by Jamie Holloway | Feb 13, 2026 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Part of living with a chronic condition is learning to live with pain. One of the ways I deal with pain that won’t allow me to sleep is by getting lost in a good novel. Most recent novel is by author Hannah Brohm called “Love and Other Brain Experiments”. The main...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 6, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I have loved Reba McEntire since I was in my early twenties. She is one of my favorites. Her music speaks to my soul. Recently, I got her part memoir, part cookbook “Not That Fancy”. A beautifully crafted book full of recipes, stories, and photographs that...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 15, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
One of the ways I cope with living with chronic illness is getting lost inside a good book. This last week has been rough, several doctor appointments and getting a CT scan and starting Prednisone. By Thursday I was on the verge of collapse. Thursday afternoon,...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 22, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I first heard about Anne Frank in 8th grade in my English class. We read “The Diary of Anne Frank”, and I was enthralled with her journey. So, when I heard Alice Hoffman, who is one of my favorite writers, wrote a fiction book on Anne Frank before she...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 18, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
My health became super important to me when I first experienced not being able to breathe well. At first I thought it was because I was out of shape. When that was not it, I went and saw my doctor. It turned out my trachea was closing up and if you read my blog you...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 23, 2025 | Books/Music
What is the difference between happy and Joy? I did not have a clue until I read Joyspan. Dr. Kerry Burnight explains the difference in her book Joyspan. According to Dr. Burnight. Joyspan is the psychological well-being and satisfaction in your entire life. It...
by Jamie Holloway | May 23, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I apologize for not writing for a long time. I am going through emotional and physical changes that have me in a quiet zone. My dad used to call it the silence of the soul. In silence we can listen to God speak to us. I am working to find my way back to myself. It has...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 12, 2025 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Caregiving is an intimate job, especially when it involves a family member or close friend. I was a caregiver for ten years for someone that I love. One of my older sisters was one for our mom until she passed away in October. It is intimidating, challenging,...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 20, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Living with chronic illness you learn alot about endurance and managing the pain and doing the impossible. I live with chronic illness and I know what endurance is. So, when I first received Iron Hope by James Lawrence I was not that inspired to read it....
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 17, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Recently, I was given an opportunity to read Ripening Time by Patrice Gopo. I have read Gopo’s children’s book All the Places We Call Home and loved it. Ripening Time is a beautifully crafted children’s book about plantains. I have to be honest, I have...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 1, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
When I first started reading Megan Goodwin and Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst book Religion is Not Done With You I was confused. I did not understand what their premise was. The title confused me a bit. I was still intrigued. Goodwin and Fuerst’s concept of...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 29, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I have been incredibly excited about Ina Garten’s memoir since I heard it was coming out in September of 2024. I find her graceful, elegant, and everything I wished I was, but sadly I am not. I am rough, I am tumble, I am made like a bull ox in a china shop. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 30, 2024 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Products I Love, Supporting Each Other, The Magnificent Journey
Currently writing this post on Christmas Day! I am alone. Like I always am. I have gotten used to this new way of living. Since being chronically ill I have learned to live alone and do things alone. I am not happy about it. However, I...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 18, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
2024 has been a rough year in my writing life. I had high hopes of focusing on my writing, but my life had some chaos mixed in that I was not anticipating. That is why a few weeks ago when I received The Artist’s Way Toolkit by Julia Cameron I knew God was...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 30, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I have only heard about “meat pies” from my friend in Africa. He loves them. I was curious as to what they are, I was thinking is it like the chicken pot pies that my mom would make or were sold in the frozen section at the grocery store. Not only chicken pot pie...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 6, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I recently got a bunch of blood work done. I discovered that I am low in iron and my protein levels are extremely low, especially albumin. This indicates I need to eat more protein and iron rich foods and take an iron supplement. Nutrition challenges me when it...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 2, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Here for It” by Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston, a book about friendship. Authentic, complicated, and beautiful friendships. I was not sure if I was going to like this book, but it had a great Queso recipe. I am glad I read it. I like how the chapters were structured...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 20, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
When I first read Mary Oliver’s poem “Wild Geese” I fell in love with her work. I was 25 at the time and living a painful life. Her poems, balm to my soul during painful moments in my life. For my birthday, my sister/friend Summer gifted me “Devotions”. Her latest...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 29, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Jill Eileen Smith’s latest novel is on Noah’s Ark but done through Noah’s Wife, daughter in laws, and son’s perspective. I enjoyed this novel, like I have of the others Smith has written on Bible stories done through the woman’s perspective. I can tell...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 24, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I usually love historical novels and I was excited when I first received “The Seamstress of Acadie” by Laura Frantz. I just could not get into this book. I hate speaking unkindly about a book. I am not sure if it was the story or the writing. It just didn’t...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 3, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I enjoyed reading Shadows at Dusk by Elizabeth Goddard. For one, it is a mystery set in Alaska and Montana. Second, it had a close sibling relationship, where a brother looked for his lost sister. I will let you discover what happened to her. You will not be...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 9, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I enjoy reading books with strong women characters. Again the Wind by Amanda Cabot is one of these books. Louisa, is a doctor during a time period when women were not respected or valued or even had jobs outside of the home. The storyline is really good and it...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 7, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“On Moonberry Lake” by Holly Varni is about a woman named Cora who does not have a good relationship with her mother. Her mom dies and leaves her, she believes her grandparents lodge at Moonberry Lake with condition that she has to live there for a year. Turns...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 21, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Lost and Found” is about a man name Micah who is head over heels in love with a girl who runs away from their Amish community. And another girl who is in love with Micah. The two girls are sisters. This story is a love triangle that is painful and has a good...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 9, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Blessed in the Mess” by Joyce Meyer blew me away. She always does. All her books have one theme in them, God works through the power of your mind. He changes your life and relationships and etc through your mind. Your mind controls your attitude, your hopes,...
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