At the moment, in much of the United States, homemaking is looked down upon as a profession. In reality, it is the most important profession and can be the most exciting of all... The home is our most important social institution and unless we give it the respect that is its due and stop the incessant erosion that is taking place, we will suffer irreparable loss...the home is the focal seat of education and emotional security. More and more the functions of the home have been taken over by the school, but the school is no substitute, no matter how fine the instructors or expensive the equipment... What mental insolvency has overtaken us that we can allow the core of our culture to be denigrated, weakened and reduced? Far better to burn your house and live in a cave than to lose the sense of wonder and privilege of making a home.
--Bill Coperthwaite
Homemaking and the value of such a choice has been very much on my mind lately. While reading a book recently I found this quote. I had seen it before and I remember the words touching my heart in a way that made me feel that yes, yes I am doing something of value and worth whether society recognizes it as such or not. Apparently that feeling in me was lost for a short time but I have since reclaimed it.
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