Splashes of Joy in the Cesspools of Life

by Barbara Johnson

Overview

For when you need bliss now, take a quick jump into these puddles of goodness—from the bestselling author of Living Somewhere Between Estrogen and Death.

This mini book offers invigorating spurts of encouragement and gentle reminders to splatter joy into the lives of yourself and others. “Almost everyone needs a splash of joy to get through the mess,” Barbara Johnson says. And that’s what you get in this collection of giggles and guidance to help you get “cleaned off and sweetened up—refreshed and ready to go again!”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781418558994
Publisher:	HarperCollins Christian Publishing
Publication date:	03/21/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	75
File size:	833 KB

About the Author

Barbara Johnson guided millions of hurting women through the tunnel of despair with her best-selling books including Plant a Geranium in Your Cranium, Living Somewhere Between Estrogen and Death, and Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy. She and her husband, Bill, founded the non-profit Spatula Ministries which helps parents in crisis. She died of cancer in 2007 at the age of 79.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction: "Barb, I Need a Splash of Your Joy ..."	1
1	Smile! It Kills Time Between Disasters	5
2	How to Lay Down Your Agonies and Pick Up Your Credentials	23
3	We Must Understand That It is Not Always Necessary to Understand	47
4	Wherever I Go, There I Am	67
5	S.D.D.D.D. (Same Doo-Doo, Different Day)	89
6	Laugh and the World Laughs with You ... Cry and You Simply Get Wet!	105
7	How Can I Be Over the Hill When I Never Even Got to the Top?	125
8	Motherhood Isn't for Wimps	147
9	Oh, Lord, Let My Words Be Tender and Sweet for Tomorrow I May Have to Eat Them!	171
10	We Are Easter People Living in a Good Friday World	193
	Encore Encore: Going Up with a Splash	215
	Endnotes	223