Laine’s Letters

Featured is a collection of articles that greatly blessed my early homemaking journey. These reflections on homemaking go way beyond frugality. Laine’s Letters, dating back to around 1995, were especially impactful. Sadly, Laine passed away in late 2024 — she was as much a mentor and blessing to me as anyone I’ve known in person! I wanted to have this repository for myself, and I wholeheartedly believe these writings will bless others. I have less than fifty left to post, and they will be mingled in with the others (some in the alphabetical section and some that were missing from the My Home section, and recipes!)

My Home This Week 1999

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My Home This Week 2000

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My Home This Week 2001 - 2007

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Subject posts in Alphabetical Order

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A Field of Time.png
A Gracious Woman Retains HOnor.png
A Love Letter.png
A Merry Heart.png
A Mom.png
Anger.png
Aprons.png
Are You REady.png
Avoiding.png
Back to Starting Line.png
Baking Center.png
Bankruptcy.png
Battling the Messies.png
Beating the heat.png
Blessed Discipline.png
Blessedly Silent.png
Borrowing and Bankruptcy.png
Breastfeeding and A lIttle More.png
Bringing Him Respect.png
Building Him Up.png
Busy as A Backward.png
Calling All.png
Chatting with.png
Childhood Recipes.png
Cleaning a REally.png
Coming Back In.png
Concrete Sub.png
Contentment.png
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1CrazyTuesday.png
1CryingBabies.png
1DailyDiscipline.png
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Dear Sisters.png
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1Dothenextthing.png
1Dyingtoself.png
1EasterWeek.png
1EducationorComplacency.png
1Eggs.png
1EverythingALoss.png
1FabulousFreezing.png
1FaitthEyes.png
1FaithfulInALitttle.png
1FallCleaning.png
1FallingInLovewithGod.png
1Familydevotions.png
1FearvsFaith.png
1FearlessFoodShopping.png
1FeastingatHisFeet.png
1FirstLove.png
1Flexibility.png
1FreeingForgiveness.png
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Getting Out of Debt.png
Getting Up Early.png
Girding My Loins.png
Girls' Weekend.png
Growing.png
Grumbling Causes Stumbling.png
Happy.png
Happy New.png
Harness.png
Harvesting.png
Have You.png
Head.png
Heart.png
Her.png
High Price.png
His Perfect.png
His Strength.png
His Strength In Sorrow.png
His Strength 2.png
Home Ec 50.png
Homemaking.png
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Homeschooling James.png
HOmeschooling Matthew.png
Hospitality In.png
Hospitality Romans.png
Hospitality.png
How To Clean.png
Hungering For.png
I am thankful.png
Inexpensive Gifts.png
Insurance.png
Interpretations.png
Knowing.png
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Learning Takes.png
Let No Debt Remain.png
Let No Debt Remain Part II.png
Let the Summer.png
Let's Talk Ants.png
Living Within Your Means.png
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Love at Work.png
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Managing.png
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Mary and.png
Meeting Fear.png
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Ministry to.png
Monday 1.png
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Morning.png
Mother in.png
Mothers are.png
Mothers love.png
My food bill.png
My Boys.png
My Christmas.png
My Dear.png
My Finest.png
My list.png
My Master's.png
My Morning.png
My Strength.png
My THanksgiving.png
My Top Five.png
Nap.png
National Day.png
Never Stop.png
New Year's Chat.png
New Year.png
New Year Together.png
No Competition.png
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November Hello.png
OH, How I love Jesus.png
Oh, My Heart.png
Older Workers.png
On Being Sick.png
One Beautiful Body.png
One Thing Is Needed.png
Our Hearts.png
Our Magnificent Teacher.png
Out of Body Experience.png
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Packrat.png
Parenting Resting.png
Parlor.png
Passive Aggressive.png
Past Letter.png
Peace in Conflict.png
Perfect Coach.png
Perfect Houses.png
Perfect Love.png
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PRacticing Hospitality.png
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Religion.png
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Scalloped Dishes.png
School Age.png
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Servanthood.png
Sharpening My Ax.png
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Shh....Careful.png
Simply Trusting.png
Soul Food.png
Spring Cleaning.png
Still Private.png
Strengthening of A Heart.png
Stretching Sort.png
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Taking Care part 1.png
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the bride.png
the budget.png
the devil.png
The early morning.png
The enjoyment.png
the financial.png
the high price.png
the home.png
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The light.png
The Master.png
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Therein Lies.png
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Tithing.png
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Transforming power.png
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Under His Authority.png
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Wake Up Time.png
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What A Waste.png
Willing Hands.png
Wintry.png
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Laine’s Recipes in Alphabetical Order

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