“Be there for them with a vengeance. Be a gracious, bending woman. Incline your ear, your heart, your hands to them. Be found warm and comfortable, and disposed to affection. Be ready to be done by and to welcome their casual effusions with something better than preoccupation and indifference.”
Robert Farrar Capon Bed and Board
Did you get a copy/borrow Leah’s? So jealous…
“Be ready to be done by and to welcome their casual effusions”
This takes on new meaning now that I’m starting day 2 of the stomach flu (3/5 kids sick).
Yuk Katy, sorry to hear that. And yes Leah was so nice to send a copy to me! I’ll send it your way next just as soon as I rewrite the whole book on my blog because it’s full of gems!