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Today, enjoy the audio release of my memoir, Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 13, with somatic meditative journaling: stretching, taking some cleansing relaxing breaths, reflecting on the anchor of Faith, and finally settling into the page with our new meditative music, "Balance of Self," to set the margins for your pen, discovery, and appreciation.

Chapter 13 is titled, "One Red Request," (2006) and details the memory of the Christmas we faced news of our son's diagnosis with Autism. It was also the year we discovered we could face this diagnosis with hope and with heart, especially when we reached for the music and magic inspired by our son's one request from Santa, a red acoustic guitar.

Follow our questions, inspiration, and hope today from diagnosis to how proud we are of our son today. Please keep him in your prayers as at this current time his Crohn's Disease is strongly impacting and challenging him. We hold onto hope for God to deliver him and guide him in this chapter too.

We couldn't have done any of this without the help of God, family, friends, and especially the brave and caring educators, therapists, and specialists on our son's team from CPSE advocates to ACCESS-VR services today.

A beautiful chapter and prompt of gratitude toward the last ten minutes of the episode, your heart will remember to never question miracles in unlikely and often questioned places today.

The Winter Sojourn series will lead up to the re-release of my memoir, complete with a revised title, new cover, and three new stories. Coming Spring 2026!

*Catch up on recent season 6 episodes and chapters 1-12 in previous podcast seasons!

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Join us here weekly for guided stories of the power of journaling and prompts to lead your pen, resolve, and imagination.

My goal in 2026 is to get a journal in the hands of 100 women over the age of forty who want to feel better by journaling every single day.

Works referenced in today's episode:

Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal-A Memoir for Body, Mind, & Spirit Health (Amazon 2023).https://www.amazon.com/Embodying-Joy-Journal-Memoir-Spirit-ebook/dp/B0BRVTBD4B/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0

*Complete Research in the Notes section for Chapter 13 in the book.

*Photo credit for the Christmas picture of our son with his treasured red guitar goes to Michelle Neumayer Photography.

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