“Whatever parents may do for their children,
they should at least make their childhood sunny and tender.
Their young lives are so delicate that harshness may mar their beauty forever,
and so sensitive that every influence that falls upon them leaves a trace,
which grows into the character as a grace or blemish.
A happy childhood stores away sunshine in the chambers of the heart
which brightens the life to its close. ”
J.R. Miller – Home-Making
When all the children are out playing on the green grass, the goats are not being naughty and eating my prized plants, the happy hens are laying lovely eggs …
the load of laundry, freshly washed and dried on the outdoor line, has been folded and tucked away …
… when the dinner is simmering in the crockpot and the apple pie and fresh baked bread is cooling on the Hoosier …
{pie made by our 11 year old}
… when the girls help me plant a few tiny lilac trees around our dinner patio and Peaceful Porch (I will explain this one later) …
when my baby boy gives me sloppy kisses and clings to me like a little leech …
when the girls come up muddy from their adventure in a nearby creek (ew, we now know what a drowned muskrat looks like – ugh!) and when the sunkissed little ones find crystal droplets of water absolutely fascinating …
… all is right in my world.
by Gigi
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