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The last hurrah of summer ♥️ This has been one of The last hurrah of summer ♥️ This has been one of the fullest (and hottest) summers in many years
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I started writing a post last week called “things I started writing a post last week called “things I don’t want to be remembered for”. It didn’t quite feel finished, and so I left it in my drafts to ponder over. But recent tragedy makes this all the more timely a topic to consider. This is a call to memento mori: consider your life, because you will be remembered for something. What do you want to be remembered for?
Do you ever place unnecessary expectations on your Do you ever place unnecessary expectations on yourself in your role as a mother or homemaker? ♥️
The Homemaker’s Booklist 📚💕 If you want to learn The Homemaker’s Booklist 📚💕

If you want to learn about homemaking but aren’t sure where to start, these books contain a wealth of information!!

Titles in this video: 

Home Management Plain and Simple by Kim Brenneman 

The Summa Domestica, Volumes 1-3 (Home Culture, Education, and Housekeeping) by Leila Marie Lawler

Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity From a Consumer Culture by Shannon Hayes 

The Christian Homemaker’s Handbook, edited by Pat Ennis and Dorothy Kelley Patterson 

The Life Giving Home: Creating a Place of Belonging and Becoming by Sally and Sarah Clarkson 

Please note: Although these titles contain wonderful homemaking content, I may not necessarily agree with all of the views/beliefs held by the authors of the books featured in this video. Please read with your own discretion!

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A reminder for mothers 💕♥️ A reminder for mothers 💕♥️
Rosebuds in spring are red And Valentines are swe Rosebuds in spring are red 
And Valentines are sweet -
There's a baby girl 
That we're waiting to meet!! 
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We are looking forward to the birth of our daughter, Bethany (ベサにー)! ♥️

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