So much of what is magical and joyful about life takes place in the home. Snuggly duvets. Fresh flowers. Creativity. Play. Newborn baby cuddles. Games. The smell of dinner cooking. Fresh coffee. Many of the television shows we love feature home cooking (“The Great British Bake-Off”), de-cluttering (Marie Kondo), gardening (“Love Your Garden”), and home re-design (“Grand Designs”). We like home and home-making.
But to achieve the sorts of things that make home attractive, you need presence, you need cleaning, you need time, you need a cook, you need people to cuddle up with you under snuggly duvets in the morning—even if they are small children who wake you up far too early. In the end it is the tiny, seemingly insignificant moments like these which many of us come to think of as the best things in life.
