by Ashley Larkin | Sep 21, 2016 | Celebration, Childhood, Community, Faith, Fear
We gathered on a rainy Saturday afternoon at the visitor’s center for a hike to Terry Riley Bridge and the ceremony that would take place there. As rain fell and mud mucked, second grade Daisy scouts anticipated becoming Brownies. Under raincoats, the girls wore...
by Ashley Larkin | May 14, 2015 | Childhood, Favorite posts, Gratitude, Perspective
Life rarely works this way, in full circles. But when it does, just glory. Let me tell you. In mid-April, I served as the speaker for a women’s church retreat at a camp called Twin Rocks. This was my fourth time at Twin Rocks, a beautiful gathering of cabins,...
by Ashley Larkin | Nov 6, 2014 | Childhood, Hope, Risk-taking, Surrender
It’s September, and I am weaving through the classroom, sidling up beside kids one at a time. Lala is my third child enjoying kindergarten with Ms. Foster, and so for the third school year, I have the privilege of assisting this wondrously talented veteran...
by Ashley Larkin | Oct 30, 2014 | Childhood, Faith, Perspective, Through the eyes of my children
{And the winner of “Playdates with God: Having a Childlike Faith in a Grown-Up World” is…LORI HARRIS!} Today my daughter, “Sici” (nickname pronounced “See-See”) writes about what it means for her to preserve her childlike...
by Ashley Larkin | Oct 16, 2014 | Celebration, Childhood, Faith, Giveaway, Perspective, Poetry, Risk-taking, Surrender
If you’d like a gentle hello each time I post new, please subscribe at the sidebar or tab along the top, or Like Draw Near Blog on Facebook. I’m always so thankful that you choose to join me here. Dirty napkins, homework packets, sticky jam spots, markers,...
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