In my last newsletter, I mentioned my family was going camping. It was a crazy weekend. After helping set up the camper, I had to take my daughter to her dance picture day. Since she had to return to the studio the following morning, we didn't go camping that night. When we finally returned to the campground Saturday morning, we learned our family had befriended the family at the neighboring campsite. The kids got along great and we had a fantastic time.
Saturday afternoon, the two families decided to head to the beach. While we were packing our wagon, the guy next door mentioned they live near the beach.
Us too!
After a few minutes of conversation, we realized we were both talking about the same beach! That's right. They live about a mile away from us, shorter as the crow flies. The husband even organizes an annual 5K that runs right by our street. We couldn't believe it! Needless to say, we made sure to exchange phone numbers to arrange playdates over the summer.
Believe it or not, this was not our greatest "It's a small world" experience. One year, we were standing in line at an ice cream shop in Maine. The family in front of us were friends from the homeschool co-op we had joined a few months earlier. Our children were in the same classes! Turns out, we both had family in the area and liked to visit the same week.
But camping next to people who live less than a mile away is definitely a close second!
How about you?
Have you ever been on vacation had a small world experience?
Hartfield Chronicles
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Hartfield Chronicles is taking a break. But stay tuned! New episodes are coming in August!
Hartfield Chronicles follows the lives of Melinda, Pat, and their friends as they navigate their way through boarding school life. Each episode features two stories, one from Melinda's point of view and one from Pat's, along with an excerpt from Melinda's writing journal. New episodes are published every Wednesday.
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She’s my best friend’s daughter. She’s forbidden. I can’t live without her.
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Ghost Town
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Willow was like any other teenage girl until a fatal car accident left her an orphan with the ability to see ghosts. Relocating to live with her grandparents, she hoped to lay low to survive the rest of high school and maybe figure out the whole "seeing the dead" thing. But with ghosts popping up in the middle of class, Willow was struggling to keep the gossip at bay. No one thinks you're normal when you get caught having a one-sided conversation alone.
Finding friends isn't easy, but finding enemies is another story. But her curse can also be a gift. She's discovered she can make a difference by helping earth-bound spirits move on. Yet when she meets one in an old abandoned school, she finds she might have met her match. It's not like she has years of experience. She's still been kind of winging it. Can she help him move on or will he be tied to the building forever?
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Dance Romance
Steps of Love Book 1
Career and love which is greater?
Larry Dawson Daisy Spenser - two high school enemies fall for each other as they chase the same career. Larry who never planned to fall in love finds himself falling deeply for his greatest enemy.
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Desperation leads to dangerous choices.
Kendrick felt that he wasn't good enough for his girlfriend, Emma.
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