MOTHERHOOD

"About every true mother there is a sancity of martyrdom-
and when she is no more in the body, her children see her with
the ring of light around her head."

Godey's Lady's Book, 1867

THE ART OF DOMESTIC BLISS

.....in a time lacking in certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of it's lost heart. -Louise Bogan
“And there are my children!
My darling, precious children!
For their sakes I am continually constrained
to seek after an amended, a sanctified life;
what I want them to become
I must become myself”.

~ Elizabeth Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Organize this Spring with a Handy Home Made Plaque






I saw this crafty idea awhile ago. Spring seemed like the perfect time to make it, since getting organized is part of my Spring Cleaning. You can make these with any number of words or names on them. And there are a ton of options for using them. Here is a few ideas I had. I made one for clipping up Lily's Chore Chart and one for her hair bows to clip onto. I am making one more for her current art work display. You can make shopping lists or hang pictures...I'm sure you can think of something. There is a number of ways to get creative with this....just have fun!


Paint the clothes pin



Paint the plaque.


Paint the edge.

Glue on clothes pin.

Glue on decorations.


Stick on letter.

Glue on ribbon.

Enjoy!




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An Island of Security....A Mother at Home

Very largely does the wife hold in her hands, as a sacred trust, the happiness and the highest good of the hearts that nestle there. In the last analysis, home happiness depends on the wife.
  • Her spirit gives the home its atmosphere.
  • Her hands fashion its beauty.
  • Her heart makes its love.
And the end is so worthy, so noble, so divine, that no woman who has been called to be a wife, and has listened to the call, should consider any price too great to pay, to be . . .

the light,
the joy,
the blessing,
the inspiration,
of a home.

The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies.

A true mother is one of the holiest secrets of home happiness.

God sends many beautiful things to this world,

many noble gifts;

but no blessing is richer than that which He bestows

in a mother

who has learned love's lessons well,

and has realized something of the meaning

of her sacred calling.










~ J. R. Miller, "Secrets of Happy Home Life, 1894" ~

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