If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder... he needs someone who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in. ~Rachel Carson
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Summer, the season of garden and production!
Children are meant to get dirty.
They are made to play in the dirt and explore.
To find welcomed friends among the garden beds
then place them in an old canning jar.
Summer is for bare feet running
about the yard chasing butterflies and dragonflies.
Capturing the innocence of long drawn days of
summer should be on our to do list.
Because we cannot get these days back.
Our children are gifts from God. Each day that we are given is a gift. I like to believe that as we are busy planning our gardens...much as my father did when he would sow his summer wheat, barley and alfalfa, we too are like the farmer he was~
planting our rows of corn,
sowing our summer squash,
watching with anticipation for the beans to wind up the pole,
happily (with an excitement for-dare I say-fall's arrival) sowing our pumpkins,
earnestly staking our tomato plants in good hope it will produce huge crop.
We sow our seeds with the joy of autumns harvest at seasons end.
~The person who sows
seeds of kindness
enjoys a perpetual harvest. ~Author Unknown
As "mother hens", we need to so sow a good harvest for our children and families as well.
A harvest that produces strong, God fearing, loving,
sensitive, ethical, moral, leaders who follow our Father's footsteps.
Proud children who call America the beautiful their home and desire the roots of good old fashioned home goodness.
Our children live in a world that flows out selfishness and greed.
But the home fire can still burn with in our own homes.
We can sow words of affirmation rather than words of defamation.
Words of encouragement
Expressions of admiration
Words passed on that lift the little hearts around you
Kindness through the lips of endearment and love.
We can break our children by the very words from our mouths or we can build them up by the love expressed through our lips.
~May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, my rock and my redeemer.~
Each day we are given the opportunity to bless our families by the kind words we choose to say and by the actions we make.
We can show our family how much we love and appreciate them in so many ways.
By taking on the responsibility of a home maker, we are given the opportunity to bless them with home cooked meals, home made crafts, teaching our girls how to set the table, showing our boys how to take out the trash, demonstrating to our children the importance of keeping their bedrooms clean and tidy, how to pick up after ones self, incorporating His word into our daily lives.
There are countless ways to bless your
family and show them just how much you truly love and care!
I have read in numerous places the very importance dinner around the table is. To sit among your family at dinner time, whether your children are young or old is the best "home schooling" one can gain for learning simple interactions and conversation.
The highest form
of
wisdom is kindness. Linda Berman
I remember as a young girl, having grown up around Italian grandparents, in and out of their restaurant whether eating our meals there, in their home or in my parents home, we always ate around the dinning room table. Grandma always laid out her favorite white linen cloth, set out the table ware and silver ware~ and there we would enjoy a home cooked meal. Having spent most of my childhood as the only child among adults I learned to sit and listen, as they discussed matters far too advanced for my little ears. But none the less, I learned (and enjoyed learning) the delight of relaxing and eating around the table while enjoying the company in which you were with.
Today it seems we are too busy. Too busy bustling children from one activity to another. Coming home after a long day of bustling and rushing. Exhausted after meeting too many expectations and commitments. I understand how easy this can become the daily routine of our lives. I too, have fallen short and became disgruntled and short tempered after a long day of "to-do's".
A kind heart is a fountain
of gladness, making
everything around it
fresh with smiles. ~Washington Irving
But although many of us earn a living
away from home or even in the home,
I believe it is still just as important to preserve yesterdays past.
Preserving the responsibility
of taking care of our
family much like we preserve the goodness and sweetness
of summers
strawberries and peaches.
By doing so, one will most definitely
reap a bountiful harvest that
will bless you and yours
for years to come!
So, pour yourself a delicious ice cold glass of
sweet iced tea...
take a walk with your love... when the sun is setting and the air is thinning,
and keep those home fires burning!
Preserve your summer and continue on making
those memories.
~How we spend our days is of
course, how we live our lives.~ Ann Dillard
In a season of gardening it's important to be sowing seeds that will bring about a bountiful harvest. Sewing seeds of love and encouragement.
Seeds of kind words and a joyful ear.
Instilling in our children the meaningfulness that all this life has to offer!
Blessings,
Juleianna
