the value of domesticity

"How can it be a large career to tell other people's children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one's own children about the universe? How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone, and narrow to be everything to someone? No; a woman's function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute. I will pity Mrs. Jones for the hugeness of her task; I will never pity her for its smallness." 
G.K. Chesterton, "The Emancipation of Domesticity"


This gets me so excited to be a stay at home mom! When thoughts of having a "career" start to seep in, this gets me excited to be here, at home, and to be the world to my little family! Thanks Chesterton for the encouragement! More from him later.