Where food, home, and fun are all wrapped up with love in one handcrafted package. The gift of homemaking is too good not to share!
“This job has been given to me to do. Therefore, it is a gift. Therefore, it is a privilege. Therefore, it is an offering I may make to God. Therefore, it is to be done gladly, if it is done for Him. Here, not somewhere else, I may learn God’s way. In this job, not in some other, God looks for faithfulness.”
Elisabeth Elliot
Hey, I’m Amy!
I want to say “Welcome” to you! If you’re here, I am assuming you have interest in some area of homemaking. Being a homemaker for the last several years has been the most fulfilling years yet! It isn’t always easy, but it’s always worth it. I want to share the things I have learned and the things I continue to learn from my transition from a stay at home mom to a Keeper of my Home. They’re not the same thing, you know! My desire is to share things that have helped me and to encourage you in your desire to be a homemaker!
About Me
I am a small town girl, who tried city life after high school, but had to get back home. I lived a life of chasing education and career for most of my adult life up until this point. It was during the summer after my first child’s kindergarten year that I realized there were not many options for the child care of school age children in my area. At least, none that I knew well enough to trust him with. It was the goal of mine and my husband’s to spend the next year making decisions that would allow me to be home full time when school ended after his first grade year.
When I quit my job, I was a self-proclaimed “Stay at Home Mom” or “SAHM”. I mostly made sure the house was cleanish and that I had a plan for dinner. That didn’t always mean I cooked it. Probably less than half the week consisted of homemade meals. Most of the time, our meals were microwaved or from a restaurant. I got everyone out the door in the morning and just did what I wanted until it was time to pick up: workout, coffee or lunch with friends, watch TV, shop, etc. It was definitely low stress but at the same time, low productivity and fulfillment.
The Ah-Ha Moments
It took a few years, and the discovery of several YouTube videos, Instagram accounts, and podcasts, to start to realize the importance and value a productive homemaker is. My day didn’t look anything like these other women’s. I started, slowly albeit, to do more “things” day to day. I began to sink into “mommy culture” and feel unappreciated and a victim. Even though I had finally achieved the goal of leaving the workplace, a pull I had on my heart long before it became a reality, I felt stuck and in a funk of repeating mundane tasks over and over, day after day.
Finally, scripture in Titus and Proverbs opened my eyes to WHY. Why I felt called to come home. Why I felt unfulfilled and unappreciated. My focus was on me, not on Him. It wasn’t on my calling but on what the world said I should do and feel. Praise the Lord for leading me out of the victimhood that the world has made homemakers feel. That only encourages us to do less for our families, where true homemaking encourages to do more, with gratefulness. I like this way much better! God’s way is always better.