Titus 2:3-5 says "teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God." In our home, I'm the older woman to my daughter-in-law, Reagan. I have the 'not addicted to much wine' part down, but have a long way to go in the reverent living category. Reagan, on the other hand is self-controlled, busy at home, and a loving wife and mother. After living together for the past nine months I suspect I'm learning more from her than she is learning from me. She is strong in her convictions and has amazing self-discipline as she strives towards her goal of having a home of their own.
This fall, Reagan offered to remove the wallpaper I've always disliked in the kitchen. She helped me to choose colors using this Carl Larson picture that is my 'inspiration piece' and by creating an idea board made out of magazine pictures and paint chips that I liked. Brett and Brian threw a wrench into her plans by launching a kitchen remodeling project (that's a whole 'nother story), but as of yesterday she has been able to complete a significant amount of painting in our living room (formerly the dining room) and kitchen. I love the colors and I love my daughter-in-law.
The inspiration piece:
Looking from the kitchen to the living room through our new passthrough
From the living room to the kitchen, again looking through the newly constructed passthrough
The entire Dregge family - and a view from blue kitchen to green living room to yellow dining room.
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