Advertise with Googlier.com Ali McJoy https://www.alimcjoy.com/ Joy on, friend. Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:53:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://www.alimcjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-logo-copy-1-32x32.jpg Ali McJoy https://www.alimcjoy.com/ 32 32 Hope in 2022 https://www.alimcjoy.com/hope-in-2022/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:53:21 +0000 https://www.alimcjoy.com/?p=52655 My WORD for 2022 was hope. I was inspired to learn more about this word after reading this talk. I became particularly interested in how it related to my word for 2021: faith. I was so intrigued by how often we see those words paired together throughout scripture—faith and hope, hope and faith. Yet how […]

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]]> Growing Faith in 2021–Reflections in 2022 https://www.alimcjoy.com/growing-faith-in-2021-reflections-in-2022/ https://www.alimcjoy.com/growing-faith-in-2021-reflections-in-2022/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2022 19:34:10 +0000 https://www.alimcjoy.com/?p=52646 I don’t outright talk about religion here typically–even though it is a HUGE part of my personal life–because I feel like it is something vastly personal and I never want any friends to feel excluded because their beliefs do not match my own. But since my word for last year was FAITH, I have shared […]

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]]> https://www.alimcjoy.com/growing-faith-in-2021-reflections-in-2022/feed/ 1 Disability Book Week 2022 https://www.alimcjoy.com/disability-book-week-2022/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:28:29 +0000 https://www.alimcjoy.com/?p=52633 A while back, my friend Mary Mecham reached out to me to see if I would like to share some of my favorite children’s books that include children with disabilities. As you know, I am a big proponent of inclusive books! Providing windows and mirrors is–in my humble opinion–the most important thing literature can do […]

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]]> An Unexpected Run: An Unexpected Lesson https://www.alimcjoy.com/an-unexpected-run-an-unexpected-lesson/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 16:44:08 +0000 https://www.alimcjoy.com/?p=52628 The first day I ran, I wasn’t intentionally starting a new fitness program. If I’m being totally honest, I started jogging across the crosswalk because the crossing guards had been holding up traffic for a while already and I felt guilty about keeping all those people waiting longer. And then a group of moms had […]

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]]> Don’t Want to Relive It: Thoughts on Hope Through Challenging Times https://www.alimcjoy.com/dont-want-to-relive-it-thoughts-on-hope-through-challenging-times/ Sat, 19 Mar 2022 18:57:13 +0000 https://www.alimcjoy.com/?p=52616 It’s not Shutterfly’s fault. When they sent me those emails, I know they meant well. The emails came a week apart, but each contained the same message: “Remember these memories from 13 years ago? … We thought you’d like to press rewind and relive these times.” And both weeks I cringed.  Because even though I’d […]

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]]> My Favorite Books for BHM–And Beyond! https://www.alimcjoy.com/my-favorite-books-for-bhm-and-beyond/ https://www.alimcjoy.com/my-favorite-books-for-bhm-and-beyond/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:21:24 +0000 https://www.alimcjoy.com/?p=52604 I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love Black History Month! I love learning about the amazing heroes and inspiring lives. Something in each of these stories gives me hope for humanity. And this year I have been bummed out that I don’t get to do full-scale, daily BHM lessons with my […]

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]]> https://www.alimcjoy.com/my-favorite-books-for-bhm-and-beyond/feed/ 1 My Word 2022 https://www.alimcjoy.com/my-word-2022/ https://www.alimcjoy.com/my-word-2022/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:48:03 +0000 https://www.alimcjoy.com/?p=52595 If you are new around here, you probably don’t know that each year I like to choose a word that will be my overall focus for the year. I was originally inspired by Ali Edwards several years ago and love all of the amazing things she does to keep that One Little Word tradition going. […]

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]]> https://www.alimcjoy.com/my-word-2022/feed/ 8 Reflecting on 2021 https://www.alimcjoy.com/reflecting-on-2021/ https://www.alimcjoy.com/reflecting-on-2021/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:19:56 +0000 https://www.alimcjoy.com/?p=52586 Earlier last year, when bookstores started re-opening by appointment only, I ventured out to BlueWillow Bookshop in Houston. It is one of my happy places. And just walking around in the shop and looking at new books was so invigorating! I spent a lot of time (and a little too much money!) there that day. […]

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]]> https://www.alimcjoy.com/reflecting-on-2021/feed/ 1 Growing Faith in 2021–Part 5: End In Sight https://www.alimcjoy.com/growing-faith-in-2021-part-5-end-in-sight/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:30:51 +0000 https://www.alimcjoy.com/?p=52563 I don’t outright talk about religion here–even though it is a HUGE part of my personal life–because I feel like it is something vastly personal and I never want any friends to feel excluded because their beliefs do not match my own. But since my word for this year is FAITH, I am going to […]

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]]> Growing Faith in 2021–Part 4: The Treasure Hunt https://www.alimcjoy.com/growing-faith-in-2021-part-4-the-treasure-hunt/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:07:50 +0000 https://www.alimcjoy.com/?p=52554 I don’t outright talk about religion here–even though it is a HUGE part of my personal life–because I feel like it is something vastly personal and I never want any friends to feel excluded because their beliefs do not match my own. But since my word for this year is FAITH, I am going to […]

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