Theresa Chisanga

TRIBUTE TO A GREAT WOMAN ON HER RETIREMENT: JOAN CONOLLY

Every moment a Joan moment!

My first reaction to the Joan phenomenon in my life is to ask: -why did I meet one so amazing so late in life:  Lord, she could have made such a huge difference to my existence, to my experience of life! May be I would have been a better person, and in a safer space too all along; she is like a magician!

But something else says to me, it is not late at all, this is the time, and this is the designated time and space for Joan in my life. I feel it in my spirit, she is far, yet so near, every day is a Joan moment now, and it is a moment of love, a moment of care for another!

In the short time, I have an incredible friend, you don’t have to say much, she understands, she sees everything and feels with you in her bones, every moment, a Joan moment.

 In the short time, I have a sister, a friend, someone whose belief is mine too. Strangely, it feels like I have known her all my life! To GOD BE THE GLORY!

To the same God, the great “I AM WHO I AM”, I say:  bless Joan Lord, for all time, in the spirit of Numbers 6:22-27.

And may all of us who have experienced her learn to make every moment a Joan moment, a moment of love. And yes we CAN change this world.

Lots of love, always,

Theresa