Journaling Page 2

🌼 Welcome to Page 2 of My Journaling the Journal

My journaling page is stitched from newest to oldest.

If you’d like to begin at the very start of my journal, simply click on this link to page 1, then scroll down to the entry titled:

“Welcome to my Journaling the Journal” — Page 1

This second page continues the journey in the same way — newest entries at the top, older ones tucked below like layers in a cozy quilt.

 page 2 first entry: Back on my Feet🌼 

🌦️✨ July Storms, Stories & Summer Blessings ✨🌦️

Wow… we finally had an epic rainy storm yesterday — not quite as bad as what Ella and Thomas face in Smile‑Mile Inheritance. However, for us, here in Arizona, it was the first measurable rain in over eight months! 🌧️

And yep, life happens. Our 30‑year‑old house finally sprung a leak. Not the roof — the front window, and it drenched our sofa very well. Grateful for good friends, Lisa and Todd. He’s out there today caulking the window. Desert heat dries up that caulking so fast. I guess I can’t complain… the house is over 30 years old. 🏜️

Ella and Thomas are caught out on the trail with that storm of theirs — good old pine trees giving them protection. 🌲 Sorry, you’ll have to read it for yourselves, or follow along with my YouTube reading, to find out how they handle the major wind and rain that pelts them for hours.

Well, you all take care as you go through your day, and may the Good Lord’s blessings enfold you and yours. ✝️💛

Love hugs… Grama Jean 🌻

PS: search YouTube for Smile-Mile StoryTime, then you'll find me reading for you.

Journal entry: July 14, 2026

 ✨Independence Day Reflections – July Journal Entry ✨

⭐️Independence Day Celebration has come and gone. Did you catch my reading on YouTube? I shared what I’ve learned about the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence. Hopefully you make time to listen as I honor those Founding Fathers of ours, who are true heroes. ⭐️

Bruce served during WWII and is also a true hero, although he tells a few war stories about Charlie’s wartime activities—stories for which Charlie received medals of honor. 🎖️ You’ll find those memories tucked into Volume One of the Trilogy, Smile‑Mile Inheritance. Jake and Champ are great helpers on this trek. Have you found them yet? Ella is especially fond of them. 🐾

Well, time to be moving on so I can get some proof‑editing done on Volume Two… hoping to have it ready for the new year. It really isn’t that far away! So you take care, keep smiling, and stay cool this summer. ☀️💛

Love Hugs,…

Grama Jean 🌻

Journal entry: July 7, 2026

✨🌹✨🌹 Summer Steps, Storytime, and Staying Strong 🌹✨🌹✨

Working on keeping healthy so I can continue with my YouTube readings of Smile‑Mile Inheritance. I hope you’ve enjoyed a session or two. I just started Chapter Two yesterday.

As summer settles in, I trust you and yours are out there in Mother Nature, exploring and enjoying good ol’ family fun. Thomas and Ella sure are busy out in the wild as they make their perimeter trek. And have you noticed, as you read this first volume, all the critters that capture Ella’s attention? My editor noticed it right away — and after she saw the first couple of sketches, she told me I’d better be adding some of those critters to my drawings. She was right. So I did add a few.

You can see them in the sketches for each chapter on my website— just visit the Gallery tab of sketches.

Well, thanks for checking in. You all take care, and remember you are loved by the Good Lord and by many others.

🌼Love Hugs, Grama Jean ❤️

Journal entry: June 23, 2026

🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹  Back on My Feet and Back to Creating 🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹 

Greetings… 🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹  how good it is to have the health of body and the strength of character to be up and about again after a couple of months of healing. I’m finally back on track with my journaling and with posting my Smile‑Mile StoryTime readings on YouTube. Have you seen any yet? I have three sessions posted so far.

It feels wonderful to be creative again. I’m grateful even for the simple things — being able to do light housework, move around my home, and feel useful. And I’m especially grateful for my friend Trina, who came over and mopped my bathroom floor. She is as helpful as Maria. You’ll get to read more about Maria in Volume Two… sigh. That one can’t come out until Smile‑Mile finds its success. Publishers look for that, you know.

Take care as you wind your way through these hot summer days. It’s in the 100s daily where I live. Up in Montana — Smile‑Mile country — it’s holding at 82 and partly cloudy. Just right for a trek like the ones you read about in Smile‑Mile Inheritance.

I’ll check back in later… till then, take care, and may the Good Lord continue to bless you and yours.

🌹✨🌹✨🌹 Love Hugs,

Grama Jean 🌹✨🌹✨🌹 

Journal entry: June 9, 2026