So happy to be back in blogland, visiting with each of you. The days go by so very quickly and all we are left with is memories. We can't go back no matter how much we would like to, so w need to live intentionally, making each day count.
Each day is like a picture in the mind of your child. And as the days go together what will stand out?
One way I have found to make the days count is to have a routine we loosely follow throughout the day. We know that school is in the morning, tea time is at 3 p.m., and that dinner is spent round the table, each of us sharing what the day held. These anchor our days.
What I want to share about is what we call "tea time." Around 2:15 I start making the scones, usually buttermilk, but sometimes with chocolate chips in them. After they go in the oven, we get the tea started and bring out the sugar and honey. Most days we sit around the table, laughing, talking, sharing from our lives...books we're reading, Bible verses that really stood out to us, what's going on outside, with friends, and so on. I usually have Constant Comment, although Earl Grey comes in at a close second. Some don't like tea and we usually have pot of coffee going as well.
I want to make memories that my children will remember. Little things that they will be able to look back on fondly.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
~Laura Ingalls Wilder
Blessings!
~Karen
