Unbridled joy… that’s what you get when you mix a snow day, ice-coated mountain driveway, and a run with a 10-year-old. My daughter’s face lit up when I posed the idea of going for a run on this icy day home from school. “This will be pretty funny, mom.” And it was. The laughter erupted…
Month: January 2013
Brian graduated to the age of our Teen Expeditions. His growth as a learner, a leader, and a contributor shone brighter and brighter with each trip. It was years later Brian moved the room giving a speech at the wedding of one of his Adventure Links mentors—there was not a dry eye in the house….
I had absolutely no idea just how many hundreds of lives would be changed with that fateful phone call on a beautiful Spring morning over a decade ago. It was a mother, an unbelievably committed, energetic, and wise mother looking for a summer camp program for her son. Little did I know that our conversation…
January 1, 2013
Anna Birch
Sometimes you just have no idea how powerful a role your child plays in another child’s life. It seemed like just another one of many play dates for my 5th grade daughter recently but this one ended quite differently! The light conversation with her friend’s mother quickly gained depth and speed when we began sharing about our…