"Soul Enjoy Good" ~ A Homemaker's Day Inn

Woman Reading on Couch by T. F. Simon

Her husband has taken the family for a few hours but mother has stayed behind.

When she was younger, she would rush to the automobile in order to do some frivolous shopping.

That is no longer her love…

She has grown fond of her own little retreat, her quiet home.

As she stirs her green tea, the ice clanks against her glass like an old set of chimes. 

She gently stretches her tired body across her daybed. She pulls the light afghan over her flowing skirt. It keeps her company.

Today she will open a new, hardbound volume. It is lovely to her with its red and beige toile pattern. She carefully fingers the crisp, canvas cover before she delves into her devotional.

She no longer has guilt for these seemingly idle moments, for she realizes the impact they have on her health, her spirit. She feels restored…

She makes her way into the kitchen, plays some inspirational music and begins to stir the ingredients.

Soon the home is filled with a delicious aroma and a hungry set of faces. They smile when they smell mother's cooking. They smile when they see mother.

This is her new day out, it is a "day inn"... 

“Oh, I can't describe my home. It is home, and I can't put its charm into words.”

~ Elizabeth Gaskell,  North and South

"There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink,
and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour.
This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God."
~ Ecclesiastes 2:24

Proverbial Homemaker Series:

"She Riseth" Early ~ A Homemaker's Morning

"Law of Kindness" ~ A Homemaker's Victory

Lemon Honey Marmalade ~ A Homemaker's Musings
"She Strengtheneth" ~ A Homemaker's Health

"Work of Our Hands" ~ A Homemaker's Wash Day

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