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Come on home.
Home is the place you can go when you don’ t have the answer.
Home is the place you can laugh through the tears, rest when you’ re weary, hunker down when you’ ve made a mess of things.
Home is the place where you’ re loved, where you’ re safe.
This kind of home, this kind of family is powerful. The truth? Strong families like this will save the world.
1. John 14:2-3, NKJV. 2. Oxford English Dictionary, s. v.“ legacy,( n.): a long-lasting effect of an event or process,” June 2024, https:// www. oed. com / dictionary / legacy _ n.
Adapted from Come on Home: A Grace-Filled Guide to Raising a Family Who Loves( and Likes) Each Other by Jessica Smartt from Tyndale House Publishers.
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Jessica Smartt is the author of Memory-Making Mom and Let Them Be Kids( ECPA Bestseller). She lives in sunny North Carolina on a family farm with horses, chickens, and an ever-increasing number of beloved cats. She and her husband, Todd, have three kids whom they homeschool. She is passionate about energizing everyday moms to save childhood and build close-knit families. Jessica loves bike rides, spinach quiche, a clean kitchen, being warm, national parks, and food that anyone else made. 11