by Dawn Camp | Mar 14, 2020 | (in)courage, motherhood
When a topic pops up continually in conversation or often catches my attention online, I wonder if it’s the Holy Spirit nudging me to write about it for others who are in the same place. Many of my friends and I are parenting teens, with fewer years of children living...
by Dawn Camp | Feb 7, 2020 | (in)courage
Recently, three friends and I joined thousands of buyers and sellers at the Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market, one of the world’s largest wholesale shows. We received guest passes, and although our name badges identified us as exhibitors, really...
by Dawn Camp | Jun 15, 2019 | (in)courage
The older my kids get — my youngest turns fourteen this month — the more I try to imagine what our empty nest years will look like. Because we spread the births of our eight children over nineteen years, we will have lived with children at home for at least...
by Dawn Camp | Jan 12, 2018 | (in)courage
Our heads bowed, our eyes closed. One final prayer and then the singing school our family attends each summer would come to an end. But I was startled by the minister’s words. After all, I’d never heard the phrase “hate my guts” used in prayer, much less in one at...
by Dawn Camp | Jul 19, 2016 | (in)courage
I drive down the road enjoying a rare moment when I control the radio in spite of a car full of kids. My taste runs toward 80s, jazz, and the Avett Brothers, while my kids’ tastes veer (sadly) in other directions. Control of the radio dial involves a battle of...
