Tag Archives: friends

I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving – from JemsBooks!

Posted on November 28, 2025 by jjspina

I hope everyone had a wonderful day of Thanksgiving with your family and friends and plenty of food, fun and frivolity and of course love! There is always room for love! I feel blessed to have loved ones to spend … Continue reading →

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A heartbreaking loss!

Posted on June 16, 2025 by jjspina

I feel my heart is breaking! Today is a sad day for me. I lost my Best Friend. I can’t stop the tears from flowing each time I think about her. I got the news this morning and have been … Continue reading →

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Fun books for children PS-Grade 3!

Posted on April 24, 2025 by jjspina

I have 23 books for children with life lessons, colorful illustrations and most are in rhyme. If you haven’t checked out any of my children’s books, I hope you will check them out soon for some entertaining stories for your … Continue reading →

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A new review of my children’s book: Family and Friends: Tales for Children!

Posted on March 29, 2025 by jjspina

I was happy to receive this lovely review of my newest children’s book: Family and Friends: Tales for Children! A heartfelt thank you to this Canadian reader! Canadian reader 5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Addition to Your Family’s Library … Continue reading →

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Posted on March 13, 2025 by jjspina

Each year on St. Patrick’s Day we are all Irish. (Compliments of free photos from Wikipedia and Oip.) Here’s a little poem for this green day that I wrote several years ago and just updated. HAVE A HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY … Continue reading →

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Posted on March 16, 2024 by jjspina

Each year on St. Patrick’s Day we are all Irish. (Compliments of free photos from Wikipedia and Oip.) Here’s a little poem for this green day that I wrote several years ago and just updated. HAVE A HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving – A Time to be Thankful for all that we have in life!

Posted on November 25, 2020 by jjspina

This year (2020), the year of COVID-19 Pandemic has been a year of many losses. One of these losses is not being able to have Thanksgiving dinner with the whole family. This is last year’s wonderful dinner at my sister’s … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving – A Time to be Thankful for all that we have in life!

Posted on November 27, 2019 by jjspina

A Time to be Thankful by Janice Spina ((C) 2019) It’s a time to be thankful. It’s a time to be helpful. It’s a time to be caring. It’s a time to be sharing. It’s a time to remember others. … Continue reading →

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Happiness is………

Posted on September 1, 2015 by jjspina

HAPPINESS IS …….. What do you think happiness is? There are times in life that we feel deep joy and other times when we feel profound despondency? I say this because our lovely friend, Dan, died recently and I pray … Continue reading →

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Trip to Italy Post Coming Soon!

Posted on June 6, 2014 by jjspina

Hi everyone.  I have been very busy composing my blog about my memorable trip to Italy.  Please excuse the time it is taking me to post it.  Unfortunately we had a problem with our camera after our sim card deleted … Continue reading →

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