Hello, Jolene Navarro here checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I’ve started a new series that tells the story of four sisters. Sisters that was raised in a lumberyard by their single dad. Sister relationships fascinate me, and I fell in love with the fictional Bergmann sisters as a family as much as I […]
Simple Joys in a Complex World
Hola, from the Texas Hill Country. Jolene Navarro here. Just got in from my morning walk and ready to chat. Sometimes we are in such a hurry to reach a goal, to get through today we miss the simple joys around us. Worry and guilt. Anger and bitterness. These are a few of the things […]
For those that Trust in the Lord
Hello, Jolene Navarro checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I love dancing in the rain. I strive to find peace in the eye of the storm. But sometimes the smile is fake, the heart is broken, and the knees are bruised. There are times when burdens feel too heavy to carry […]
She Rode into the Sunset
Hola! Jolene Navarro here. If you know anything about me, you know I’m proud to be a seventh generation Texan. Part of that heritage it deeply rooting in raising and training horses. This is a picture of my great-grandparents. Hodge Crawford trained horses for the Army. As I was doing the at fact […]
Oh! The Places We Can Go!
To travel through space and time is as easy as opening a book. If the author has done their job well the setting creates a beautiful stage that could only happen in this place and time. An environment surrounds the characters in a subtle way that shapes who they are and why they react the […]