This is day 29 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. Well, it’s been a good run. I’m glad I took this journey with you. And the timing of my trip to Sanibel Island tomorrow couldn’t be better. I’ll be reading Plato on the beach. My life is nothing, if [...]
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This is day 20 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. 1. Keep a list of great recipes. The big question is always, “What should I cook?” Isn’t that the bane of the existence of every mother? Don’t you get tired of trying to figure out what to cook? [...]
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This is day 27 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. When we listen to another, we catch a slight glimpse of their soul. We create an open page where they are free to write their story. We help people remember who they are. If there is one gift you [...]
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This is day 26 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. You know you’ve raised your kids right when they ask for a square dance party for their 16th birthday. And that’s just what my niece, Hope (or Hope-y, as I call her) asked for. Isn’t she adorable????? And [...]
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This is day 25 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. If I learned anything from being a christian, it’s this—-life is full of beautiful paradox. Nothing is as it seems. The first shall be last. You must die to live. Lose your life to find it. Give and you [...]
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This is day 24 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. I invited myself over to Tammy’s house (hospitality in reverse) to bake bread last week. Tammy is a dear friend, a fellow homeschooler, an amazing cook and homemaker and the poster child for hospitality. She is raising the [...]
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This is day 23 in a 31 day series on hospitality. This series has been converted to ebook format and can purchased here. You wanna know what love smells like? You do, don’t you? It’s the smell of homemade bread baking. I don’t know if there’s anyway to love someone more. Unless you add softened butter [...]
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This is day 22 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. I’ve never quite had a baking center like this but it was a priority when we rebuilt our house. I’ve had various versions of one for a long time and here’s the truth of the matter—-if your supplies [...]
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This is day 20 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. “Eating with the fullest pleasure is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with the world. In this pleasure, we experience and celebrate our dependence and our gratitude, for we are living from mystery, from creatures we did not [...]
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This is day 20 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. Since you stocked your pantry and have plenty to drink and all, I figured it was high time we make some food. I’m gonna talk more about my philosophy when it comes to feeding people but suffice it to say, [...]
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This is day 19 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Click here to start from the beginning. I’ve never had a beverage bar before but it’s been on my wish list for a long time. So, when we were rebuilding our house, I decided to make it happen. And oh, am I glad I [...]
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This is day 18 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. The title of this post is ‘The Well Stocked Pantry’. The alternate title is, ‘Hello, my name is Edie and I hoard chicken stock.’ I’m not saying I’m a hoarder but what I’m saying is—I like a well [...]
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This is day 17 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. When we were rebuilding our house after the fire, we decided to salvage of few bricks from the old house to use around our hearth. Because suffering remakes us and we didn’t want to forget the winter grace. [...]
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This is day 16 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. I ain’t gonna lie. I’ve got an unhealthy obsession with Texas. Maybe it stems from watching too many Dallas Cowboys’ football games with my brother as a child. Maybe it’s because I subscribe to the motto, “Go [...]
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This is day 18 in a 31 day series on hospitality. Start from the beginning here. There’s no doubt that I love beautiful spaces. When we surround ourselves with truth and beauty, it changes us. It brings me joy to create spaces that make people feel loved. I am purposeful about making a [...]
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and I like cowboy boots, C.S. Lewis, good food, strong coffee, banjo music and books. I am a deeply flawed momma of 4 and grateful receiver of more good gifts than one heart can hold. I fight for joy and find it in the most unexpected places. I make quirky look normal, relish in my small town Southern way of living, and am learning that it's all grace--every last bit of it. Read More Here...
