Building Her House

Part 1: Service
The Table
Sabbath Feasting
Mac And Cheese
Perfectly Domestic
Loving Labor

Part 2: Family Relationships
Courtship Blues
Mother-in-law
Daughter-in-law

Part 3: Marriage
Young Wives
Submission
Big Stinking Tangles

Part 4: Mothering
Family Stories
The Postpartum Mother
Your Baby Has A Soul
Mothers And Sons
Mothers And Daughters
Sons And Sports
Daughters And Sports
The Tomboy
Sons And Flattery

Part 5: Attitudes
Pursuing Virtue
Chick Flicks
Contentious Women
Criticism That Kills
The Pricklies
Rainy-Day Blues

Additional Info
How does a woman build her house? Nancy Wilson begins with the table, remembering how each scratch and stain in the wood chronicles a memory-“hours of stories and jokes, questions and concerns (through courtships and pregnancies), prayers and discussions…” She continues, each essay full of stories and encouragement-the beauty of imperfection, the comfort of Velveeta, the strengths of mothers- and daughters-in-law, the honesty that is submission, the laughter of reading aloud. As ever, while Nancy draws out our sins and weaknesses and sore spots, she comforts us with the favor of God and rouses us to a joyous faith.