The Art of Homekeeping

     All of us carry in our hearts and minds the image of our ideal home, realized or not. It is a place where we feel we belong, a rightness, at-homeness, a knitting together of self and world.  Home is a place to become yourself, to rest and surrender all pretense. Home is the place where you can restore your mind, body and soul.  It is a source of emotional nourishment.  It's where you can close a door and open your heart.
     We often take our homes for granted.  But when we steep ourselves in our home, a deep sense of place begins to emerge.  Life becomes more meaningful.  We begin to have a greater spiritual awareness of what our home is and should be.  Perhaps that our most inspiring thoughts is that our homes, if we are to live well in them, require and deserve a lifetime of the most careful attention.  A home absorbs care taking like a sponge.  All the hours we spend tending to it are never in vain, for everything we give to our home, is in turn, given back to us.  Our homes will be only as generous and nurturing as the effort we invest in them.

"Home is the definition of God." - Emily Dickins


 Recipe for a Happy Home

Half a cup of friendship, and a cup of thoughtfulness, creamed together with a pinch of powdered tenderness, very lightly beaten in a bowl of loyalty with a cup of faith, one of hope, and one of charity.  Be sure to add a spoonful of gaiety that sings, also the ability to laugh at little things.  Moisten with sudden tears of heartfelt sympathy, bake in a good-natured oven and serve repeatedly.