by Jamie Holloway | Sep 27, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I have been enjoying reading children’s books. I know, I’m a grown woman and I am reading a book for an 8 year old. They are fun, colorful, and they take me to a time when I used to read all the time and make up movies in my mind. The Inkwell Chronicles: Race...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 15, 2023 | Books/Music
My entire life I have been disabled in some form or another. When I was a freshman in high school I had my Achilles tendons stretched and I had casts on both legs for half a year. My legs and feet have always been affected by this including now. Reading...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 8, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I have been stuck in a novel that I have won off of Goodreads called “The Peach Seed” by first time author Anita Gail Jones. This is an intense history of one family and how this one carving went through generations, an ancestor carved it out of a peach seed...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 1, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
This year I have been reading more children’s books than I have ever in my life. I have some great nephews that will be born at the end of September and December and then one that was born May over a year ago. I love having these books available for me to give...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 11, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I am still chewing on Amanda Held Opelt’s latest book “Holy Unhappiness. I am going to talk about the part that is causing my mind to think, ponder, chew, doubt, feel hopeful, considering, and love God. It is the part where she tells her readers that Jesus did...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 28, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I just finished a great novel by Susie Finkbeiner about two friends that will touch your heart and teach you about how to treat people and how judgmental and cruel people can be when they just assume things without the facts just because they are afraid. It also...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 21, 2023 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Longevity is something I have been contemplating on for a long, long time. Most people think it means to live forever. It does not. It means leaving as well as possible with what you have. That means in whatever health state I am in. It is possible. Outlive is a great...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 6, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Another great book by Joyce Meyer. I struggled with talking to God. Actually, talking. I scream at Him. I tell him off, but talking actually take active listening too. I don’t listen sometimes if I am being honest with myself. My faith and trust in God has been...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 30, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
In April, when I got home from spending a month in the hospital from having sepsis I received a cookbook. I love reading cookbooks. I know, strange, how do you read a cookbook. I read, because each cook, chef, writer offers ideas on how to food prep, why they...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 23, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Worry, who doesn’t worry? It is a normal emotion that we all share in some form, but there are worries that can overtake and cause damage to your mental stability. In Joyce Meyers, newest children’s book When Worry Whispers she explores this...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 16, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Moonlight Memories” will become a special book. It is a book about grief. A young childed named Piper mother passed away a month prior and her father did not know what to do about his own grief or his own daughters. So he decided to purchase her a telescope....
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 16, 2023 | Books/Music
When God created man and woman and then the woman ate the fruit from the forbidden tree and she got the entire blame for it and made to feel like she force feed it to Adam this story never set right with me. Because this is told from a mans perspective. What...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 25, 2022 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Many of you who have been reading my blog for a long time know about my breathing issues and the struggle I have been going through. Including, my recent 4 procedures for my lungs with the last one being in October. Well, Karen Kingsbury book A Thousand...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 21, 2022 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Hallee Bridgemqn new book “Honor’s Refuge” talks about domestic violence and different abuses that happen in relationships. The prologue alone broke my heart as I read about two little girls watch their father kill their mother. This is a tough story, but it is...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 17, 2022 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Christmas is just around the corner, can you believe it? The Story of Christmas by Patricia Pingry tells the story of Jesus birth and why we celebrate Christmas. It is a beautiful cardboard book that toddlers and young children can enjoy while their parents or...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 2, 2022 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Sadly, it is almost three in the morning and I have not slept. I have a wound on my leg and am on heavy antibiotics, as well as dealing with other health conditions at the moment. One of the ways that I process through this is by reading great books, both...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 1, 2022 | Books/Music
Another great Christmas book for a young child to help them on their reading journey. This cardboard book is perfect for a young child to hold and if it gets dropped in the mud or spilled on it won’t matter. You can wipe it off. Wreck the Halls by Melinda...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 25, 2022 | Books/Music, Products I Love, The Magnificent Journey
Books make a great Christmas gift, especially for children that are learning how to read. Veggie Tales “Joy to the World” would make a great gift for any child. Veggie Tales Rock! I enjoy them as an adult and I know kids love them too. This is a sweet story...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 24, 2022 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
The World’s Longest Sock reminds me of the funny story of the woman who swallowed the fly. Two people, one a lumber jack and the other a grandmother from Chile start each knitting socks, and soon they have a contest with each other to see who can make the...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 13, 2022 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I had my latest lung surgery this week, so I dove into the latest novel of Irene Hannon. “Body of Evident” is book three in her triple threat series, which I have read the other two. They are a great murder mystery and she is a simple write who has done her...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 11, 2022 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Suzanne Woods Fisher newest book Anything but Plain is a book about the Amish and their lifestyle and it is a romance. I’m not book on Amish types of books, Although, this is not one of my favorites, the writing is excellent. It is simple and the description and...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 4, 2022 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I love the season fall. The crisp air in the morning, the rain, the changing leaves, and the coolness in the air. I breathe better. I feel better in the fall and spring. Winter and Summer do not bring out the best in me. I did not write about my goals for September,...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 3, 2022 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I want to let everyone know that I am not a woman of color. I am a woman. I do understand that woman of color have different types of issues and rules and even standards that are thrust upon them, especially those who are immigrants. Daniela...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 29, 2022 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Devotional time with God is something that I do daily. It centers me to have a good day. I don’t feel right when I don’t have devotional time. I got a new devotional that I have started called “Daily Devotions From Psalms” by Joyce Meyer. Joyce Meyer is a...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 26, 2022 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Veggies Tales Devotional for girls called God’s Word for Me is such a sweet and cute book that helps a young lady become stronger in her identity and purpose in her life. I wish I had this when I was a little girl. This book is the perfect size for young hands...
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