LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, USA, May 13, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Joyce was born in Louisville, Kentucky and graduated from Presentation Academy. From there she went to St. Joseph’s Infirmary associated with Spalding University to become a nurse. She went on to work for a doctor for only a couple of years because her parents invited a young man over for dinner one night, and she says, “That was it”. He happened to be widowed and had two of the most precious little boys. “That really did it”, she said. Greg was four and Chris, one and a half. She was now a stay at home mom. A couple years later came Martin then Caroline and happy go lucky, Timothy.

When the children were all in school, Joyce decided to go back to work. While on a trip, she was influenced by a Florida Real Estate agent to get her license. Perfect. This was an answer to having the freedom to work around her children’s activities and should one get sick.

So she got her Realtor license in 1978 and looked forward to being her own boss, good life with flexibility and good paychecks. Uh oh! Being your own boss was not a fact, she found out. In the real picture, your client was the boss. Joyce knows her strong point, however, is service, and that fits in quite well to meeting her client’s needs.

Joyce and her husband divorced after the children were independent but remained good friends, sharing holidays and special events with the children. After his death, and twenty years later, she met Paul Jordan who joined the RE/MAX team in her office. Funny thing. He had been there two years before they met. “Ordinarily, that would be unlikely,” she said, “but our office is full of extremely busy agents. Either the agent was out with clients or on the computer. It was the strangest thing. Right after I would transfer to another office, Paul came into it. Just missing each other. About ten years of that.” After graduating from Western, Paul joined the Air Force and after that, went into insurance but found Real Estate (Commercial) his forte.

Joyce has been touched by military all her life. Her foster dad was a pilot in the Navy, her brother in the Navy, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins in the army. She cannot sit whenever she hears the National Anthem. Seeing or passing someone in the military takes her breath away because her appreciation and gratitude can overwhelm her.
Joyce was reared in an orphanage from age eight. Her parents were too poor to take care of us and divorced.

Naturally, she felt abandoned but the hardest thing to bear of all, was the separation from her siblings. Boys in one orphanage, girls in another. Joyce grew to forgive her parents but they would not play a part in the rest of her life. Happily so, it has with her siblings. She believes in being happy were ever you are and carry it on to all in your life and those whose paths you cross.

Upon graduating from the orphanage, Joyce chose to live in foster care believing her chances of continued education were better. It took three foster homes before she knew ‘she was home’. “I was sixteen years old and few people will take in older kits. But to them, I was their daughter.”

Being the typical mother, Joyce’s children are everything to her. “Now I have a wonderful husband (who had no children) who is supporting my love for them. Greg is an Accountant: Martin writes and arranges music, mostly for Disney: Caroline has returned to school with ambitions of being a nurse and Tim is a very successful photographer and fabulous actor!”

The most difficult and emotional subject for Joyce to talk about is her beloved son, Chris. At age 46 he took his own life. “Chris was a beautiful but troubled soul.” She explains, “He graduated from Johnson Wales Culinary School at the top of his class. Oh what a fabulous cook he was! His gift to us at Christmas was to prepare the dinner. He would also cook for me when I entertained. He owned his own gourmet restaurant called ‘The Glass Onion Gourmet’. He was a major Beatles fan. Bi-Polar is a terrible thing to be afflicted with, but I was there a couple of times to prevent him from doing what he eventually did. He moved to Atlanta and got too far away from our watchful eyes. I take solace knowing that his spirit is with me, and I deeply cherish all the life I had with him.”

One of Joyce’s most endearing qualities is her candor, honesty and ability to converse on myriad levels of multiple subjects. She appreciates her Catholic upbringing and was let to be interested in discovering the truth of religion and spirituality, no matter where she finds it.

Joyce has deep reverence and veneration for the United States Military and was excited to earn her Military Relocation Professional (MRP) Certification. She says, “Our nation’s Military sacrifice so much to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifices, we have no voice, no freedom or protection. God bless all parents who must sacrifice their child for us, hopefully only a short time of their life, and especially God comfort those whose precious children do not return.”

Joyce’s personal Pledge is: “I treat people the way I would expect to be treated . . . with honesty and integrity. This is my commitment to you, and I will certainly do all I can to make your home/property buying, selling, investing, exchanging and/or relocating a joyful experience for you!”

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