Gifts of Home

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My darling, that wild boy who captured my heart long ago,

Read my last weeks words from a distant and decided upon his return he was going to love me with 
an awfully generous gift!
A set of lovely newness to warm our nook of living. 

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My gratefulness curls here with my babies watching the sky and trees meet imaginations.
 I sit awhile and talk sweet treasures over distant lines to that wild boy who always seems farther away then I like.
When the house finally hushes, my evenings find rest with tea and those books that have become companions.

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In these transitions days one of these dear friends has been a constant.

Lines and lines of simple wisdoms that draw me yet again to awareness that home is a sanctuary and should be sensitively cared for,

the everyday ordinary encased in splendour.

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Homes absorb immense amounts of time and energy.
This effort is satisfying if one has a balanced schedule and can cover the essentials without too much stress. Essentials include the extras to the everyday round that is part of human life-the celebrations, reunions, disappointments, depressions, sickness, disasters.

Homes work best when someone is the contented keeper of home life.

Homemaker is a good description. It really is worth giving full attention to this vital task.

Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

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Couches and Pillows are lovely details

But they are only the back drops to the loveliness of life.

Fully lived through the blessed gift of home.

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