The Road Home: A Letter To My Children

About this book

In The Road Home Mimi Morton Buckley invites you to explore the meaning of home and what makes it so. Written as a letter to her children it offers a fresh perspective on the everyday activities inherent in the life of a householder: Householding as a spiritual path gives meaning and depth to the art of homemaking whose importance as a foundation for happiness is undervalued and often goes unseen. It would appear that homemaking has become another cultural casualty one easily added to the endangered species list of our world. I want to share these stories with you so that we can all remember how valuable a resource it is. Delivered as a spacious alternative to the often bleak stereotypes of marriage birth childrearing teenagers the empty nest and dying we understand householding as a practice that offers an endless opportunity to cultivate meaningful connection and the feeling of being at home within ourselves wherever that may be. Each book includes a kindness is everything bookmark. The bookmark measures 2X6 and is printed on one side to match the wave pattern on the dust jackets spine.