Apron Strings. Some women get up and put on a business suit. Instead, I don my apron. Most mornings, I slip the strings over my head, tie them behind my back. As I search for a name for my little spot here on the web, a conversation with with my son Noah popped into my head. As we were…
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Happy Mother’s Day
On this day I am thankful for my dear mother. I miss you, Mom, and your corny jokes and our visits over morning coffee. On this day I praise God for my husband who tells me “Yes you can and yes you are a good mother to our children”. On this day I give honor to the Author of life…
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The Hidden Art of Homemaking – Chapter 3
Music It is all around us. Songbirds sharing their early morning melodies, the winding whistling through the trees behind our house, the rippling sound of water as it rushes down the creek bed, the rhythm of the washing machine as it thump-thump-thumps our dirty clothing clean, the slap-slap-slap of a toddler’s bare feet as he runs down the hallway to…
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The Hidden Art of Homemaking – Chapter 2
What is Hidden Art? You’ll find it in the Beauty of the ‘everyday’. In the ‘mundane’. When we step into an art gallery, we expect to see beauty. When we walk through a rose garden in full bloom, we expect to see beauty. When we pick up fashion and decorating magazines we expect to see beauty. But is that the…
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The Hidden Art of Homemaking – Chapter 1
The First Artist The first chapter of The Hidden Art of Homemaking (by Edith Schaeffer) is quite the introduction to a very inspiring book. It is most definitely not a step-by-step, detailed, how-to manual about household tasks such as sweeping, ironing, dusting, etc. Mrs. Schaeffer gets right to the heart of the matter, the heart of the home, the…
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