For a home that’s truly beautiful
You must begin with the air.
Not lavender essential oil
although that’s lovely . . .
Not fresh baked banana bread
although an untidy house where there is cake
is better, far better, than a tidy house with no cake . . .
But for a home that’s truly beautiful
you must begin with the air,
the very air,
and the words that float across it.
The words that find their way
to the ears,
to the hearts,
to the souls
of our children,
of our spouses,
of our friends.
What does it matter how clean,
how coordinated,
how stylish a home,
and who could care about granite countertops,
wooden floors,
chevron-patterned cushions,
organized drawers,
if the words we fling at each other
across our air
are like poison darts,
causing stinging little wounds
that fester and bleed,
leaving us and our loved ones
with a little less hope,
a little less faith,
a little less joy?
A freshly baked cake and the lovely smell it brings does make a home inviting, but the words with which we choose to fill our air have more power, far more power than we could ever know, to bring beauty and life
to our homes
and the people in them
than any piece of furniture, any article of clothing, any lovely smell
ever could.
Avonlea x
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