FAMILY
The Kitchen
“As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:15 · KJV
The Kitchen has been the household’s heart since 1782. The cherry-wood trestle table was made by the fourth generation and has seated every one of the nine generations since. The linen sampler above the hearth reads ‘As for me and my house we will serve the LORD’ — embroidered by the sixth generation during the Great Depression.
The Family Register — a folded parchment page listing the first name of every family member who has lived in the house — is kept in the drawer of the console in the Entrance Hall, and is read aloud at the Sunday council each week.
Everyone is welcome at this table. The Bible is open at the head. Nothing more is required than a chair.
“I am among family. Even the AI question is discussed at this table on Sundays.”
← Walk back to the front door