Black woman in luxury

The making of homemade cinnamon rolls 💕💕

everyone is free to add to this list (it would help me a lot!)

Adding new ones as ya'll comment so it will be a full post

🌸 embroidery

🌸 knitting

🌸 sewing

🌸 drawing (i want to learn iconography)

🌸 writing (poems, books, short stories)

🌸 reading novels or philosophy books

🌸 baking pastries

🌸 gardening

🌸 pottery

🌸 apothecary making (homemade oils, perfumes)

🌸 cande making

🌸 weaving

Homemakers, housewives, housekeepers. All different terms to describe a woman whose main calling in life is to create a home. Their main delight is found in the warmth and beauty of their families and making a place for them. They harness décor, culinary delights, nutrition, budgets, education, entertainment, machines, and more to create dwellings. They stand beside their men. They support their men. They raise the next generation of homemakers and they raise the next generation of providers and defenders.

I love this. I love homemaking on every level. This speaks to my soul in a way nothing I have ever done ever has.

HearthKeeping to me is something older, stronger, more courageous than the ‘50s housewife, which I’m not disrespecting. I love the ‘50s housewife because she creates beauty, she works clothed in beauty. She takes her job seriously and does everything with her husband in mind. She respects him and he respects her. But for me the woodstove, drying herbs, bread, soup aesthetic is more appealing. 

HearthKeeper.

All this the world wants to take away from us. It tells us that raising children, serving our husbands, creating our homes is a waste of our time and talent. Homemaking just shows what a boring lazy person you are. The world tells us that we are not only fit to do everything a man does, but we can do it better. We don’t need men, though men are obviously so stupid they need us. It takes all our grace and glory and throws it in the trash.

I don't want that. I love and respect my husband, appreciate his provision, and love the challenge of being a resource manager.