Gathered Around
Dear Church, Last night we didn't have normal Wednesday night services, but instead this whole week we as a church have been gathering in different homes across the city for a meal together. For the Brown household, we hosted last night in our backyard. I affectionately called my own house the “children” group because the adults were vastly outnumbered. Our yard became overrun with 9 joyful kiddos as we borrowed tables and chairs from the church so everyone could fit. It w
Turtles
For nearly ten years growing up I had a fifty gallon aquarium tank in my bedroom that was the home for two turtles, a painted turtle named Leonardo and a red-eared slider named Tiger. Leo was the first and probably the total number of turtles my parents envisioned me having, but Tiger soon joined after being liberated from a turtle smuggling ring trying to pass through the airport in Atlanta (yes, this sentence is true). My mom’s friends whose son worked at the airport sent T
