“When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. […]
“The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family.” -Mother Teresa Hefting my heavy-weight one year old on my hip, we lined up and filed into the back door of our church this past Sunday. The weather was cold and wind bit at our ears. […]
Hello, my friends! Thank you for taking the time to enter the giveaway of Mrs. White’s book giveaway … Using random.org, the winner is #33: “Lori-Anne – I found you today after being directed from Mrs. White to your blog. I look forward to reading your posts and would enjoy the opportunity to […]
Miss Mason says, “if mothers could learn to do for themselves, what they do for their children . . . we would have happier households. She recommends that mothers go out to play “. . . take a day, or a half a day, out in the fields, or with a favorite book, or in […]
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” -Jane Austen The {pink} phone in the kitchen rang, briefly interrupting our morning homeschool reading hour … it was my husband, letting me know he would not be home for dinner … he was needed at the funeral home until at least 9:30 p.m. […]
