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| Our table set with flowers and candle. |
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The Giveaway
I would like to give away one copy of my Household Planner. This is a perpetual planner which you can begin using any time of the year.
This is a beautiful organizer for the home. It is a 224 page, paperback book.
Features include:
~Daily calendar for appointments and notes
~Monthly budgets and financial planning forms
~Menus
~Housekeeping reminders
Also includes pages for gardening notes, a prayer list, goals, and a section for addresses
Includes 12 black-and-white photographs of peaceful scenery in Vermont along with KJV Scripture verses.
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One winner will be randomly selected to win a copy of this book.
To enter
All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me about what Mother's Day was like when you were a child. Or, you could share something special you appreciate about your Mother or Grandmother. Or, perhaps you want to tell us what your plans are for this coming Mother's Day. Whatever you are able to share will be a blessing for us all to read!
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(Once the winner has been selected, this post will be updated.)
I hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day!
Blessings
Mrs. White
From the Archives -
Inspired by D.L. Moody's Mother - Poverty in the 1800's.
Finding happiness at Home - Days without Spending Money.
It is an Honor - The Blessing of Homemaking.
You Can Do It! - Housekeeping with a Will.
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Mrs. White's nostalgic book for Mothers:
"Old Fashioned Motherhood: Baby and Child Care Advice from a New England Housewife."
62 pages, paperback.
A Beautiful Organizer for the Home:
Household Planner: Perpetual Calendar to Organize Daily Life for the Home and Family by Mrs. White
224 pages, paperback
Includes monthly budgets and financial planning forms, daily calendar for appointments and notes, and much more.
Sadly, I don't remember very much about Mother's Day from my childhood except mothers wore red corsages if their mother was still living and white if their mother was dead. I have to say for myself being a mom has taught me more about myself and selfishness, devotion, and how to pray for prodigals and love them all well. Being a grandmother and now great grandmother has been a great gift from the Lord. Blessings and happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteI appreciated my Grandmother very much. She was sweet, kind and very hard-working. I loved visiting her every summer. We would go to her church, and it was a wonderful experience. I went to my first revival at her church, and loved it.
ReplyDeleteAh, my favorite memory of my Grandmother's house was homemade bread and butter. You see, my mother did not bake bread nor buy real butter, so it was a real treat to go to Grandma's house and have real butter and homemade bread. It felt like we were cherished and loved when we were there. That's the way home should feel like, cherished and loved. I strive to make my home as welcoming as hers was.
ReplyDeleteWe used to not celebrate Mothers day growing up. It all changed after I became mom myself. I started appreciating and being very grateful for all the things my mom did as I was growing up. This weekend I am planning to surprise my mom with some fresh flowers and her favorite treats along with a hand written card. Hoping to meet my sister too. I love having a day to celebrate lovely moms and grand moms. What a blessing to have them in our lives! Happy mothers day!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, my father hilariously took me out and my mother got to relax at home. lol. I always thought that was so weird:). Once I was a mother, I got it, but I loved making my mother, mother in law and daughter feel special by brunch at our home. Maybe I was a tough child to deal with???😂 I’m subscribed to your lovely blog and YouTube channel:).
ReplyDeleteEvery Mother’s Day our church sells roses to benefit a local charity. The first Mother’s Day after my son was born, my father in law bought a rose for me! I was so touched and thought it was so sweet that he thought of me. I now have 4 children, and every year I still get a red rose from my father in law; and he is now 91 years old!
ReplyDeleteAs a child Mother's Day started with the family getting ready for church on Sunday morning. Every year there was special prize for the mother with the most family members present. Of course all of the children in church hoped it would be his/her mother, but all knew there would only be one prize. Since it was not a large church, it was fairly easy to know ahead of time who would win. All we had to do was look around and count the children sitting with their parents, and remember who had babies in the nursery. There were 6 children in my family, but there was a family with 8 children. We knew before we got to church that our mom didn't have much of a chance. But, we always hoped. One year we got a happy surprise. The 2 older boys in the other family sadly broke their mother's heart by choosing not to go to church, so there was a tie. The pastor's wife, being a very wise woman, had already planned for that situation and both mothers were awarded a nice plant to take home.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest thing about Mother’s Day I remember was getting dressed up and going out to eat.
