JP
My blogs
| Occupation | Mother, piano teacher, voice teacher, choral conductor |
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| Location | The Great Lakes State, United States |
| Introduction | I view life as one big book divided by chapters. I absolutely loved being in the stay-at-home-mom "family chapter" of life for 17 years but the summer of 2015 saw a devastating wind of divorce blow through our family and I'm now spending much time out and about as a piano and voice teacher. What a gift I have been given to be able to do something I love for "work" during such a sudden change! I am currently beyond blessed by our Gracious Redeemer to be walking tall and strong and finding joy through tremendous sorrows in this next chapter where this formerly named blog, PierceAdventures, is aptly renamed, "Consider it Pure Joy." Praise Him! |
| Favorite Books | This is not necessarily my favorite book, but a quote I really like from a book I read. This is from an autobiography written by Betsy Blair (the first wife of Gene Kelly). "In the United States, we have the constitutional right to the "pursuit of happiness." The very words, so carefully chosen by the Founding Fathers, say that happiness is running ahead of us—that it's elusive. Our Puritan heritage insists that we should work to capture it. No, say the French. Happiness is pleasure. It's here and now. It floats to you on a summer breeze. It's free. Eating, drinking, making love, reading a poem, lying under trees or walking on a city street, talking, arguing, playing with children, music, art, the movies-the things we all do every day are our life, and life itself is the pleasure." |