Mary Jo Pierce

Beginning to End… occasionally I’ll post some personal “this and that’s” about who what where when and how of my personal journey … Beginning to End!

Prayer is the thread woven through my entire life. In fact, my first prayer is recorded in my baby book.   My greatest joy is connecting others with God through prayer! The thrill of Intercession ~ prayers on behalf of others, partnering with God for His will and His desires for my family, friends, church family, strangers ~ for me pure JOY!

The second of five daughters born to Theophil and Yula Mae Dobski, I was raised in Pontiac Michigan.  I lived in a home built by my Grandparents, better known as Jaja and Boosha.  They immigrated from Poland in the early 1900′s.  It was a storybook home; two stories with a big yard.  The yard came complete with a walk-in doll house, swing set and tetter-tooter built by Jaja.  The cherry trees produced the sweetest cherries that just begged for pie crust and vanilla ice cream.   My grandparents lived across the street:  they raised chickens and grew an orchard that would feed the neighborhood.  Sweet memories..

I can get lost in memories … some sweet, some bitter sweet.

And it’s those memories, those sweet and bitter sweet seasons of life that turns one heart to God and prayer.