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Beauty Shop Mentoring

June 11, 2018 April Dawn White april dawn White, Fire Starters

Mom set up her beauty shop in 1974. The aroma of perm solution infused with coffee and laughter permeated my childhood. Mom’s beauty shop, located in walkout basement of our home, was the setting for my formidable

Generosity: The Ripple Effect

December 11, 2017 April Dawn White april dawn White, Fire Starters

“I found it! I found it!” I exclaimed. My family looked at me with strange curiosity as I held up the book Charlotte’s Webb. This book, along with a ceramic Care Bear, is my most

Stuck at Nine: Cultivate a Grateful Heart

November 13, 2017 April Dawn White april dawn White, Fire Starters, Holiday, parenting, Red Chair Moments, Thankfulness, thanksgiving

While over five and a half years have passed since I wrote this article, the message of cultivating a grateful heart is timeless. (Our son is now a freshman in high school and only a

Father’s Voice

April 11, 2016 April Dawn White april dawn White, Father's Voice, Fire Starters, Red Chair Moments, Soccer

The sideline referee shouts, “Minute and a half left in the game.” A sideline father yells, “Son, we’ve got time for one more.” Smiling at the thought, I shield my eyes from the morning