# Homemaker Portrait | Bess Hawthorne

An episode of [The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1557993655), 30 Jul 2025, 1 h 21 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587457/episodes/17583508-homemaker-portrait-bess-hawthorne.mp3

Send me a text about this episode! In this episode, I am chatting with Bess Hawthorne, seasoned homemaker and host of the Come Over for Dinner Podcast, about her experience keeping a home for the last 29 years. She shares her journey of raising 5 kids and juggling some homeschooling and some working out side the home during those years. We cover all the usual ground of beginnings, influences, priorities, challenges and more—she has one of the best homemaker fail stories I’ve heard yet! Bess offers some great ideas for inviting kids into homemaking and she draws from her own experience and her podcast guests’ suggestions to give lots of hot tips for recipes and hospitality. NOTES & LINKS Apply or Nominate a Friend to Be Out Guest this Fall! Deadline, August 13, 2025 Episode Companion Blog Post for all links, resources and recipes Connect with Bess Podcast Website | Instagram Allison's Interview on Come Over for Dinner Mentioned in this Episode • Bible Reading Challenge • Robert Murray M'Cheyne Reading Calendar (RMM) • Bess' favorite homemaking resource: Technavorm Mocha Master KDT coffee pot • Signature Dish: Chicken & Rice Call to Action Homework What ONE idea are you going to implement from today's episode? I'd love to hear about it! Send me a text using the link above, or send me an email, or share with the FB group in Homemaker Forum. Support the show HOMEMAKING RESOURCES • Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine • Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum • JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide SUPPORT & CONNECT • Review | Love The Podcast • Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email • Follow | Follow The Podcast • Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support DISCLOSURE • **Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend • AI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.

## Chapters

- 0:00 Welcome & Allison's Update; Lavender Lemonade & Pod News
- 6:59 Meet Bess; Preparing for an Empty Nest
- 12:02 Beginnings & Influences
- 16:20 Strengths & Weaknesses; Fighting to Stay Cheerful
- 21:43 Expectations & Challenges; Flexible Systems & Tight Budgets
- 29:55 Inviting Kids into Homemaking
- 37:30 Hospitality; Meal Train Hot Tips
- 42:35 Priorities; The Order of First Things & Bible Reading Plans
- 51:37 Homemaking Q & A: Fails, Wins, Favorites, Tips, Recipes
- 1:07:03 The Art of Home & Titus 2 Advice
- 1:17:22 Closing Thoughts, Reminders & Your Homework

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