Our church building is located on a large property with a beautiful grove of trees. People often hold wedding receptions there and church members are responsible for its maintenance. In the winter, we shovel. In the summer, we weed. And in the fall, we rake.
Leaves, in case you are not aware, are allegedly a great source of nutrients for some people’s pumpkin patches.
As we were leaving church on Sunday, the kids and I started walking to the car while Jamie made a beeline in the opposite direction. At first, I had no idea what he was doing.
And then I saw the bags of recently raked leaves in the garbage.
Me (beckoning across the parking lot): “Jamie, you are wearing your suit. Get out of that dumpster!!!!”
Friend Dawn who was walking by at the time: “Are things really that bad at home, Amber?”
Me: “You have no idea.”
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