I like my “home”
28 Apr 2010 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: home, motherhood, wife
Again over at the blog At The Well there is yet another wonderful message.
Your Home…..do you like spending time at home or are you always looking for something to do to get you out of your house?
I like my house..sometimes I get bored..but I always have cleaning or projects to do..I just get lazy and dont want to do anything. But in general I like my home. I like the decor..We could have a few less deers in the living room..but Gregg likes it. Of course I’m not done decorating my home…That takes years and I think you are never really done decorating your home.
But move past the decor and the cleaning that I need to be doing and think about the atmosphere of my home..and what it makes Gregg and Lyla feel like. I wonder if they enjoy being home.
Here is a little excerpt from the At the Well blog that struck me….
The first step has to be the vision, the view of home as engineered society, private utopia, the one little corner of the planet where the culture is entirely up to you and your husband. The culture of the home will reflect the ideas of the people who live there, and no one’s ideas influence the culture more strongly than the wife and mother’s. ***whew that was it…I need to have my ideas concrete..my thoughts have to be concrete…if Lyla has a question…I need to have an answer and a why…Here’s a good thought…”Am I watering a weed or an oak seedling?” Am I just sliding ideas by Lyla and letting her decided for herself what she wants to believe in at 2 years old and just watering a weed in her world..or do I have my stuff together and know I what I believe in and think about issues so when she asks me I can water an oak seedling that will forever stay with her..that someone like the wind can’t come along and blow down….If you struggle with being at home, or even if you don’t, it might be time to sit down and ask yourself what your ideas about home are and then what your ideals for life are. How can you create a home that is exactly what you and your family most need? How can you turn your ideals into a cultural blueprint? What should life in your home look like, and how can you make it happen?
Do you want a home full of peacefulness or bustling activity? Is it quiet or full of music or laughter? Who is there all day? Is it children, the elderly, neighbors, family? What do you want to learn about? What do you want to produce? If you find yourself wishing to be out of your home, what is it that you want to do? How could you make your home a center for that kind of work?
I hope you readers got a little bit out of this…because I got a whole lot….
I always wanted to be a momma…it is the best thing I ever done…and I wouldn’t change anything…but I guess it is just hitting me that the “momma” is the center of the home…she is the glue…she is the load bearing wall to her house…
Have a Blessed Day!