ReplyDeleteThis Mother’s Day will look different than some years since it is the first one since my mother-in-law passed away. It will be fairly low key. We will go to our church in the morning and then do something for lunch.
I am very excited that you will have a Youtube Channel again. I look forward to the encouragement I am sure to find there. I tend to lose focus and your writing and work always brings thing back into proper perspective for me. I have purchased your planner, and I really love the simplicity of it. It is a planner I actually use. I have purchased several and they just don't work for me. I really like the one you have created.
ReplyDeleteMy father is a pastor, so we always spent Mother's Day at church. My mother would really get dressed up on Mother's Day. Our church would always give a small gift to the oldest mother, youngest married mother, and the mother with the most children every year. We would then find a usually crowded restaurant to go have dinner at. Some years my grandmother (mother's mother) would be able to attend church. My mother would get so emotional the times her mother was able to make it. My father's stepmother would attend some years also. I do have many fond memories of Mother's Day.
This year I will stay at home and listen to a sermon online with my husband and children. We will have a relaxing day, unless they surprise me with something else.
This comment is from me, Jason's wife. I miss my Mother who passed away a few years ago. Mother's Day was always so special because of who we were celebrating. She was so loving, thoughtful, patient, kind and generous although we struggled financially. She protected and stayed home with us. She taught us the Lord's Prayer and brought us to church. She made sure we always had food to eat, clean clothes, and helped with schoolwork. She really kept us all going with the Lord's help.
ReplyDeleteMother's days from the past usually consisted of going to church, moms usually got a flower handed out by the kids, then a big sunday dinner at my grandma's house, could be either one. It was really celebratory! These days, I am not so sure it is like that. My daughter has three kids and a husband and usually they spend it together. We have tried for YEARS to go out and have a special lunch together or something but something always comes up. Sad. She is my only child. It is ok though, I mean, I would rather it be different but it isn't so no use crying over spilt milk, right? I do get to see her pretty often and kids/family so there is that.
ReplyDeleteI love how my mother always did her best, despite all the hard challenges she faced!
ReplyDeleteWe plan to celebrate with spending time with our family, and having a meal together. These times are so precious!
ReplyDeleteBoth my grandmother's lived 15 hours away. We didn't visit very often but everything we did they always made one on one time for me. I learned to crochet in just a week. They both taught me recipes from their childhoods. I just remember walking with them into the small stores and they were always so proud to introduce me. I always felt so special 🥰
ReplyDeleteMother's Day was special when I was young. We would have a large family get together and all brought a dish to share. If weather permitted we would all be outside playing games, from wiffle ball to crochet. It was a joyous family time of celebration.
ReplyDeleteNow as we have lost all this family over time, Mother's day isn't as impressive, I have one child and his SO rules the day. I miss having the wonderful family times. Times have changed so much.
I was born on Mother's Day. It was fun when I was a young. My mother and I would sew matching outfits for the day's outing. We usually went on a picnic and just enjoyed family time.
ReplyDeleteMother's Day was always celebrated by attending church and having a nice family meal. I remember picking wildflowers for my mother and my siblings and I would make handmade cards. My mother still has some of them.This Mother's Day will be spent with family including my dear mother(93), my daughter and year old granddaughter. I am so grateful be able to contain making memories with my mother and creating new memories with my daughter and granddaughter.
ReplyDeleteAngela
Mother's Day meant dressing up in our Sunday best, presenting Mom with a beautiful orchid-and-ribbon corsage, and trooping off to church. We always heard a sermon that instructed husbands to cherish their wives and treat them like rubies, and admonished children to always obey Mom and help her in every way possible.
