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

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Going Green in the Bathroom for Earth Day


Top Tips for Greening Your Bathroom


Navy Style: No, we're not suggesting anything to do with military interventions. Rather, this is your chance to reduce your water use from 60 gallons per shower to 3 gallons per shower. It's simple: hop in, get wet, turn off the water while soaping up, and then rinse clean.


Clean Green: Perhaps no room getting dirtier than the bathroom. This doesn't mean you have to reach for toxic cleaners. Green, earth-friendly products will get the job done—without the nasty side effects.


Don't Rush the Flush: Do you know what you're flushing? Yes, we're talking about toilet paper. According to the National Resources Defense Council, If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber toilet paper (500 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 423,900 trees.


Did You Know?


21% of household water use comes from the shower


26% of household water use comes from flushing the toilet, they now make energy efficient toilets.


The average American uses 80 gallons of water a day. The rest of the world, on average, uses 2.5 gallons
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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" ~