August 2025 – joyful2beeblogs
10 posts published by Joyful2bee during August 2025| joyful2beeblogs
Everyone gets sad sometimes. I can pretty much identify with this feeling and more. My problems are minor compared to the losses of so many others around the world. In times like these, it is easy to be overwhelmed with grief, sadness, or hopelessness. All of these, sadly, are parts of life on a much … More The Healing of Laughter| joyful2beeblogs
On February 19, 2009, I was coming out of a store, when my eyes were drawn to a magnificent large white bird with black wing tips flying approximately 20 feet up and maybe 30 feet away from me with the sun behind it. I grabbed my Canon Rebel camera and caught this shot of what … More An Unidentified White Bird?| joyful2beeblogs
First a warning. I am not a trained cook or dietitian. When the Covid virus created the need for social distancing and being a high risk person because of my age, I missed people contact; and eating out with my friends. But I also missed sitting in a restaurant alone enjoying the environmental sensations around … More Don’t Want to Cook?| joyful2beeblogs
I love people. I was raised in a family with lots of love and activities done together. I figured out that my job in life is to help make someone else’s day better. That was partly where my wanting to be a nurse came from. The other part was from my mother who took care … More A Funny Thing Happened at the Grocery Store| joyful2beeblogs
When I was two years old my uncle gave me a “real live, Smokey the Bear,” teddy bear for Christmas. Smokey had a hat, badge and shovel, which was lost so early on that I don’t remember them. But somehow the plastic belt with a metal buckle with his name, “Smokey,” on it lasted many … More My Inner Child Is Alive and Well| joyful2beeblogs
My brother James “Ted” Theodore added this very informative and interesting information about our maternal grandmother on a recent post 11-03-2022. Here is his information from talking with our grandmother and his own experience working in the very same mill as she did. “I worked at the same mill, Dunean J.P. Stevens, as an Industrial … More The Mill Work Our Grandmother Did| joyful2beeblogs
Of my two grandmothers, my country grandmother was the one I knew the best. There was something about my mother’s mother which was charming and endearing. Her life had many hard times at the beginning, the middle, and the end. But her last years were some of her happiest. Her first husband, William Henry Youngblood, … More My Country Grandmother| joyful2beeblogs
My grandmother, Nina Alexander, was born in 1901, 36 years after the Civil War. Nina spent her earliest years on her family farm in Georgia. She lost four of her ten siblings, during her youth. (Death at an early age was not uncommon during those times.) When her diabetic father died from complications from a … More My Maternal Grandmother’s Early Life| joyful2beeblogs
I shared this post from my experiences in surviving abuse and some lessons I learned. After I began to learn to protect myself energetically, mentally, and emotionally during the later years of my marriage, I began to understand the very fact and degree that I had been abused. Realizing that I had denied it far … More The Beginnings of Healing| joyful2beeblogs
To continue the story of my husband’s illness he recovered from the stroke and could walk with a cane. Since he worked on a computer, not being able to walk a lot was not an issue for his ret…| joyful2beeblogs
Being a photographer, I always have my eyes open for stunning sunsets or sunrises. These are a few I am sharing with you in case you are tired of blog reading. RDU air traffic tower with sunset. Go…| joyful2beeblogs
Hi, this is Norie speaking. I am the black cat with the coat of thick, luxurious, short hair. I live with my Mommy in a condo…something or other. We have a lovely screened in porch with lots …| joyful2beeblogs
Several years ago I experienced a two way blessing with a stranger. I was visiting a young patient and his grandmother in a large hospital. My car had to be parked in a building across the street, …| joyful2beeblogs
By Melodie E. Estes You are the Great, Ancient Sequoyah Tree.Impervious, immortal, immovable.Insects of human frailties can not touch You.You weather storms; massive, powerful, ancient. You shelter…| joyful2beeblogs
I love old stories that have a moral to them. This one is one I only recently saw on YouTube. So you may not be familiar with it too. This old tale’s source is uncertain but many believe it c…| joyful2beeblogs
I love old stories that have a moral to them. This one is one I only recently saw on YouTube. So you may not be familiar with it too. This old tale’s source is uncertain but many believe it c…| joyful2beeblogs
When I was about 11 or 12 years old, I thought perfection was something I was supposed to pursue. I read in the Bible, “Be ye perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”…| joyful2beeblogs
This is the second letter to my younger self in an effort to understand who I am now better and perhaps to help someone else do the same. Hello, young Elaine. You have an exciting life ahead of you…| joyful2beeblogs
