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About karentreat

I started this blog in my middle years of life. Now, I am closer to the later years of life. I am married, was a registered nurse, now a ELCA ordained pastor, and a trained spiritual director. I have three married children and a son living with us as he attends graduate school. I published my first book "And Then There Was Me- Meditations from the Empty Nest" in September 2025. It is a gift to myself and others in times of transition. I continue to write...knowing there is no finish line and enjoying the many mile markers along the way.

Joy Complete

Posted on May 18, 2021 by karentreat

Joy…it is not as much an emotion but a condition. A state of being.  It’s probably been said by someone very knowledgeable in the area of human emotions.  I believe it.  Try to describe joy and it comes up half baked.  My … Continue reading →

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