Category Archives: Around the Home

To the {Future} Tea Parties

A true home is one of the most sacred of places. It is a sanctuary into which men flee from the world’s perils and alarms. It is a resting-place to which at close of day the weary retire to gather new strength for the battle and toils of tomorrow. It is the place where love […]

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Escape from Nap Time

“If I have not the patience of my Saviour with the souls who grow slowly; if I know little of travail (a sharp and painful thing) till Christ be fully formed in them, then I know nothing of Calvary’s love.” ~ Amy Carmichael       “He’s out of bed again,” I said, eyeing my husband, […]

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A Simple Monday to Begin the Week

I’m sitting in my creaky rocking chair beside our back room, my granny blanket laid over the back to stop the draft, and a cup of hot tea sitting beside me. It’s quiet time in our house now. My two boys are napping and the girls are here at my feet, listening to a Pippi […]

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A Piece of Family History

When my family first moved into our old country farmhouse four years ago, I was so delighted to find out the kitchen (which was in need of much repair and a major facelift) would indeed fit my beloved Hoosier cabinet …   Gifted to me by my Great Aunt Marie a few years earlier, this […]

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Learn to Carry On

  “… Mrs. March got her wet things off, her warm slippers on, and sitting down in the easy chair, drew Amy to her lap, preparing to enjoy the happiest hour of her busy day. The girls flew about, trying to make things comfortable, each in her own way. Meg arranged the tea table, Jo […]

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