Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune. ~Andrew Carnegie
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Quote of the Day –Carnegie
Posted in Family, parenting, tagged Carnegie, children, parents on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How you feel in your home
Posted in Decor, Family, Happiness, Home, tagged architecture, Beauty, bedroom, house, life on July 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Think of how you feel when you walk into a neon-lit McDonald’s on some busy city corner, versus how you feel walking into a cool, silent Catholic cathedral in a quiet Italian city. There is a profound difference, isn’t there? Our surroundings affect us in a subtle but powerful way.
This is one reason, I [...]
Quote of the Day
Posted in Family, Happiness, parenting, tagged children, parenting, wisdom on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let your yes be yes, and your no be no. –Jesus Christ
To follow that, is wisdom. It extends into all areas of life. It is especially important in parenting, to give children the security of knowing what to expect from a parent, and to instill in them a quiet respect for their parents who keep [...]
The final decision
Posted in Family, Home, tagged houses on March 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It was a great day yesterday, looking at houses. My parents joined us, since they were in town on a business trip.
1. The first house had the perfect yard, but needed many updates –which would be fine, if the price were lower. We could not justify buying such a spacious place with $800 in heating [...]
Difficult Decision
Posted in Family, Happiness, tagged choices, Family, Respect on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My husband really doesn’t like my top choice in houses. He says the house is too big. (It’s in the top left corner of the photo collage in the “Choices, choices” post.)
So, out of respect for him, I called our agent and canceled our appointment to look at the house tomorrow. It fell very hard [...]
Rewards
Posted in Family, parenting, tagged Dr Laura, grades, parenting, school on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a great piece, taken right out of Dr.Laura’s blog:
The Health section of The New York Times on March 2 debated the usefulness of bribing school children with money, toys, candy and electronic gizmos to have them attain better grades. When I was in school, it was cute stickers and the pride of getting [...]
Fear Not
Posted in Family, Home, tagged fear, house buyers on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Prospective buyers recently came through our house. The loved it; they wanted it to be “the one”, but they had one major problem: their 6 (SIX) year old was frightened by the steep stairs up to the third floor attic (which has been remodeled and is our prime play room now). Their agent, incidentally, works [...]
Only Truly Ours
Posted in Family, Home, Marriage, tagged death, Family, Friends, love on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When was the last time you were unusually, unnecessarily kind and honoring to your spouse, child, or parent? Why is it sometimes easier to be gentle with a friend, patient with a grocery clerk and funny with the bartender than with your family?
Last week an old friend of the family was killed in a car [...]
No TV
Posted in Family, Happiness, Home, Society, tagged Health, television, waste on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I cannot think of a greater wasteland than television. We don’t have TV, and never will. It isn’t that we are saving time by not having TV; it’s that everyone else is wasting theirs. I really don’t know how others get things done in life when so much time goes down the drain tube.
The research [...]
A Time for Everything
Posted in Family, Happiness, tagged balance, rest, schedules on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1
Time is “everything” these days. We have “no time for anything”, and yet we are constantly filling up the available time with more activities and “good” things. At some point, if we are not careful to consciously [...]
