Town’s Favorite Guy

Journey with us to Galveston, Indiana to meet Allen McCloskey: humanitarian, kindest American, special guy, Guinness world record holder, and gravedigger. See how Allen holds the key to having “enough” and brings joy with 70 years of caring for hometown folks who honored him with a town birthday party! We can all learn a lesson…Read more »

A Very Good Thing

Teachers and students are on summer break, but the lessons learned are always on our minds. When it comes to teachers, so many deserve recognition that it’s difficult to pick Teacher of the Year. Rebecka Peterson recently won the honor. One of the reasons she won is for her blog titled One Good Thing. Like…Read more »

Teachers Wanted!

We’ve all seen and heard the news coverage. There’s a teacher shortage in the United States. School districts across the country are trying to figure out how to hire and retain teachers. Alaska may have the answer. It’s simple. Pair new teachers up with veteran teachers. Give new teachers a teacher mentor to guide, encourage,…Read more »

One Voice

Today is Memorial Day. We set aside time to honor the men and women who died serving in the military. In tribute to them, we share “One Voice” performed by The United States Air Force Symphony Orchestra and The Singing Sergeants at the Washington National Cathedral. Click the link below to hear this beautiful song…Read more »

JOY!

You remember the line from the movie Love Actually . . . “If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around.” The same applies to Joy. If you look for it, you’ll find Joy everywhere! At a minor league game. At the airport. At retirement celebrations. At…Read more »

Joy in the Chaos

There’s a special nurse in Indianapolis. She’s NICU Nurse Katrina Mullen. When Shariya Small arrived at the hospital pregnant with triplets, she knew her life was about to change, but she had no idea how much it would change. Katrina was there for Shariya in ways she’d never experienced before in her young life. Their…Read more »

Liam’s Crazy Adventure

Liam Garner always wanted to do a crazy adventure. Two years ago, at the age of 17, he graduated from high school and decided to go on that adventure. Today he’s headed home. What did he do? He biked from Alaska to Argentina. You read that right . . . Alaska to Argentina! That’s 20,000…Read more »

Always on Call

Stories of Joy missed National Nurses Week last week, but it’s never too late to thank our nurses. “Nurses Make a Difference: Anywhere, Anytime–Always.” That’s the theme for 2023, and it’s so very true. Nurses are always on call no matter where they are . . . at work, at home, at the park. Today’s…Read more »

Super Bloom

Are you giving your mother flowers for Mother’s Day? You’ll want to check out today’s Story of Joy. What do you get when you combine years of extreme drought and a winter of excessive rains? You get California in full bloom. In fact, it’s a super bloom. There are so many flowers that the super…Read more »

Joyful Homecoming

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder” is the saying.  What if that absence is eight long months?  Today’s Story of Joy is about an aircraft carrier returning after deployment with 5,000 sailors.  It highlights a few of their stories as they are greeted by family, and in one sailors words it is “just pure joy!” Click the link…Read more »