I am following Sarah’s lead and posting a picture of the view from my kitchen sink. From left to right my statues are: St. Benedict, St. Therese, Our Lady of the Smile, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II, Madonna and Child, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Immaculate Heart of Mary, and Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Madonna and Child used to belong to my grandmother and graced her kitchen sink window as well. This post by Suzanne inspired the idea.
If the kitchen is the heart of the home, then the kitchen sink is a main artery. We mothers spend so much time in front of the kitchen sink that it only seems natural to place an image of the Blessed Mother there. She stands before us as a blessing upon the home, a companion in our day's work and a model and inspiration to virtue.
Like Suzanne I have found the window of over my kitchen sink is a prayerful place. I do spend quite a bit of time there. I have collected an assortment of statues to remind me of holy lives that have gone before me. They also remind me to offer up my tasks as a prayer.
4 comments:
What a beautiful view! And I love all the statues. I really need to go get some statues...of course, right now, you wouldn't see them for the piles (and piles, and piles) of dishes!
I love it.
Oh, please tell me where you found a small statue of OL of the Smile!
My daughter wants one very badly, but the only ones I can find are fragile, large, therefore expensive. Not appropriate for an 8yo!
I am going to have to confess that my St. Therese of Lisieux, Mother Teresa, and Our Lady of the Smile were all "freebies" I got with various charitable donation solicitations. These little 1-2" statues are perfect for my kitchen window sill. I really don't know where to buy them.
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