Homemaking Hints
“Takes a heap o’ livin’ to make a house a home”
Hazel H. Collins 1901-1999
Peggy's mother, Hazel, repeatedly used quaint sayings in raising her children. These brief axioms contained the distilled wisdom of the hearty people who settled the prairies.
The above saying refers to the poem “Home” by the early 20th century folk-poet Edgar A. Guest.
A century later we have fancy weddings but failing marriages and build huge houses that may or may not be homes.
What makes a home, we might ask?