31 Days of Real Life Archives

31 Days of Real Life: What is the Source of Your Joy?

by Dawn Camp | Oct 24, 2011 | 31 Days of Real Life, faith

I started my morning worrying about three aspects of our Relevant trip: a sponsored car, two pair of pants I should have had hemmed before now, and something I needed to pick up in Atlanta (not a quick, easy drive). I needed to be “on” and productive, but...

31 Days of Real Life: Who Do You Represent?

by Dawn Camp | Oct 23, 2011 | 31 Days of Real Life

While driving into Atlanta for Bloggy Boot Camp, I had the thought that I “represented” (in)courage there. One thing I’ve learned in blogging is never to assume that another blogger has ever heard of or read you or any site that you’re...

31 Days of Real Life: Be Kind IRL (in real life)

by Dawn Camp | Oct 22, 2011 | 31 Days of Real Life

Tonight at the pre-conference party for Bloggy Boot Camp Atlanta, I enjoyed hanging out talking with Meghan and Bernice. Meghan is a relatively new Atlanta blogging acquaintance—so sweet—and Bernice is an old friend from pre-blogging days. Another lady, alone, walked...

31 Days of Real Life: The Lasting Effect of Memory Work

by Dawn Camp | Oct 20, 2011 | 31 Days of Real Life, homeschooling

Do you realize that those crazy rugrats running around your house have an amazing capacity for memorization? Don’t squander it! I wrote about it almost exactly 2 years ago, but the lesson was driven home to me again today by an example from my own childhood. I...

31 Days of Real Life: You are More Than Your Stats

by Dawn Camp | Oct 19, 2011 | 31 Days of Real Life

I’d be lying if I said blogging doesn’t make me feel like I’m still in high school sometimes. Not the good parts—being young and healthy and able to eat whatever I want without gaining weight—but the ugly stuff: insecurities, doubts. Documenting...

31 Days of Real Life: The Lord Provides

by Dawn Camp | Oct 18, 2011 | 31 Days of Real Life, faith

One day a week I teach five subjects to a class of homeschool sophomores. This is my second year so I’ve done it all before, but sometimes things still slip up on me. On the way to church I realized that we’re studying mold—bread or cheese—under a...