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Joanna

About Me

I'm the youngest of three and the middle of five. I work on fighter jets - they don't fly without me. I'm a Christian.

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Successful people - but I don't mean people who have made lots of money doing what they do best. I mean I would like to meet people who are truly happy with where they're at in life, regardless of their circumstances. My parents are extremely successful. They don't have the most money in the world, but they've raised five kids. These kids are all happy, mostly well-adjusted adults (well, as well-adjusted as anyone can be). My sister & brother-in-law are extremely successful, and they're missionaries. I'd like to be as happy as they are. To me, that is what true success is. Some of the most successful people I know come from big families - not a lot of money to go around, but plenty of love to share. I'd like to meet more people like that.

Favorite Quotes:
“Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.”
-- Anonymous

"All I want to be is the minute that you hold me in..."
-- Matt Nathanson, Suspended

"In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with."
-- Mac MacGuff, Juno

"We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet... I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things... all of it, all of the time, every day. You're saying 'Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness'."
-- Susan Sarandon, Shall We Dance

"If you knew how much I loved you, you'd faint."
-- Joel McCrea, Foreign Correspondent

"Sparkle, sparkle."
-- James

"Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes."
-- Matthew 6:34 (The Message)

My Blog

a righteous anger

I have a lot to write, but lets just suffice it to say Im mad. Truly, genuinely, good and mad. It kind of came out of nowhere. Im not hurt, Im not emotionally scarred. Im just mad. And I need to ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 17:12:00 GMT

a change in view

Ive recently been an indirect witness to some pretty major legal proceedings. Normally no big deal, right? Well its different when you know the entire story - when you know the people involved, th...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:37:00 GMT

awake!

I've come to realize something - I'm happy with where I'm at. I love my friends. I love where I live. I love my church. My job is great (even if it's time for a change) - you couldn't get better b...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:01:00 GMT

truth in twilight

The last time I wanted to write, I decided that I would write about what I was feeling at that time - very confused, not sure what I should have been feeling. I was going to write about jealousy, emp...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:36:00 GMT

a new spin on this holiday season

It seems like I always take a break from writing until something tragic happens to me or my family. Well, this situation is no different. I haven't written about this situation because, frankly, it'...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:05:00 GMT

my newest adventure

I've been having heart issues (literally) for the past 3 years. Last month they got bad enough that I ended up in the ER for 3 or 4 hours& my heart rate was 126 when I was almost asleep.The labs all c...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:40:00 GMT

a heart broken (and lessons learned)

What do you write when your soul longs to scream out, but it doesn't know what to say? How do you recover from a major life change - and I mean MAJOR? It's out of your control. You didn't cause it,...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:28:00 GMT

birth & loneliness

This is four days late, but I'm an aunt again. It's very exciting. We've been waiting so long for this little one to arrive that it almost seems surreal that he's finally here! I've seen pictures, ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:09:00 GMT

a "girly" moment

I went shopping yesterday - clothes shopping, to be exact. We went to probably seven different stores, and I only bought five things. I'm proud of myself, though - I only bought two things that weren'...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:54:00 GMT

life in the fast lane (sort of)

Wow - it's been 6 weeks since I last wrote anything! I can't believe it's been that long. Actually, I can. A lot has happened in the past 6 weeks. I moved halfway across the world back to Florida. My ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:09:00 GMT