I Am Not A Domestic Goddess

“While I love to enjoy people, I do not want to feel tied down to anyone or anything. When I am ready to move on I don’t want anything holding me back, especially marriage.”

This evening I decided to clean my kitchen after coming home from Target. I replaced the dish rack, scrubbed the sink, bleach-cleaned the countertops, and purged my home of some neglected chipped dishes and old cutlery. I rearranged the pantry and ended my cleaning session by sweeping the floor.

I was sweating like crazy afterwards. I couldn’t wait to hop in the shower.

While I was in the shower I thought about the life of a wife and mother, and how most women keep their homes clean by picking up after small children and their husbands on a daily basis. I imagine that the kids leave toys and clothes everywhere, the dog tracks muddy footprints on the carpet, the cat sheds hair on the couch, and the man of the house leaves the laundry in the dryer, waiting for his wife to fold it and put it away.

I can imagine that this is the life of a housewife, or even a working wife and mother. Of course I am only covering a small aspect of the many duties a woman takes on to maintain her household and rear her children for greatness. My head was spinning while putting myself in the make-believe shoes of many mothers and wives around the world.

I knew this before, but the realization really hit me today: I am not a domestic goddess.