Domestic: a warm, apple pie or a freshly ironed shirt? A nicely decorated room or a freshly scrubbed bathroom? What does domestic look like to you? What are the things that make you feel domestic? I told Karina yesterday that I much prefer the “fun” side of domestic: the decorating, the baking, the family activities. I get bored with the “everyday” domestic of laundry and dishes and mopping. The two …
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Little Things. Big Changes.
Lately I’ve been dwelling on this thing I’ve heard tale of… Something called…”diligence.” Oh, you’ve heard of that, have you? I’ve been thinking that if I were a bit more.. DILIGENT.. with even just a few little things, it could lead to some very big changes. I don’t want you laughing at me, thinking, “well, yeah, it’s amazing what happens if you put in a little effort.” I’m talking about …
Why I don’t mind the title Home Maker, I claim it. And why we are all home makers. Period.
Are you a homemaker? Or are you a home maker? Maybe it’s all just semantics but that extra space makes a big difference to me. It takes an adjective and it turns it into a verb. It takes a description (one that is often taken for granted or underestimated, I might add) and it turns it into an action. An intentional and purposeful one at that. The fact is that …