Diadem of a Queen

What I Was Thinking . . . was the great deal of wisdom we can find from other women in history. A couple of years ago I spoke at a Mother/Daughter Banquet and while doing research for my "message" I came across a woman by the name of Francis W.E. Harper; I want to share some of her speech she presented to the Brooklyn Literary Society on November 15, 1892:

"The home may be a humble spot, where there are no velvet carpets to hush your tread, no magnificence to surround your way, nor costly creation of painter's art or sculptor's skill to please your conceptions or gratify your tastes; but what are the costliest gifts of fortune when placed in the balance with the confiding love of dear children or the devotion of a noble and manly husband whose heart can safely trust in his wife? You may place upon the brow of a true wife and mother the greenest laurels; you may crowd her hands with civic honors; but, after all, to her there will be no place like home, and the crown of her motherhood will be more precious than the diadem of a queen."

During the course of this week, I want to share more of her speech. I wanted to keep going to the next paragraph and next paragraph today, because it is so good, but I will just give you a little taste at a time so it can be absorbed.

A blog a wrote last month sometime, I believe it was entitled "Paycheck Mom" or something like that, spoke of exactly what Francis Harper is saying: No worldly honor or recognition can ever top the gratification you get by being a mom and being the wife of a godly man. Then Mrs. Harper goes on to say that all your worldly possessions don't hold a candle to the love of your children and a great husband ~ nothing can compare. Doesn't that just put everything in perspective?

That's what I was thinking ...

*~Tammi ~*