{"id":21,"date":"2017-09-23T03:17:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T03:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snuglittlehome.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2019-05-06T21:22:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T01:22:34","slug":"meet-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/snuglittlehome.com\/meet-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hi, there! My name is Melissa. It so nice to make new friends.
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One of the most satisfying things that I do, and one that brings a smile to my face each time, is to arrange and prepare a place, or a room, or an event, (or a pillow, or a candle! It\u2019s the little things), and then notice as my family enjoys it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are like me, you want more time that matters with your family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You want to not just have a pretty kitchen, but to live life out with your family in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know that the point isn\u2019t in having the kitchen clean, but in baking cookies with your kids or sharing coffee with a friend, or dancing with your husband (isn\u2019t the kitchen for dancing, most of all?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the point after all, if you look back years later and see that your kitchen was stylish but it never hosted a sprinkle bonanza with you and your kids?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if it never got messy with dough and little faces freckled with flour?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My children’s bedrooms ought to be pretty. They ought to have cute curtains and happy words on the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it also ought to have me, reading books with my children and counting piggies on toes.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A bedroom is for fluffy pillows and snug beds, but also for nooks and crannies, dress-ups and little boxes of treasures, a room my child can really make theirs, whether we have lived in a home for years or just moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if your house was Pinterest-perfect, but it was still not a home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog is for you, and it is for me, as we set out, each day, to make our houses into homes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am not perfect at this. At times I really fail! But, I am learning, and I invite you to come along on this journey. I hope that we can inspire each other, as we seek to be a blessing to our families and all who come into our homes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sign up for my newsletter and follow me on Instagram. Join me. I am so happy to have you along!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the main focus and inspiration for this blog, read my first post here:
A Home is Something More<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s organize. Let\u2019s have fun. Let\u2019s make our surroundings lovely. Let\u2019s tidy up and make things clean and fresh. Most of all, let\u2019s organize for togetherness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not the kind of togetherness that means you are perfectly on top of everything: the kind of togetherness that brings your family together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is cleaning, planning, organizing, decorating (I love these things!) with a goal in mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make a mess. Make a room. Make a plan. And most of all, make memories.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Stuff about me (that is why you clicked this page, right?):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I am wife to David, the love of my life. Six children call me mommy. They are the ones who make me one of the most hugged people in the world. I have one child, a sweet baby girl, who we lost to congenital heart disease. Yes, I know sorrow, but I also know Jesus Christ, who gives strength to the broken hearted and joy where there would be none. He is light and life-everlasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Some!) things that I love: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Rainy days when the raindrops fall fat onto the ground, the windows make music, and its snug and dry inside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The way sunlight falls through the window blinds into puddles on the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sound of the dishwasher running in a clean kitchen at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flickering candles in the center of my people gathered around the same table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The smell of lavender bubbles as little hands splash in the tub. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wrapping up freshly cleaned little ones in fluffy towels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweet newborn snuggles of a tiny life just received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crisp pages of potential in a new planner or notebook. Pens to write with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizing shelves and labeling everything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dimpled toddler hands, freckles, Easter hats, stacks of books, the smell of coffee, checking off lists, quiet mornings, and messy art projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, I really love, that you, lovely reader, wanted to read this blog!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grab a mug of something delicious. This is my little home on the web. Welcome! Join me as we organize our homes for togetherness and memories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let your light shine. Go bless your home!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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