Love at Home

A popular and beloved LDS hymn serves as a theme for our home, especially when combined with this large visual reminder that rests above the fireplace mantel in our kitchen. Although things may not always as be we'd like, the inspiring words of this song provide the vision for an ideal atmosphere.

There Is Beauty All Around When There's Love at Home © 2004 Cynthia Dye

There is beauty all around
When there’s love at home;
There is joy in ev’ry sound
When there’s love at home.
Peace and plenty here abide,
Smiling sweet on ev’ry side.
Time doth softly, sweetly glide
When there’s love at home.
Love at home, love at home;
Time doth softly, sweetly glide
When there’s love at home.

In the cottage there is joy
When there’s love at home;
Hate and envy ne’er annoy
When there’s love at home.
Roses bloom beneath our feet;
All the earth’s a garden sweet,
Making life a bliss complete
When there’s love at home.
Love at home, love at home;
Making life a bliss complete
When there’s love at home.

Kindly heaven smiles above
When there’s love at home;
All the world is filled with love
When there’s love at home.
Sweeter sings the brooklet by;
Brighter beams the azure sky.
Oh, there’s One who smiles on high
When there’s love at home.
Love at home, love at home;
Oh, there’s One who smiles on high
When there’s love at home.

Text and music by John Hugh McNaughton, 1829–1921
Click here to listen to a beautiful rendition of this hymn by the the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Family First

Among the various projects and activities that fill my time, I hope 
it is obvious that my darling family comes first. Even in pursuing 
and strengthening God-given talents and striving to use them for 
His purposes here on earth, my heart is foremost with my home,  
for my husband is my love and my children are my life. 
                                                                                                                       – CD 

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