more on the value of domesticity

"Like the fire, the woman is expected to cook: not to excel in cooking, but to cook... the woman is expected to tell tales to the children, not original and artistic tales, but tales--better tales than would probably be told by a first-class cook... woman must be a cook, but not a competitive cook; a school mistress, but not a competitive schoolmistress; a house-decorator but not a competitive house-decorator; a dressmaker, but not a competitive dressmaker. She should have not one trade but twenty hobbies; she, unlike the man, may develop all her second bests." G.K. Chesterton, "The Emancipation of Domesticity"

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.