My heart and mind have been full of sadness for those who have suffered so much from the hurricanes, flooding, destruction, deaths and loss of homes. How hard it is sometimes to choose one person w…| joyful2beeblogs
Love and a loving touch can bring a baby peace.. Inner peace is a home grown commodity; beginning with the seeds of loving ourselves as babies then as children. Add the nourishment of loving parent…| joyful2beeblogs
By Melodie Elaine Estes Everyone has unusual experiences to share that make their lives more interesting and unique. Those events help make us who we are and give us stories to share with others. T…| joyful2beeblogs
Good friends having fun together. Do you ever stop to wonder why someone likes you or why you like them? Are you drawn to certain types of personalities or people with the same or even different be…| joyful2beeblogs
I grew up in a home full of love. My parents loved each other. Their relationship and marriage were one of the most important parts of their and our (their four kid’s) lives. Our family’…| joyful2beeblogs
This happened several years ago but I thought that other cat lovers would understand. Norie, my black cat, loves to play, observe, go out on the screened in porch and stalk birds as they peck aroun…| joyful2beeblogs
We’ve all seen cats grooming themselves. They lick their fur from head to tail. While they are grooming themselves the barbs on their tongues catch every bit of lint, loose hair, dust or dirt…| joyful2beeblogs
I know I talk about my black cat, Norie often but I have to brag on how smart she is. My beautiful black cat, Norie. I feed Norie 1/2 can of cat food 3 times a day. At night I give her dry food as …| joyful2beeblogs
I sat up in the bed as Norie already let me know, in no uncertain terms, that it was time for her food. The window revealed a chilly, rainy, cloudy morning. Obviously it was going to be a day that …| joyful2beeblogs
I am retired, over 70, and an extrovert who enjoys being around people. But after Covid started I was more careful about where and who I went with. I ate out or visited with my close friends. So my…| joyful2beeblogs
Every year I share this post with improvements and more updated videos to educate others about feline asthma. My cat, Norie has feline asthma. I Have Asthma? Hello! My name is Norie, and I’m a cat.…| joyful2beeblogs
Norie, my black cat, loves to be involved when I am doing anything around the home. Changing the covers on the bed has always been a favorite with her. Here are some pictures showing how we work to…| joyful2beeblogs
Norie getting a belly suntan? I may have written previously about how Norie protects me from bugs. Being on the ground floor and with a door to the porch, screened in though it is, sometimes bugs w…| joyful2beeblogs
That sun light feels good! Strangely, I have a memory from when I was a teenager spending the night at my grandmother’s farm. I awoke to see a black cat sitting by my head, curiously staring …| joyful2beeblogs
I’m a great cat! I am very thankful for the companionship of my cat, Norie. This black cat is one of the joys of my life. She is a source of laughter, company, amazement, challenge, and life …| joyful2beeblogs
Me at 17 on a beach trip Some of us grow up hating ourselves, criticizing ourselves for our mistakes, always trying to be perfect, never satisfied with ourselves. Then there are some who seem very …| joyful2beeblogs
My remote control keyboard. Have you received a friend request from someone you never heard of on a major social media site? Many of us have. Your requestor has a nice picture of themselves: a hand…| joyful2beeblogs
 One large fountain at Waverly Place For many of us middle aged women a lot of changes take place which require some adaptive strategies. Some of us have physical problems that limit our activitie…| joyful2beeblogs
I imagine that many of us feel sadness for the suffering of other people or even animals, that unbidden tears come to our eyes. During the invasion of Ukraine I, and I know many others, have been s…| joyful2beeblogs
A lovely sky at sunset In about 2012, after I had to retire from nursing, I started a small photography business. I had taken some lovely photos of a waterfall and wanted to frame them. But I could…| joyful2beeblogs
Grey Squirrel descending tree. I have a friend who loves, feeds, watches and cares about animals on a deeper level than most people. She lives on the east coast of the USA. I met her through a frie…| joyful2beeblogs
Srveral winters ago, my son, D, called me on the Friday before the ice/snow came last winter. He was sick with the flu and had my nine month old grandson to care for. C, his wife, had to work becau…| joyful2beeblogs
I am retired, over 70, and an extrovert who enjoys being around people. But after Covid started I was more careful about where and who I went with. I ate out or visited with my close friends. So my…| joyful2beeblogs
One of my four favorite seasons each year is winter. (Yes, for various reasons, I love each one.) I’ve seen them all from South Carolina to western, mountainous and eastern North Carolina; s…| joyful2beeblogs
I enjoy going to my home town in Upstate South Carolina. I was born in Greenville and grew-up there in a loving family. The first 22 years of my life were spent there, getting my education from fir…| joyful2beeblogs
