Making the House a Home

· 1959

_Here's our story, page by page, Happy youth and middle-age, Smile and tear-drop, weal and woe Such as all who live must know-- Here it is all written down, Not for glory or renown, But the hope when we are gone Those who bravely follow on Meeting care and pain and grief Will not falter in belief._ We have been building a home for the last fifteen years, but it begins to look now as though it will not be finished for many years to come. This is not because the contractors are slow, or the materials scarce, or because we keep changing our minds. Rather it is because it takes years to build a home, whereas a house can be builded in a few months.…

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