by Dawn Camp | Sep 7, 2007 | family & friends, photography
Several years ago I started a tradition of taking the kids out for a special lunch on their birthdays. We have birthdays in clumps in our family, so yesterday was a double lunch celebration for my newly six-year-old (yesterday) son and four-year-old (Monday) daughter....
by Dawn Camp | Aug 30, 2007 | family & friends, featured
My mother always told my that being nice matters, and I guess it’s true! I am pleased and honored to receive this award from Marybeth at Cheaper by the Half Dozen and Melanie at Queen of a Disney Castle. Thanks ladies!
by Dawn Camp | Aug 11, 2007 | faith, family & friends
I’ve found that there are situations I simply don’t know how to handle unless I’ve been there myself. I never knew how to comfort a woman who’d miscarried a child until it happened to me. Because my mother spent many years using a cane,...
by Dawn Camp | Jul 28, 2007 | family & friends, motherhood
My mother was a wise woman with some great sayings, one of which was, “No one person is important enough to make everyone around them miserable.” Today, one of my kids thought he was that one person. We had a lovely day today, the kind that make fond...
by Dawn Camp | Jul 21, 2007 | family & friends, motherhood, photography
My 5-year-old son has a stuffed animal, Puppy Dog, which is his most indispensable treasure. Puppy Dog lost an ear a few weeks ago, and then today his head was pulled halfway off of his neck, requiring a call to the paramedics, a.k.a. me and my sewing basket. Lily (my...
by Dawn Camp | Jul 19, 2007 | family & friends, kid funnies
Me, to 7-year-old daughter (a.k.a. Drama Queen): Why aren’t you helping your sister fold the clothes? 7-year-old daughter: She told me that she didn’t want my help. . . (dramatic pause) and I am SIMPLY DEVASTATED! (Imagine how Anne of Green Gables would...
