Jennifer Goble

1 week ago | journal-advocate.com | Jennifer Goble

I just learned that my grandson, Ryder, signed up to play basketball and study business at Ouachita University in Arkansas. Isn’t it interesting how good news about someone you love and care about is as good as when great things happen to you? It’s an honorable human characteristic. As I write this, I am so happy, excited, and grateful for him. The most excellent explanation for my joy is my memories. His opportunity to play for an NCAA D11 school was hard-earned.

2 weeks ago | journal-advocate.com | Jennifer Goble

I stare at this blank screen as the Sentinel submission deadline nears, and all that comes to mind to share with you, my kind readers, is in my future. I usually write about something that happened during the week or something I learned years ago. Today, my mind focuses on the future, which is good. How often do you get stuck in the past? Did you or someone else say or do something that woke you up in the middle of the night like a bolt of lightning?

3 weeks ago | journal-advocate.com | Jennifer Goble

You need better boundaries if you say yes when you want to say no. If people treat you poorly and you don’t address it or step out of the situation, you need better boundaries. If you sense someone expects you to give them your last dollar or the only ten minutes you have free all […] Originally Published: May 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM MDT

1 month ago | journal-advocate.com | Jennifer Goble

Whether our mothers are still with us or they have passed, this Sunday, we are thinking about the woman who gave us life and then, in her way, loved us and formed our foundation. Moms are not perfect; we are human, but my mom was married when she was sixteen and spent the next seventy […] Originally Published: May 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM MDT

1 month ago | journal-advocate.com | Jennifer Goble

I am editing and republishing an article from 5-13-I5. Even though I wrote it ten years ago, it still rings true. I give Jeff Haden, using the brand of “Influencer, credit for the cleverly described titles for ten people to avoid. As you graduate, decide who you want to be and how you want to act.