My name is M. J. Joachim, after some very amazing people I know, and I am a free spirit. I have a beautiful family that keeps me focused. I wake up each morning with a good cup of coffee, often sitting outside to watch and listen to the birds.

I am creative by nature, and enjoy thinking outside of the box. My cooking and crafts rarely end up the way they began. My family encourages me to "make things better" through my creative improvisation. Sometimes this backfires. When that happens, we all have a wonderful memory to laugh about.

Life is good, but living it is even better. One of the best lessons I've learned is that you don't have to go very far to become who you are.

My passion is ...

creativity.

I know too much about ...

nothing. Things always change, and there is more to learn.

My parents always told me ...

Keep your mind holy and pure.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a mother, teacher, and writer

My favorite memory ...

marrying my husband

Why I write ...

It feels good.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

water filtering in the fishtank and a humming dishwasher.

My first job ...

was as a library page.

My best moment ...

is when I love enough to forgive, and laugh enough to cry.

My inspiration ...

is nature. There's always something new to see and hear.

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Intimate Relationships with Saints

When you pray, go to your inner room. Through prayer, we are invited to have a relationship with God from the very depths of our being. As we journey to our inner room, inviting God into our most intimate selves, we discover who we are called to be. We are saints in the making, people who love God, and desire to be one with Him.

Many of us have not accepted our true calling. Some of us will spend our entire life trying to live up to it. A few of us have been graced with the privilege of modeling it for the rest of society. These people, saints,...

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