Author Archives: Gigi

The Rescued Pump Organ: The Parlour {Part 1}

Beauty is as necessary to the spirit as food and clothing are to the body. Fortunately, beauty is easy to invite into any home, for beauty has many faces. What is beautiful to you? What makes you smile or your spirit soar? That is the beauty that should surround you in your home, and it […]

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A Great Work

          “Your children are the greatest gift God will give you and their souls the heaviest responsibility he will place in your hands. Take time with them, and teach them to have faith in God. Be a person in whom they can have faith. When you are old, nothing else you’ve […]

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Autumn’s Smile

“Oh, Marilla,” she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it? Look at these maple branches. Don’t they give you a thrill—several thrills? […]

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Beauty of the Soul

“A desire to be beautiful is not unwomanly. A woman who is not beautiful cannot properly fill her place. But, mark you, true beauty is not of the face, but of the soul. There is a beauty so deep and lasting that it will shine out of the homeliest face and make it comely.  This […]

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A Boy & His Dog

A boy and his dog make a glorious pair: No better friendship is found anywhere, For they talk and they walk and they run and they play, And they have their deep secrets for many a day; And that boy has a comrade who thinks and who feels, Who walks down the road with a […]

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