I have fond memories of my childhood home. I grew up as an only child and we lived very simply. While my mom (who is still my best friend) and I played at the beach and shopped at the mall together, we spent a lot of time at home. I remember playing Barbies and reading stories. I remember our family dinners and weekend get togethers with extended family.
It’s 2010 and I have my own family now. It’s a different time. In a world of technology and high-speed living, many families (including us) our looking for ways to slow down and smell the virtual flowers. We spend a good amount of our time at home, but we still manage to get out and about on a regular basis. And I’m still trying to find that balance.
Making A Family Home, by Shannon Honeybloom, “combines the mindfulness of modern homemakers with an understanding of childhood development, and an attention to truths such as love, goodness and beauty [to create] a beautiful and nuturing home.” The author beautifully and artistically depicts the home as a safe, happy, healthy environment where children develop and thrive. Step-by-step, room-by-room, the author shows us how to create a “family home.” The book is very personal as the author pulls from her own home and family life experience.
The book is beautifully illustrated with incredible photographs from the author’s home. She writes the book from the perspective that a child’s personal develpment begins in the home. I love her simplistic approach to what a child “needs” to develop. I gained a new perspective on our home and how I can transform it into more than just a place where we eat and sleep. I’ll leave you with a quote from the author that I absolutely cherish and have started to take to heart…
In the end, it’s not about enrichment classes, educational videos, multiple after-school activities. It’s not about spending a lot of money or buying a lot of things. It’s about creating a calm, beautiful and healthy home for our families. Such a home is the foundation for happiness and success in the world.
Making A Family Home retails for $20 and is available on the site.
I did not receive compensation for this post. A copy of the book was received to facilitate this review.
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I love that your mom is your best friend! I hope my kids can all say the same thing about me someday.
Do you have siblings? I can’t remember.
This book sounds lovely, by the way. I’m going to look it up right now…