C. S. Lewis wrote, “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are…like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too…

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Beautiful Crystal Coast morning George Burns once commented, “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family…in another city.” Not so for the Curkins and the Browns on June 8, a beautiful Crystal Coast morning. These families exude a happiness that truly defines the meaning of the word “family.” Their laughter with (and at) one…

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“Once upon a time we were kids.” I wrote the words below over a dozen years ago. And I was reminded of them recently when Beaufort Photography Co. photographed the Benza family. Once upon a time we were kids “In 1974 I was ten years old. And every day had but a single focus –…

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Beach Family Fun Having lived on the Crystal Coast for almost five years now, I’ve become a local in how I view the year. There is Labor Day to Memorial Day (roughly September to May). And there is Memorial Day to Labor Day (roughly May to September). It’s during the latter (May to September) that…

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