Keeping home

To keep a home is different than keeping house. To keep a house although it it busy, sometimes exhausting and a lot of times messy with many children keeping a house is doable. Keeping a home is harder, yes, you still have to clean the house. But, you have to keep relationships too. And not even too. First. Relationships are the foundation of a home, just like your house has a foundation. The soul of your house IS the caring of the souls in the house. We make time to do the urgent, the dishes need done, the children need feed, the clothes need washed, things need picked up and put away. But how easy it is to push the important aside. To LOOK and talk to your child, your spouse. To hold a hand, take a walk, place a child on your lap and read a book. These are the things that last. A family dinner with family conversation is more important than a gourmet meal even eating grilled cheese sandwiches off paper plates can feel like a feast with candlelight and love. Keeping a home means keeping the important, the important and urgent. You can talk to your children while you do chores, the kitchen sink is a great place to talk but don't forget to make time for undivided attention too. This is it. Relationships are not just the most important thing, they are the only thing.
So while you are keeping your house don't for get to keep your home.