JulieAnn Pratt

It’s July 20-something, right? I’ve been so overwhelmed with moving these last few weeks, that I’ve really let my blogging go. I hope you can forgive me! Now I’m trying to decide what to do about education for my kids. (more…)

As I shared in my previous post, life isn’t always kind. Things don’t always work out like we expect. And the reality is usually more difficult to accept, and consequently, grow from, because it’s not the dream we were hoping for. When we are trying to heal from life’s painful blows, the beginning step is to revise our expectations to better fit the reality of our current situation.  (more…)

They say that “you get what you expect.” But what do they know anyway??

Debbie, Rachel, Miriam, Angela, and Becky expected to live happily ever after…’til death do us part. But they didn’t.

Jennifer and Kendra expected to give birth to bouncy beautiful babies. But they couldn’t.

Michelle planned to live a long and happy life with her wonderful husband Steve, and their two babies. She died unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm just before Christmas this year.

Pam expected her two sons to go to college, start careers, and live fulfilled lives. Instead neither went to college, and both are struggling to sort out the world they live in.

Both Amy and Abbie felt like their lives fell apart when their father walked out on their mother.

There is a recurring theme among the women in my daily existence, and the ones I meet during my travels: life is not what I expected it to be! (more…)

I made a whirlwind trip back to the Midwest this weekend. My parents are living in Missouri and I haven’t seen them in forever. To boot – my mom, who is an excellent textile artist, had a solo art exhibit in one of the local art galleries that I wanted to go see. My mom has exhibited her art in several galleries in England, none of which I’ve been able to go see. So since this was her first exhibit in the States, it was a “must-do” trip. (more…)