By The Fireside: The Toy that Lasted a Day

By The Fireside

Who hasn’t sat around a campfire and watched how firelight changes the faces that surround the glowing embers? There is something so mysterious and lovely about the dancing flames and the charcoaled smoke as it rises into the evening sky. The flames - the light - transform ordinary logs of wood into a picturesque bonfire. As indigo ash whispers through the night air, we breathe in a new aroma, resigning ourselves to the blaze.

When we think about community, we often reflect upon the wonderful times we've shared by a fireside...a warm hearth in a friend's home, Christmas morning with precious family, or sweet sharing and song around a bonfire. Perhaps this vision most reminds us of our great cloud of witnesses; the inspiration behind this page. As we share our stories & photographs here, our hope is that we may renew, refresh, and rekindle our friendships by this fireside...

Kenny & Jenn Sinclair

"...if my fire is not large, it is yet real, and there may be those who can light their candle at its flame." — A. W. Tozer, foreword to The Pursuit of God

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The Toy that Lasted a Day

I passed this delightful toy perusing the pet aisles at Target and found I could not, in fact, go home without it. The abdomen has a squeaker, the wings are stuffed with some sort of crinkly plastic that makes noise, and the head and bottom of the bug have a rope toy to chew on. It was a hit...for 4 full hours. Currently, it's in 4 pieces, but all in all, it was totally worth it, and made my girls quite happy for its short-lived existence here in the Sinclair household. Thank you, darling colorful bug!

Leona gnawing in ecstasy...