Happy Mother’s Day to all moms everywhere! (This especially includes my own.)
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Diving In
On the island, the ocean isn’t the only thing meant for diving in. After a push, the sand by the deck becomes, for some, the beach’s new trampoline park. In the end, the only thing it doesn’t have is the bounce. I guess when you’re a kid, you don’t really need the bounce.
Things I Love About Island Living: #15
This time of year, I love the thin layer of water that remains on the surface of the sand at low tide. By Southern standards, the Atlantic may still be a bit cool for swimming, but by Baby-Girl standards, it’s perfect for everything else. For other things to love about island living, see # 1, […]
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April on the Island
I’ve written about the wild life we have here on the Carolina coast, about animals I’ve never seen in Chicago, like alligators, dolphins, geckos, crabs that invade our garage (and sometimes our house), roaches water bugs palmetto bugs that are an unavoidable aspect of coastal living in the South, and even the corn snake that […]
This Easter
Nearly two thousand years ago, Christ died…and then rose from death to life again. But that isn’t where the story ended. A few days later, he appeared in a home and, instead of chastising a man for needing to touch to believe, he gave him what he needed. I am so grateful for his death […]
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Coffee with Christine: My Current First Draft Lifestyle
Grab your java while I jabber. For starters, have you all seen this week’s Facebook post with a picture of a dog lying limply on the floor? It reads, “I can’t adult today. Please don’t make me adult today.†I’m by nature a tangential thinker, so of course my mind went to a place where […]