Florida – Journey to Imagination

Tag: Florida

There Really is Magic at Disney World

Posted on June 24, 2019July 8, 2019 by Laura

Once upon a time---1906, actually---in Marceline, Missouri, there was a splendid cottonwood tree sprawled over one area of a family farm. Leaves rippled with the breezes. Birds basked among the branches. Its shadow brought refuge from blistering hot days. One young boy and his sister regularly escaped to its embrace....Read More

Life is a Beach

Posted on June 17, 2019June 15, 2019 by Laura

My husband Tim once took our girls to Florida a week ahead of my joining them. Kaia and Audrey, ages 7 and 5, claimed they never got out of their swimsuits, not once. In the mornings, they went from bed straight into the motel pool, then the ocean---stopping only to...Read More

Monday Metaphor Musings #6: It’s So Cold

Posted on March 11, 2019March 7, 2019 by Laura

Here’s my gripe about Florida people. If you’re one of them, take this with a grain of salt. Literally--sidewalk salt for ice. Or with a few snowflakes . . . Up here in frigid Wisconsin, my husband Tim and I send texts about the weather to our Florida relatives. Something...Read More