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Myrna wrote: Where there is heartroom there is bedroom. We are excited to have fun together. Thanks all.

Amy G wrote: Uh, what?!?


Myrna wrote: It is a saying that means that we can always make room for more than one family at our home for sleeping, eating, etc. LHT's mom used to say that: "Where there is heart room (room in the heart) there is always bed room (room in the house for all who wanted to stay and sleep there)." That was just the way she said it. In my haste I typed it bedroom and heartroom. There should be a space as in, bed room and heart room.

Grandmother Smith was, likewise, always able to find room for a loved one in her home and in her heart. Garth's Grandma Childs would just bundle a bunch of grandchildren together in the same bed. It reminded me of the song, "Five in a Bed," or "Grandma's Feather Bed."

Amy G wrote: Ahhhh.  Makes sense now.  Todd and I were both wondering...

Myrna wrote: In other words--
There is always room at the inn for the people who are important to you.
We make room for the people we love.
There is always room for one more.


There is a children's book, "Always Room for One More" by Sorche Nic Leodhas (Author) , Nonny Hogrogian (Illustrator) that tells a great story about making room.

Lachie MacLachlan, the generous hero, is the exception to the rule that the Scots are a thrifty lot. In his "wee house in the heather," Lachie lives with his family of twelve, and he welcomes to his hearth every weary traveler who passes by on a stormy night.

"There's always room for one more," says Lachie, and his grateful guests say a wonderful "thank you" in the story that provides a warm and tender ending to this hilarious tale of kindness.

The story, derived from an old Scottish folk song, is reflected superbly in the charming illustrations of Nonny Hogrogian.

Always Room for One More is the winner of the 1966 Caldecott Medal.