A Woman Back in the Day

Back in the day when we were in school we had to write papers that were pages long, reports on things, doing research to find evidence for our reports. We read several book we looked into in order to have good detail and we were also graded on punctuation, capitalization, hand writing and spelling.

In home economics we were taught budgets, cooking and sewing skills.

The first year of sewing we learned how to make a dress and the second year we had to make ourselves a wool suit. Those clothes fit well and were actually pleasing to wear.

We had the higher math, which I was never very good at, the basic math for running a house hold I had good grades in but when it came to story problems, calculus and geometry I was confused and made the grade but had to work very hard at it.

In home economics class we learned color coordination in decorating, even how to properly set a table as well as the kinds of foods that go good together.

I am sad to report that the young ladies coming out of high school today do not have these skills, in fact they are seen as completely unimportant unless someone is going into the restaurant or garment industry.

I enjoyed learning these things and have implemented what I learned in my homemaking. As an old timer now I believe every women is designed by God to do these things, it is the forte of a woman to like to "nest."

Today I meet more young woman who know nothing of these things, they have not been allowed to experience what might be enjoyable to them. There is so much emphasis on having a career that the things of the home are neglected as though they are unimportant.

The nesting instinct was placed there by God, when we deny them we force many woman into the mold of career woman when she really doesn't thrive there, having another boss telling her everything to do, her full potential is never met.

The woman's role is very diverse, when we push her into the career world we frustrate her inner being that was designed for home making.

Proverbs 31 is the model for the perfect fulfillment of the woman. She does make things and sells them, even buying a field as an investment, but this does not translate to eight hours a day outside the home while others do the job she should be doing.

Just saying!