Making this list and using correct labels has grounded me so that I don’t become too self-focused, anxious, and filled with self-pity. I just might be overwhelmed because I mislabeled extracurriculars as the meat and bones of my homemaking, allowing myself to be led by the nose into the ditch of too much instead of seeing the true nature of what I am doing.

Play is vital to our hearts and minds and thus to our homemaking. Play is vital to the mental health of humans, so that makes it our responsibility. We must nurture and nourish an environment of play in our hearts and hearths. We must stop viewing everything as burdens, chores, and dull responsibilities. We are the HearthKeepers! Laugh, dance, sing, and play for the mutual well-being of your home, hearth, self, and people. Learn, dear ladies, to have fun!