Monthly Archives: February 2019

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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