by Dawn Camp | Oct 13, 2014 | 31 Days of Daily Grace, a day in the life, Family
My hometown hosted the Arkansas Oklahoma State Fair, one of my fondest childhood memories. My family owned a piano company and my daddy tuned the pianos for the acts that performed when the fair came to town. If it was open, we were there. As a teen I was too cool for...
by Dawn Camp | Oct 8, 2014 | 31 Days of Daily Grace, a day in the life
Writing for 31 days on a theme varies by author. Some pre-plan and pre-write and I envy that level of organization. I approach life with much analysis (bordering on over-analysis), but one day at a time, and while 31 days of one-day-at-a-time will stress and stretch...
by Dawn Camp | Oct 3, 2014 | 31 Days of Daily Grace, a day in the life, faith
{This is day three of a 31 day series, 31 Days of Daily Grace. Find all posts in this series here.} “What do you do with the journal?” she asks, nibbling a bagel and looking at me with sleepy eyes. My two youngest daughters and I eat breakfast...
by Dawn Camp | Aug 14, 2014 | a day in the life, faith, motherhood
We’ve been at Six Flags since noon on a perfect July day, but it’s dark now and we haven’t eaten in hours, the kids determined not to waste a moment when they can stroke the sky, inhale the wind, defy gravity, or test the limit of their fears. Food...
by Dawn Camp | Jul 25, 2014 | a day in the life, faith
18 days. For 18 days I couldn’t find my keys and then suddenly there they were, in a place we’d looked several times. When I offered a reward—a lunch date—everyone looked even harder, but that didn’t help. My 14-year-old daughter picked out a fancy...
by Dawn Camp | Apr 17, 2014 | a day in the life, motherhood
This 2005 Easter morning photo is a classic representation of motherhood, even though I’m not in it: mom plans the children’s clothing in meticulous detail—matching shoes and hairbands, coordinated outfits, nothing but the best—and just wants one photo to...