Dear Daughters,
Mercy.
I wish I had better news.
This cleaning house business can feel like a thankless task
that never ends.
Truth #1: It doesn’t.
If you work ‘outside the home’, as I did, and
as you do, it really feels like it never ends.
So for whatever it is worth,
here are some additional truths to consider.
Truth #2: Create your own set of standards.
Not mine. Not Martha’s.
Yours.
I spent time worrying about things I could not do perfectly,
and the only thing I accomplished was
learning how to worry perfectly.
Truth #3: Use the witching hour (that first hour when you get home from work)
to your advantage and then stop.
One hour- or less if possible.
When I used that hour when I first got home to start supper, throw a load of clothes in the washer,
and wipe whatever was in my path
and then stop,
I felt like I was in the game
Truth #4: Cleaning house is not a moral issue.
It is simply a series of repetitive tasks.
Maybe an hour after work to deal with some of these repetitive tasks
feels like too much-
as standards’ chairman you decide.
Truth #5: Again.
I wish I had better news.
At least once a week, we need to take our homes
back to the starting gate.
As in all in, all clean, all done.
We can do this.
As Papa says- ‘no step for a stepper’.
Love, Mom
