Since just before the pandemic, my husband and I participated in a weekly small group, couples and individuals, experiencing life together.
We meet weekly, rotating houses and serving dinner for one another. The fun part is we are all different ages and in various stages of life.
Two babies were born last year and this group has even championed my daughter in her high school years. In fact, she wrote one of her college entrance essays on this group and how she has learned the art of how to agree and disagree while still loving each other.
There are many things I am grateful for, this being way high at the top. As we have encountered the last four years, through the challenges of pandemics and storms, we have knit ourselves together and grew in number.
The theme of conversation has varied over the years, learning and sharing our faith, most certainly tackling hard conversations. Over the summer, we decided to begin a new book focused on serving in our own neighborhoods. When Helene and Milton hit, we had not yet started.