of my books with me again. As I unpacked the 6 or 8 boxes of books and started to sort them into piles to...
by jo | Nov 24, 2015 | Everyday Stories
If you told me 12 years ago that my world would change forever in a few months, I either wouldn’t have believed you, or I wouldn’t have been thankful at Thanksgiving. Not really. I probably would’ve said that I’d be grateful — good, strong church kid that I was. But I...
by jo | Sep 29, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
I was walking by the river with my little puppy the other day, like I do almost days. We were approaching the first bridge that the path crosses under, but were still a ways off when I started to hear their whistles and hollers. I couldn’t distinguish their...
by jo | Aug 25, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
I don’t see very many writers who even try to write about the hard things, so the fact that I do it at all seems to set me apart somewhat. The writers that do, do it incredibly, and I learn from them regularly. But that’s something I often hear as feedback: You write...