Joy Des Jardins

Hello Blogosphere!

My name is Joy Des Jardins…and I’m a Blogoholic. I come to you totally open and a little bit skeptical that I deserve to even be here; but here I am nonetheless. I’ve commented to some of you that I was entertaining the idea of “putting my toes in the blogging waters….” but, I didn’t realize that I actually meant it. Thanks to some VERY wonderful bloggers who have already been around for quite a while and my own daughter, Jory Des Jardins of Pause, I decided to finally take the plunge.

I’m not political or controversial. I’m simply a connector and love to hear and tell life’s stories. So simple isn’t it? I’ve been involved with the blogosphere since my daughter entered it in the fall of 2004. Now, I’m an addict….and need my fix every day. So many wonderful bloggers out there….it’s become a whole new world to me where I have found writing from the heart is a beautiful thing.

A little about me personally….

I’m a mother of 4 grown children (the best) and the grandmother of 2 adorable grandchildren. I live in a northern suburb of Chicago, and have lived in this area most of my life. I’m newly unemployed (thus, the time to check out all the wonderful blogs) and am not so sure where my niche is right now. But, I’ve always loved expression in one form or another….writing and poetry in particular. We have a lot of readers, writers…and talkers in our family so discussions on pretty much anything run rampant. We’re all just a bunch of comedians really…and constant fodder for each other….so normally dysfunctional. Wish me luck….