I have been taking some time this afternoon to pour over the magazine that arrived in my mail (POSTA!!!!) on Monday. Never mind that it was mailed two-n-a-half months ago. Never mind that it was supposed to get here closer to Christmas. Never mind that all of the articles, pictures, and recipes are for Christmas. I am so close to happy tears it is ridiculous. Isn't Mikayla beautiful? I think that about most all of Mary Engelbreit's 'friends'. And, this afternoon pouring over a "Home Companion" mag, with a warm cup of joe was so close to home!!! The final article was about the thing(s) that made the author feel like home. Hers was dishes, Blue Willow dishes - mine is Mary Engelbreit shtuff. I think maybe it is because it is what my mom liked (likes), or maybe because the fun, eclectic, artsy, kitschy, beautiful ways that ME works is the way that my mom, sisters, and me all work, too. Who knows, but it's like home. I open one of these magazines and everything else stops. I get a little short of breath when I look through the pages, as though a surprise waits on every page I turn. I pour through it and look through the pictures, and then I pour through it again and read every word (even the advertisements), and then I pour through it again! I feel inspired to make my home beautiful, to be industrious, to make gifts and special little treats for every person I know. I get excited about being a mommy and a wife. But, whatever it is that draws me, whatever it is that holds me, I think of home when I see ME shtuff. It's almost as good as walking into my mom's house. Or better yet, her hug (okay, flat out crying now!)!
Do you have something that makes you feel 'home'? What is it? Go get inspired by it right now!
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Oh, Amber! Nearly everytime I see anything ME, I think of you! You're right, it's explains without words how you and your mom & sisters all live life. As for my inspiration, I have many sources. Nate makes calls me a peeping Tom b/c I love to look in people's windows as we're driving by at night. You know? It's dark out, their lights are on, and I just love the little glimpse I get into someone's life as I zoom past in the car and glance in their window. =^)
Just call me Tom... peeping Tom.
Southern Living magazine makes me feel at home. Jeremy's grandmother bought me a subscription for my 25th birthday, and I still look through all of those.
Right now getting to see green grass is making it feel like home! It is so nice to be in America, even if I'm not on the "mainland"!
Home to me is a smell...mainly of candles burning or bacon frying. Both Grandma's are drastically different but both are memories of "home" when I'm lighting candles for company or frying bacon for a family breakfast.
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