by Dawn Camp | Aug 29, 2011 | a day in the life, motherhood
Thursday evening I glare at a plastic McDonald’s cup lid lying in our driveway—a lid that I’d left there for a couple of days, waiting for one of the kids to have an attack of conscience and pick it up—and an idea begins to brew. Minutes later I call the...
by Dawn Camp | May 9, 2011 | a day in the life, faith, family & friends, motherhood, photography
If you’ve been a mother for long, you’ve learned that some Mother’s Days are extra special and some aren’t much different than an average day. I’m happy to say that today was the former. My kids gave me the sweetest gifts: hand-painted...
by Dawn Camp | Apr 21, 2011 | family & friends, motherhood
Infants have their own delicious smells, with their sweet baby breath and fuzzy little heads. Even their bad odors are okay: they’re just so baby precious. It was always a shock to me the first time mine had “bad breath,” a sign that they were...
by Dawn Camp | Apr 4, 2011 | contests & giveaways, motherhood, reading, reviews
[Contest is closed. Winners are Jen and Brigit.] Do you often feel like a failure in the motherhood department? Like there should be a big “L” stamped on your forehead? Like surely your kids would fare better with a mom who’s a little more, well,...
by Dawn Camp | Feb 3, 2011 | a day in the life, motherhood
She crawls into bed with me this morning, carrying a small toy, and a two-year-old wound reopens, fresh. “Guess where I got my doll?” she asks. It’s been some time since I’ve seen it, and I don’t want to look at it, talk about it now. I...
by Dawn Camp | Jan 24, 2011 | a day in the life, faith, family & friends, motherhood
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. ~2 Peter 3:18 Each day she scratches a blue line through another day on the list, waiting for 6 weeks to pass, for the moment when the earrings...
