Tag: forgiveness
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A Little Flame Goes A Long Way
“It’s always a good time for s’mores!” Isley is passionate about chocolate and melty marshmallows. Add a graham cracker and it’s an invitation to sweet bliss. We hauled out our fire pit–a few months and several degrees early–so we could have a fire for roasting marshmallows. The weather cooled a bit, and we were able…
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A Little Dirt Goes A Long Way
Other than Girl Scout camping in cabins, I’ve been real-life camping only once. We lived in California at the time, and a few friends invited us on a three-day camping trip somewhere in the San Bernardino mountains. We had five kids, ten and under, and no equipment. Folks lent us tents and other essentials to…
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Is It Ever Enough?
Here in Florida, we’re fully into hurricane season. We’ve had three named storms already. I never remember the names. What I do focus on is the amount of precipitation we get during this time. Not all hurricane seasons are the same. Some years we have very few, and the rain never comes. It’s a Florida…
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Is It Time To Hope Yet?
We are all doing life differently. A friend is having a drive-by birthday party for her husband, where those who love them have a half hour to drive past their home and acknowledge another milestone passing without the opportunity to celebrate in person. Birthday celebrations meant to be fun. Mason turned two this past weekend,…
Tip of My Iceberg 