Embracing My Brave

Oldies but Goodies

December 2018

Hi There! My name is Joana, but I prefer Jo. I have always loved to write. It's my calm place and I've always wanted to create a space where people c...

Thank You, Next. No, this is not going to be a post about my exes like Ariana Grande sings about, but I do love the premise of this song. If you...

This Is Me - Part I This story comes in two parts, the ‘then’ part and the ‘now’ part. This is me. I’ve never publicly told my story. The peopl...

This Is Me - Part 2 “Tough times never last, but tough people do .” - R. H. Schuller I remember getting this quote along with a letter a...

January 2019

One Year Gone, A New Year Ahead. Another year has come, and it has gone and every year I find myself asking my wife, “How is it already over? How is it NYE...

Find the Good. Be the Good. I have this sign in my house that says, “ Be lieve the re is good in the world,” but the words, “be the good,” highlighted in ...

Oh Motherhood! On 2/14/19, it will be six years...SIX, since we found out that my wife was pregnant with ou...

Perfectly Imperfect In a world where perfection is synonymous with survival, finding ways to be compassionate to yourself and ways to love yourse...

February 2019

The Package We have people come in and out of our lives for all kinds of reasons. But the people who stick with us through the hard times e...

Forever, For Always, & No Matter What. Through life we encounter people who get to know some of the most intimate pieces of us. These are the people that we let into ...

Learning is Occurring - Part 1 ****I have decided to do a two-part series on the correlation of empathy and learning. I’ve chosen to do this so that I ca...

Learning is Occurring - Part II BB King said, “The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take that from you.” How amazing is tha...

March 2019

Damon "Bubbie" Hogan, Jr. Damon “Bubbie” Hogan, Jr. As told by his family Written by: J. Goff Most of us LOVE Summer. We love the sun on our skin ...

October 2019

Change is Always Good “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality....

I just took a DNA test.... So, as parents, my wife and I are very aware that we have mouths like sailors (especially if there is drinking involved) that s...

March 2020

The Little Things I Didn't Know I'd Been Missing... Thirty-one beautiful years on this earth is truly a blessing! It’s still surreal to think that I’ve hit my 30s let alone being 31 but here ...

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