Saturday, November 8th, 2008 « A Mother’s Journal

A Hundred Dresses, Books Galore

By Lynn, on November 8th, 2008%

You may have tangible wealth untold.
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be –
I had a mother who read to me.

Strickland Gillilan

Lucky me. 25 cents. An excellent book that is on my current list of must-reads. Don’t you just love old books?

One of our rituals is bedtime reading. We may travel to Europe before we go to sleep. We may tame a wild animal or two. Sometimes we make a new friend before we close our eyes. Often we learn of someone who lived and endured hardships to make the world a better place.

Libraries make me giddy. I shall never have enough books. My favorite room to think about creating is my someday library. If it comes to pass, it will have bright buttery-yellow walls, large windows, floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, two overstuffed chairs for me and Hubby, and little rocking chairs for (fingers crossed) grandchildren.

Now. Let’s turn off the electronic noise and go read.

Lynn

I am the mother of four delightful children: a 23-year-old son, a 20-year-old son, a 17-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly 13-year-old daughter. I share an apartment home with my 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. My little home on the internet is called Rose Cottage because of my love for gardening, roses, and all things romantic and Victorian. Welcome.

I'm a North Carolina girl and I love sharing North Carolina links and information. I do medical transcription from home. My hobbies include making sweet little dolls from clay who are named and have their own stories to tell. I also make old-fashioned brooches. These are for sale in my Etsy shop.

For 13 years continuously, I homeschooled some or all of our four children, but the time came that our homeschool had to be closed. It was the end of a beautiful chapter in my life. I will always be a strong supporter of homeschooling and I will continue to review books and maintain my homeschool website, The Healthy Homeschool.

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
William Henry Channing
1810-1884