Life In The Freeze
When I think back on some of my favorite childhood memories, there is one in particular that comes to mind. I was probably in my early teens at the time, and the church I attended back then was having a Family Fun Day at one of the local lakes. It was in the dead of winter, so all of the activities centered around ice and snow. Some people went cross-country skiing around the lake while others went sledding. One dad even built an igloo with his two little boys! The church had rented the large lakeside cabin for the day, so board games and steaming crockpots of chili and soup awaited everyone inside, along with a roaring fire, when the outdoor chill became too much. For some reason, this memory has stuck with me. One part especially... A friend had loaned me a pair of ice skates that his daughters had outgrown years before and someone that day had cleared a part of the frozen lake so people could skate if they chose. I had only been on the ice rink a few times before that, an...
