Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage

Book Giveaway

lauraofharvestlane — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:03:05 +0000

Hi,

I’m having a book giveaway at Harvest Lane Cottage.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Laura

Planting Seeds… J.R. Miller

lauraofharvestlane — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:52:15 +0000

All our thoughts, words, and acts are seeds. They have in them a quality which makes them grow where they fall, reproducing themselves. This is true of the good we do. The mother’s teachings enter the mind and heart of her child as mere germs; but they reappear in the life of the son or daughter, in later years, in strength and beauty, in nobleness of character, and in usefulness of life. Not only is this strange power in the mother’s words; her acts, her habits, her tones of voice, the influences that go forth from her life, are also seeds, having in them a vital principle. Where they lodge, they grow.

You never can lose your mother. She may die, and her body may be borne out of your sight, and laid away in God’s acre. You will see her face and hear her voice no more; no more will her hand scatter the good seeds of truth and love upon your life’s garden. But you have not lost her. Your mind and heart are full of the seeds which fell from her hand along the years. These you never can lose. No hand of death can root them out of your life. They have grown into the very tissues of your character. They reappear in your habits, your dispositions, your feelings and opinions, your modes of thought, your very phrases and forms of speech. You never can lose your mother; the threads of her life are woven inextricably into your life.

~J.R. Miller

The Seeds We Scatter

A True Mother… J.R. Miller

lauraofharvestlane — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:48:49 +0000

“A true mother is one of the holiest secrets of home happiness. God sends many beautiful things to this world, many noble gifts; but no blessing is richer than that which He bestows in a mother who has learned love’s lessons well, and has realized something of the meaning of her sacred calling.

~J.R. Miller

Secrets of a Happy Home

Another Reason to Hope….

lauraofharvestlane — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:06:27 +0000

Springtime is coming!

Hug Your Husband!

lauraofharvestlane — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:15:40 +0000

It’s been quite awhile since I’ve written on this blog. I’ve been posting regularly over at Harvest Lane Cottage. I posted last here about giving love lavishly. Much has happened since then. My husband took a position in another city and comes home only on weekends. It seems harder than ever now that we are so far apart. Nevertheless, we are persevering and looking forward to the time when our family can be reunited again.

This isn’t the first time we’ve been apart. In fact, being apart began while we were in our dating days. We grew up in Topeka, Kansas. I met Lowell my last year of high school. After I graduated, I went to school in Oklahoma. Lowell was still in Topeka. Our love grew through letters, occasional trips home, and lots of late night phone calls. That was back when it was cheaper to call after 11:00 p.m. I know…ancient history! I ended up returning to Topeka after one semester because I was too love sick to concentrate on my studies!

Later, after we were married, Lowell had to work out of town for sales jobs. We both hated it; but, it couldn’t be helped. He missed much of our first two children’s babyhoods. When he found I was expecting the third baby, he decided that he would change positions. It was great to have him home when we had the last two babies.

Now, he’s on the road again. We have been separated for three months now. We had hoped to be able to move by now; but, there’s no date in sight. Right now there are some obstacles that we don’t know how to overcome. If you are reading this, and you are a Believer in Jesus Christ, I ask that you pray for us. We want God’s will. We are just weary in waiting for clear directions from Him.

I thank God that I know that I can trust my husband. I know he will be faithful to me, to our vows and to our children. He knows the same about me. That is very comforting. He’s a good Godly man. I thank God for him.

Have a wonderful week and hug your husband!

Laura

Happy at Home

Give Lavishly….

lauraofharvestlane — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 04:43:56 +0000

I had to shorten my list quite a bit. That is, I had to shorten the list of things that will be finished before Christmas. Who says gifts can only be given at Christmas or on birthdays? This week, I’ll finish knitting mittens for two of my kittens. I’m going to order some yellow yarn from Knit Picks for my other little kitten. She knows her mittens will be coming.

Don’t despair if you haven’t met your handmade goals. As Teddy Roosevelt said, “Do what you can with what you’ve got where you are.” What our family and friends really want is our acceptance, our companionship, our time, and our love. Give these lavishly and all will be well. That’s giving heartmade.

I’m Making a List…

lauraofharvestlane — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:11:43 +0000

I’m busy busy knitting, sewing, and painting gifts already. It’s going to be a homemade handmade heartmade Christmas at Harvest Lane Cottage. I’m even helping my children to plan homemade gifts.

Here are some of the things to come from my needles, my sewing machine, craft table and kitchen…

Fuzzy Feet Slippers

Knitted Christmas Stockings

Dresses for my girls’ Vision Forum 18″ dolls

Dishcloths

A skirt for my older daughter

A dress for my younger daughter

Pillowcases

Painted blocks with winter and family sayings

An apron for my son

Drawstring Bags

Tribbles

Scrapbook pages for the kids’ books

Candy Cane Cocoa

Simple Fingerless Gloves

Wool Mittens

Wool Hats

Wool slippers

Polar Fleece sleep sacks

Crocheted Soap Bags

and homemade cookies,

breads,

and gift mixes.

Oh my, I’d better get busy! Links to some of these patterns are on my Harvest Lane Cottage blog if you’d like to share the link.

Laura

Happily Preparing for the Most Blessed Season

Fired!

lauraofharvestlane — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:28:39 +0000

Honey, I got Fired — Nathaniel Hawthorne went home to tell his wife that he had just been fired from his job. “Good,” she said. “Now you can write your book.” “What do we live on meanwhile?” Hawthorne asked. His wife opened a drawer filled with money. “I have always known that you are a man of genius,” she said. “So I saved a little each week, and now I have enough to last for a year.” Hawthorne used the time to write “The Scarlet Letter,” one of the great masterpieces of American literature.

~From a newsletter from Dan Miller.

Every True Wife

lauraofharvestlane — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:14:32 +0000

“Every true wife makes her husband’s interests her own. While he lives for her, carrying her image in his heart and toiling for her all the days, she thinks only of what will do him good. When burdens press upon him she tries to lighten them by sympathy, by cheer, by the inspiration of love. She enters with zest and enthusiasm into all his plans. She is never a weight to drag him down, she is his strength in his heart to help him ever to do nobler and better things.”

~ Homemaking ~

J.R. Miller

“She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.”

Proverbs 31

June Heating Up Too Quickly?

lauraofharvestlane — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:20:49 +0000

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