When the Cesspools are deep....JOY

Barbara Johnson's SPLASHES OF JOY IN THE CESSPOOLS of life is worthy of its title.  I can't believe I never actually read this book!  As I have been studying and reading everything I can get my hands on about Joy, I realized that I already had a few books on my shelf; this book was one of them.  When I opened it, I was pleasantly reminded that it had been a college graduation gift from my favorite high school English teacher, Mrs. Godwin.  How sweet!  Barbara reminds us that we are capable of joy even in the worst cesspools of life imaginable.  Her humor certainly brought a huge smile to my face throughout my reading of her book.

I was a little disappointed that so much of the book focused on her son's coming out, but since I know that we write what we know, I certainly understood that being a huge part of her focus.  It didn't detract from the book for me; I simply wanted her to use other examples besides that.