My name is Melissa Ringstaff and I've been blogging since 2001. I'm a pastor's wife and homeschooling mom living in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of Southeastern KY. I believe you can create a home you love and I'm here to help you do exactly that. I'm so glad you're here with me. I hope we can be friends!
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Homemaking as a calling looks different from homemaking as a duty — and after 35 years, I can tell you the difference changes everything about how the work feels. I’ve been a homemaker for over 35 years. I’ve swept the same floors thousands of times. Made the same pot of my mama’s bean soup every…
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Old School Summer: What We Lost & How to Get It Back
When did summer stop feeling like summer? I’ve been trying to put my finger on what an old-fashioned summer actually had that today’s summers often don’t — and I think I’ve figured it out. When I was a kid growing up in the 80s, we lived in a rural community in west-central Georgia, I spent…
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