What Makes a House a Home?

This post was most recently updated on September 10th, 2018What makes a house a home?  This is a question I ponder quite a bit.  Admittedly, I think about it most frequently when I’m feeling frustrated with our tiny, old house.   But I want to share with you my thoughts on the subject, because I think the distinction is important. House vs. Home: Words to Consider As defined in the dictionary, a house is a “building for human habitation.” Continue Reading

Inner Peace Through Laundry

This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015It’s laundry day at my house. Actually, every day is laundry day because I have four kids, a husband and a dog – dirty clothes seem to propagate all on their own around here. But there’s usually one day a week when I do a full sweep of every hamper in the house and execute one big laundry bonanza. So today is that laundry day. I Continue Reading