Through the years I have read a wealth of books aloud to my children. Excellent literature read immediately after lunch and bedside before the lights were turned off when it was time to sleep. Then there were the evenings when we would read after dinner in the living room including my husband for family read alongs. I especially remembered the Little Britches books we read through with such anticipation every evening.
Missionary stories were also a favorite during family read alongs and famous Christian biographies had a place to be read on Sundays at the table after eating Sunday dinner.
My husband and are are alone now and last week we began revisiting this pleasant leisure immediately after dinner clean-up.
Darkness falls earlier now, but being outside on the porch is pleasing so with the overhead twinkly lights and a lamp on a wicker table by my side we read several chapters a night. This book was written in 1947 by Mrs. Gordon H. Smith, an autobiography of her family's return to Indo-China after WWII. We are learning about this country and its history too, Indo-China was the name for Vietnam then. I found it interesting how the authoress used her husband's name. I like it.
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Reading is so important, and so forgotten today for our children, it seems. Anything historically true is a plus to read! andrea
Hi Cathy. Thank you for visiting my blog. I love meeting new bloggers! And how awesome that you also have a daughter named Charlotte! My daughter is in the 9th grade and we homeschool via an online Classical Christian School that we absolutely love! I look forward to visiting you often here in this space. Have a great day.
You have such a cozy porch and I love reading outside. :) Sounds like an intriguing read - love how books open our world! Thanks so much for your prayers for our Annie and for those affected by the hurricanes. Blessings to you! 🙏🏻💗
How lovely! My late husband and I liked to read aloud together, but our climate did not allow us to do that outdoors in the evenings, even in summer. Your photo is evocative <3
Oh what a beautiful blog! I just love the look of the book even, oh those '40s, such a very special time in our country when our country had a healthy fear of God. And yes....Mrs. Gordon H. Smith. Isn't that wonderful? I remember when we were first married in '80 I signed our checks like that, I loved doing that. We're almost empty nesters too...Our eldest daughter is almost 42 and our youngest daughter is almost 31 and will be leaving us soon.
I enjoy your homeschool heart, I don't think it will ever leave us and that is a good thing, I love it when it peeps out when I am with our little grandchildren. You and your husband remind me of me and my husband in the way things are evolving in the seasons of our lives.
....Yes, such a beautiful blog and your description of a lovely and peaceful evening. Italian lentils over buttered brown rice over here this evening. : )
Bless you, Cathy. ~Amelia
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