Marriage Advice from 1886

I browsing social media today when I cam across this advice from 1886 and thought yes it's a little bit of encouragement everyone could use.

The following points were penned by Jane Wells (1886)

• Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger.
• Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break.
• Believe the best rather than the worst.
• People have a way of living up or down to your opinion of them. 
• Remember that true friendship is the basis for any lasting relationship. The person you choose to marry is deserving of the courtesies and kindnesses you bestow on your friends.

Please hand this down to your children and you children's children: The more things change the more they are the same.

Can You Find It, Too? {Tuesday's Treasures}

One of the most challenging aspects of a Charlotte Mason education is learning how to incorporate the arts in our learning as this is an area of learning that I have very little knowledge and as a result I have not done very much art appreciation with Nathaniel.  Last year I was visiting my friend Beck who is currently home educating her four children and following Ambleside Online told me about some wonderful books she was using from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  She has them on her shelf and has loaned them to us.

Can You Find It, Too?

• Format: Hardback
• Number of Pages:40
• Publisher:The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Publication Date:01 Nov 2004
• ISBN 10:0-8109-5046-4
• ISBN 13:9780810950467
• Illustrator: 20 colour illus

This is the second book in the series featuring paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, three other American museums as well as seven European collections.  The book contains beautifully detailed paintings which cover varying topics from battle scenes, castles, horses, coronations and tall ships.  Accompanying each painting is a list of can you find it items. For example she asks, "In this painting of astronomers can you find 1 bull's head, 2 people writing, 2 yellow feet, 2 winged women, 4 people pointing to the sky, 1 bridge, 2 flaming hats, 3 obelisks?"   At the bottom of the list is a short description of the painting along with dates.

Nathaniel and I have immensely enjoyed these books and hope that if you can find them in your local library or a friends book shelf that you too would enjoy a game of Eye Spy together!

Blessings
Chareen

Connect with me

 

*********************************************************************** 

Word for the year 2017: Faithfulness

Over the years I have often seen Word of the year posts and wondered what it would be like to have a word of the year. I considered the word commitment until I looked up the definition: The act of committing; a sending to prison ... I decided that that was definitley not a word to have for the year ahead. I have been thinking about this for the last week and after some meditation I have chosen the word Faithfulness.

Faithfulness
FA'ITHFULNESS, noun

1. Fidelity; loyalty; firm adherence to allegiance and duty; as the faithfulness of a subject.
2. Truth; veracity; as the faithfulness of God.
3. Strict adherence to injunctions, and to the duties of a station; as the faithfulness of servants or ministers.
4. Strict performance of promises, vows or covenants; constancy in affection; as the faithfulness of a husband or wife.

Synonyms for faithfulness noun devotion adherence

• adhesion
• ardor
• attachment
• care
• constancy
• dependability
• trustworthiness
• truth

This year these are the things I want to be reminded of.  I have had a few things I want to remain faithful to:

• Blogging Regularly
• Sticking to Trim Healthy Mama 
• Exercise Regularly
• Support Fellow Bloggers

1 Corinthians 4:2
Moreover, it is required of stewards that a man be found faithful.

Do you have a word for the year ahead? If so what is your word ? 
Blessings

Chareen

Today I am sharing my Word for the Year at the Homeschool Review Crew Link UP.