FINK FAMILY FARM | Homemaking

Many people hear “homemaker” and think that it is an old-fashioned, anti-woman, submissive title for women who don’t have careers. On the other hand, ANYONE who has a home, male or female, with or without children, with or without a paying career, should be proud to call themselves an expert homemaker. Homemaking (to me) is:

Making a house into a well-run, efficient, comfortable, simple, inviting home…
(i.e. organized, clean, healthy, calm, routined, simplified)

While being good stewards of all of the gifts and resources God has given to us…
(i.e. with money, food, clothes, land, the Earth, time)

Where all family members can become who God calls them to be…
(i.e. learn and do their very best, grow in virtue, develop their interests and talents, become well-adjusted adults, practice their faith freely, have time for what matters most as a family)

Here are some of my thoughts on homemaking, what makes a good homemaker, what this is all about…