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Category: Red Chair Moments

Grace for the Growing Pains

March 9, 2020 April Dawn White april dawn White, Family, Fire Starters, parenting, Red Chair Moments
Grace for Growing Pains by April Dawn White

My storage closet was the unlikely location for God to offer grace for the current growing pains of parenting. But there among the Christmas décor and old high school yearbooks, God whispered to my aching

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Dad: The Strong but Silent Type

June 10, 2019 April Dawn White Fire Starters, parenting, Red Chair Moments
Strong but Silent Type

“My dad is stronger than your dad.” “Oh yeah!” “Yeah!” “My dad is so strong; he can wrestle an alligator with his left arm while hitting a home run with his right arm. Beat that!”

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One Defiant Daffodil

April 9, 2018 April Dawn White Fire Starters, Red Chair Moments
One Defiant Daffodil

Written by April Dawn White The air was thick with the threat of rain. The overcast sky and dreary weather mimicked my Monday morning mood. As I backed out of the garage, something caught my attention.

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Winter: A Time to Rest

January 8, 2018 April Dawn White Fire Starters, Red Chair Moments, Rest, Trust, Waiting
A Time to Rest

Frigid temperatures and biting winds ravage the mid-West and east coast of the United States. There is no doubting what season we are in— Winter. The name ‘winter’ derives from an old Germanic word meaning

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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

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Remembering the Bedford Boys: The National D-Day Memorial

July 10, 2017 April Dawn White Fire Starters, Holiday, Red Chair Moments
National D-Day Memorial

Nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Valley, lays the unassuming town of Bedford Virginia. This rural community, population of 6,000, is located between Roanoke and Lynchburg and boasts friendly smiles, daily farmers market,

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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

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When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. — James 4:3 (NIV)

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