Our goal when having guests over is for them to leave fortified. We want them to feel cherished and ready to go back to their lives with more strength than when they arrived at our door. We want them to know they’re loved, valued, and understood. If people leave stressed, embarrassed, and thinking they never want to come over to our homes again, we’ve done something wrong.

Our hearths will be better tended if we take a break now and then before burnout.