ReplyDeleteWe couldn't afford lunch out after church, but we did make a cake for her! and give her homemade presents. I think we kids were much more excited about the cake than she was, LOL.
This might get posted twice since I wasn't logged into my account on my original comment. We have a family lunch at our home after church that we host. A few years ago we decided baked potato bar would be very flexible and have easy prep. It turned out to be a hit and now we do baked potato bar for both Mother's Day and Father's Day. Happy Mother's Day to all the mamas!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a little girl, there was a Mother's Day tradition where we lived. On Mother's day, if your mother was alive you wore a red rose on your dress or sweater. If you mother had passed, you wore a white rose. My mother had a rose garden, and I remember picking the roses on Mother's Day before going to church.
ReplyDeleteThis mother's day, I will be volunteering with a ministry that puts on church services at a park for the local homeless population. We are passing out blessing bags to the moms. Afterwards, we will have a family lunch at home.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember much about celebrating Mother's Day as a child. One time though, I do remember. I remember being in Newberry's at maybe 10 years old. They had these decorative dishes that I thought were beautiful, bluish green glass. Today, it's not anything that I'd be interested in. I bought one for mom on Mother's Day. I guess you'd call it a candy dish. Years later, I wanted to help mom clean out her house of stuff. One of the things I wanted to donate was that candy dish. She wouldn't because I'd given it to her.
ReplyDeleteI remember lots of times when I was young that we spent Mother's Day weekend camping at the lake in AZ. My mom and my grandmother - her mom, could just relax and chat and swim or whatever, and the men would do the cooking over the fire. Such good memories!
ReplyDeleteI really want to thank you for the blessing your blog, books, and YouTube channel have been in my life. Your encouragement toward creating a peaceful, beautiful, Christ-centered home has inspired me so much. I read a little from your books each day after my Bible study time and your encouragement has brought so much comfort and joy into my homemaking. Thank you so much for sharing your gifts with so many women and mothers.
ReplyDeleteMother’s Day has always felt very precious and meaningful to me. When I was a little girl, I went to church every Sunday with my Papa and Mamo. One Mother’s Day, our church had beautiful artificial roses available to purchase after the service. My Papa quietly slipped away at the end and came back with two roses, one for my Mamo and one for me, each in our favorite color. I remember how happy and proud he looked giving them to us. I still have my rose and cherish it over twenty years later. Every time I see it, I think of my Papa and Mamo and all the beautiful memories we shared together.
Mother’s Day became even more special to me after becoming a wife and mother myself. My husband and children always make me feel so loved and cherished. My children love making little handmade gifts for me like drawings, tiny clay figures, and sweet notes, and I treasure every single one.
This year has already felt very meaningful because my husband puchased me my very own sewing machine. Growing up, my Mamo taught me how to sew on her sewing machine, and I loved it so much that I even won some sewing competitions as a child. As an adult, though, we have never had much money, so I have always sewn and mended everything by hand. For years my husband has asked if I wanted a sewing machine, and I would always tell him I was fine without one. Last weekend he told me he wanted to get me something special for Mother’s Day and asked me again if I wanted a sewing machine. I told him I was fine, but he kept encouraging me to pick one out. After thinking and praying about it for a few days, I finally chose one, and it arrived last night. Even though I already knew what it was, he pretended to hide the box from me so it could feel like a surprise. It was so sweet and thoughtful and made me feel very loved. I can’t wait to try it out on Mother’s Day.
Another Mother’s Day memory that is very close to my heart is the story of our home. For many years my husband and I dreamed of owning a home, but because of our low income, we truly believed it would never happen. We tried so many times and were never approved. Then two years ago we found the sweetest little cottage and completely fell in love with it. We prayed and hoped, but honestly did not expect things to work out. Then on Mother’s Day two years ago we found out the house was ours. It felt like such a beautiful gift from God, and every single day I thank Him for our cozy little home.
May God richly bless you and all mothers this Mother’s Day,
Mrs. Sky S.
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