Today was make all three of our toilets look like new again day.
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@stargazersmith @NorcalGma2
I second this. After a hospital stay some years ago, the feeling of not contributing as I recovered was tough. At first, just feeding the cats felt like I was contributing again. I'm not sure, but I'd guess by letting Summer and your husband help check something off the list, everyone felt better.@donaldham @stargazersmith
It really did make a difference. Now they can look out the window and admire their fine work. -
Today was make all three of our toilets look like new again day.
My husband, who feels bad that I have to do so much of our housework, wishes things were different.
I told him that even if we had oodles of money I would still clean up behind us.
I said that as a single parent these kinds of skills were marketable. I could sew, cook and clean well. All tasks that families who can afford to hire out, will.
I wasn't always treated with respect even by his cousins who made me use the back door bathroom and gave me a bar of soap that was pressed together from the pieces of used bars.
I managed to feed my family in part because I can make a toilet look like new with some bartenders friend, gloves, brush and a pumice stone. I had no shame for doing this kind of work. It even paid for my daughter's braces.
The shame belongs to the people that treat domestic workers badly including his cousins.@NorcalGma2 I make sure to treat cleaners and janitors with respect. After all, we are working in the same place, for the same people. (And I will try the pumice stone, thank you.)
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@NorcalGma2 my friend,I did the same job for many years raising my kids. They were embarrassed, I never was. Women such as we are can build just about anything as long as we have a butter knife and an idea!
@Lizette603_23 @NorcalGma2
Honest work is good work. -
@Lizette603_23 @NorcalGma2
Honest work is good work.@stargazersmith @Lizette603_23
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@Lizette603_23 @NorcalGma2
Honest work is good work.@stargazersmith @NorcalGma2 I stopped comparing my output in the world with others as soon as I understood every one of us is precious... in the most basic meaning. From outlook to output. Everyone matters.
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