Joyce YoungJan 25, 20236 minGirl from Monterey ParkIt’s difficult to describe what it’s like to read the name of your little hometown in headlines, especially when attached to words like...
Joyce YoungOct 5, 202211 minHere's a Story: My 'Good Grandma'On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II passed away with her family present while at Balmoral Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was 96...
Joyce YoungAug 13, 20224 minGlorious Story-usFour years ago, the church I belonged to at the time was launching a new discipleship program that came out of Mariners Church in Orange...
Joyce YoungAug 4, 20224 minHome, Part 3Well, shoot. This is a little awkward. I haven't published anything in almost a year and left you hanging. My bad...really. I had every...
Joyce YoungSep 28, 20213 min43Hello, friend! Just taking a break from the "Home" series for a little birthday surprise from me to you! Look for "Home, Part 3" sometime...
Joyce YoungSep 25, 20215 minHome, Part 2At roughly the same time I received that unexpected visit from Jim, my family was experiencing a crisis. My mother, who had been...
Joyce YoungSep 14, 20213 minHome, Part 1Hello, stranger! Okay, so realize I'm the stranger in this scenario. I haven't been writing for a really long time and thus this blog has...
Joyce YoungSep 2, 20207 minRepresentWeeks prior to Chadwick Boseman’s untimely death, I had been thinking a lot about representation in the media and what that means and why...
Joyce YoungAug 24, 20206 minStuck in the Middle With You: What I’ve learned being in the Sandwich GenerationThis is cross-posted on my friends' blog, HerandHymn.com . They invited me to write a guest post and I was so honored to do so. Please...
Joyce YoungAug 20, 20206 minBaby Black and Blues: My Postpartum Depression StoryI originally wrote this essay two years ago. It was intended for another blog, but was never published. Full disclosure--my youngest...
Joyce YoungAug 14, 20205 minFriendtorship (friend + mentor + ship)I used to say, “I don’t like women” with a smirk. Usually, it was met with a puzzled look, since, I, myself, am a woman. What I meant was...
Joyce YoungAug 7, 20204 minMy Second ActI have never liked the term ‘midlife crisis.’ Blame it on sitcoms in the 80s and 90s, but whenever I hear the term I think of men having...