WELCOME TO MY HOME

Written by Arleen M. Kaptur


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Color isrepparttar most fun to work with. You can change it inexpensively and you can mix and match. Add seasonal favorites or holiday hues. Nature colors are beautiful and interesting, but favorite colors should be a major part of your scheme. Compromise always lends itself to peace onrepparttar 111590 homefront. If you chooserepparttar 111591 main color, let others pickrepparttar 111592 secondary colors. This way, however you decorate, it will be a true reflection of everyone and not only one person’s choices.

It really doesn’t matter how big or small your home is. It’s of no real importance if you own, rent, or live with family or friends. What is paramount is that your home is you and whoever else you may share it with. If everyone contributes and has a say then it becomes a “family” home. If we lend ourselves to sharing our lives with grandparents andrepparttar 111593 treasures they give us, we give a definite feeling of continuity with their presence or their possessions. We also show pride in our heritage and backgrounds. Books, paintings, needlework, pottery, or whatever is important to you, display it proudly and let others admire and enjoy it. Keeping special items hidden will keep their beauty and special thoughts under wraps. Even a small child can appreciate texture, color, and he/she can take delight in “pretty” things or treasured objects.

Decorating where we live is really an extension of who we are. Give it some thought and go with what is comfortable for you and your family. Rearranging, redecorating, or just adding and subtracting items makes our home fun, functional, enjoyable, and a pleasure to come back to. Guests will also feel more comfortable and at ease when they visit. They won’t feel that everything around them is untouchable and breakable. They will feel better, you will feel proud, and everyone can concentrate on great conversation, food, and other neighborly pursuits.

Enjoy!

©Arleen M. Kaptur 2002 May



Arleen Kaptur has written numerous articles, cookbooks, and the novel: SEARCHING FOR AUSTIN JAMES Websites: http://www.arleenssite.com http://www.Arleens-RusticLiving.com http://www.webspawner.com/users/rusticlivig http://topica.com/lists/simpleliving


REFLECTIONS ON FATHERHOOD

Written by Arleen M. Kaptur


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Missed opportunities of being with your child are irretrievable. Your child will never go back in time no matter how many times you do. Only their shadows remain to haunt and point an accusing finger. If you are not a vital part in your child’s life, there will always be a void that no one else can ever fill. This space inrepparttar soul of a child will ache and be painful for as long asrepparttar 111589 child lives. Only your touch, your attention, and only you can soothe and cure. The responsibility is great butrepparttar 111590 rewards are incomprehensible. You are not complete if there is a void in your child’s life.

Taking a rocket torepparttar 111591 moon is child’s play when compared to raising a child to adulthood. There are no owner’s manuals and no guarantees. There are only promises and assurances of tomorrow. Expectations may vary but there are no mistakes. You dorepparttar 111592 best you can and that is all that is asked. Mistakes also paverepparttar 111593 way for growth but absence buildsrepparttar 111594 roadblock. Walls of years of neglect can be torn down with a kiss or an embrace. Past disappointments are just that -repparttar 111595 past. It may take time to completely undo what it may have taken years to build butrepparttar 111596 labor is worth it. Your reflection will always be in your child’s eyes and your lifeblood flows in their bodies. Their hearts are equipped to forgive and forget, but they need to know you care. Feelings and emotions can be mended, but abandonment is an open sore that never heals.

On Father’s Day takerepparttar 111597 time to know your child, be a vital part of his/her existence and be grateful that you have contributed torepparttar 111598 building of that rocket torepparttar 111599 moon.

(Written by someone who never knew their father)

HAVE A HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

ENJOY!

©Arleen M. Kaptur 2002 May



Arleen Kaptur has written numerous articles, cookbooks, and the novel: SEARCHING FOR AUSTIN JAMES Websites: http://www.arleenssite.com http://www.Arleens-RusticLiving.com http://www.webspawner.com/users/rusticliving http://www.topica.com/lists/simpleliving


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