by Dawn Camp | Jun 21, 2006 | featured
As a recent convert, I’ve been analyzing the whole concept of blogging lately – what it means, both to me and to others. I am blogging for posterity: for my kids and my memories. This blog is the scrapbook I never make, the photos I never print, and if...
by Dawn Camp | Jun 20, 2006 | contests & giveaways, featured
Thanks to A Circle of Quiet, I read about a writing contest to encourage bloggers to post their “Where I Am From” poems, sponsored by Joy in the Morning. This is based on the poem Where I’m From by George Ella Lyons. You can read the entire poem...
by Dawn Camp | Jun 19, 2006 | a day in the life
Our family loves tomatoes in the summer, however, we buy them at produce stands to get the home-grown ones. This summer, I decided to try to grow our own. I don’t consider myself to have much of a green thumb, so I’m just hoping to keep them alive. For...
by Dawn Camp | Jun 16, 2006 | family & friends
Twenty years ago today, at 3:03 a.m., Bryan and I began our journey into parenthood with the birth of Jacob. As a firstborn, he began life as something of a guinea pig. When we took him home from the hospital, I said, “I can’t believe they’re letting...
by Dawn Camp | Jun 15, 2006 | featured
Yesterday, Christian, Sabra, and Chloe participated in a flag retirement ceremony for Flag Day. The kids lined up and were given old flags to carry (I think most were from military graves). They got to do some fancy footwork, with the veterans barking out military...
