I'm reading this 800+ page book called Home Comforts, by Cheryl Mendelson. It's a book about how to do the many tasks involved in keeping house. One of the things she says in it has been on my mind and made me think about and re-evaluate the work I do in our house.
She says, "Home is the one place in the world where you are safe from feeling put down, or out, unentitled, or unwanted. Coming home is a major restorative in life. These are formidably good things, which you cannot get merely by finding true love or getting married or having children or landing the best job in the world - or even by moving into the house of your dreams. Nor is there much that interieor decorating can do to provide them. "
What really works "to increase the feeling of having a home and its comforts is housekeeping. Housekeeping creates cleanliness, order, regularity, beauty, the conditions for health and safety, and a good place to do and feel all the things you wish and need to do and feel in your home."
That seems like a lot to ask dusting and vacuuming to provide for people. But according to Mendelson housekeeping is so much more, although regular daily and weekly housework-type chores are certainly a part of it.
Still thinking and reflecting...
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