How to Really Build a Family That Lasts Forever

It’s a humbling grace to welcome Jessica Smartt to the front porch today, as she’s writing from her own front porch, overflowing with farm cats and probably caked with debris from all those free-ranging chickens! Jessica and her husband live on a family homestead start-up in North Carolina with their kids, Jessica’s sisters and their families, and her parents. The four white houses form a cul-de-sac that’s home to a lot of mud, soccer games, cookouts, and the occasional cousin spat. As a recipie