Homemaking... Living the Simple Life

Homemaking is simple and yet it is not.  It is a life that is slowly evolving for many of my generation.  Some would say that we are going backwards, attempting to live a life from the past generations.  I disagree!  For one, I don't do daily baking, Monday washing, Tuesday ironing, and so on.  Many in my generation are working hard to learn skills that have been neglected and lost.  We want to produce, not be constant consumers.  We want to offer the world something other than filling a spot at some desk in corporate America.  The new homemaker has shunned an 8- 5 job and taken on something so much more important.  We are attempting to heal the world through simple everyday acts.  Acts that have the potential to turn things in another direction.  The world has slowly been degrading into materialistic and morally bankrupt societies separated by focusing on differences.  Homemakers can turn the tide in a positive direction.  First, by embracing simplicity and change.  For me personally, this involves homeschooling my children, daily washing up, gardening, soap making, candle making, cross-stitch, quilting, coming up with new grain-free recipes, and even the occasional building or refinishing of furniture.  This life looks a little different for everyone.  Just as much as our daily tidying of home and caring for our children, we need to connect with others, to create wholesome communities.  Teach the skills we have learned to others who are interested.  Spreading this wholesome sense of community as we do.