tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post4873498048210221860..comments2023-07-09T01:33:24.556-07:00Comments on Old-Fashioned Motherhood: Old-Fashioned Home Management-- Part ONERachel Keppnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193834789450018423noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-18276970997268018652012-04-21T16:11:29.579-07:002012-04-21T16:11:29.579-07:00I just found this site. I LOVE it!!! I completely ...I just found this site. I LOVE it!!! I completely agree with you about the feminist movement. It's so sad how times have changed and homemakers are criticized. I am a stay at home mom to 3 children and I sometimes feel insecure or ashamed to tell people I don't work I stay at home with the children. A lot of people look down on that these days. I also want to homeschool and a lot of people look down on that, too. It also seems like people in general have lost a lot of disrespect for themselves; I guess what I mean is that when we look back men and women used to be dressed so nice and were proud of who they were. People still dress nice today but it seems that 50 or 60 years ago being a "lady or a gentlemen" was the modern standard for it's time. (I'm having trouble explaining myself through the keyboard.)Things have just really changed in every way and it makes me a little sad to think that in some ways things haven't changed for the good. Sometimes I feel so lost in today's world because I am too "Old Fashioned." If my family and I could board a time machine and go back to the days when housewives were the norm then we would easily fit right in. I'm all over the place with this and I could ramble on all day. I just hope I made some sense. Thanks for your website.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14890619898608381571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-59808238555263753652011-05-11T03:21:06.978-07:002011-05-11T03:21:06.978-07:00This is really an excellent post!! I love that you...This is really an excellent post!! I love that you posted about how the feminist movement evolved because I totally agree with you! LOVE IT! Great job! :D--SWasatch Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866044436238151180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-57821499978791710772011-01-21T07:09:04.093-07:002011-01-21T07:09:04.093-07:00i love this blog.i love this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-75456392656463778282010-11-10T22:01:36.649-07:002010-11-10T22:01:36.649-07:00Very interesting post. I think we're still bo...Very interesting post. I think we're still bombarded with the message that our work is meaningless and stupid and that we "deserve better" (whatever THAT is!) <br /><br />Great job putting our lives in perspective.Handsfullmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-76940952527466424292010-10-25T09:19:04.360-07:002010-10-25T09:19:04.360-07:00Wow! Great post!!
I was raised by a Gen Xer ;) a...Wow! Great post!! <br /><br />I was raised by a Gen Xer ;) a single mother, she raised me to be a strong woman who didn't need a man :( . <br /><br />Now as a 23yr old mommy to three and wife to my lovely husband, I LOVE being a homemaker. Serving my family, making my babies clothes, having babies. I don't feel that those things tie me down, I believe that serving God , My Husband, and My Family is the greatest calling there is. <br /><br />My mom lives with us and sees how rewarding the life we are making is, is always saying how I am a much different mother than she was. She loves a home cooked meal every night, clean laundry, and a clean home.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09662056170385863771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-39289135102387724342010-10-23T23:31:28.314-07:002010-10-23T23:31:28.314-07:00I think you've just hit the nail on the head f...I think you've just hit the nail on the head for me as to why I don't have time to be involved in a homeschool group that meets several times a week. I am responsible for growing our food, preserving our food, and making our clothes. I don't really HAVE the time to just go to the park. Others think it's because we are a one-car family (they think I'm limited by only having one car) but I have things to do AT HOME, and I am happiest when I am GETTING those things done, which means being at home!<br /><br />The first thing I thought of, when you mentioned washing machines, was a quote by President Kimball, "Today's women . . . have ease, comfort, leisure, conveniences, and time, such as no other women in history have had. What has she done with her new-found liberties and opportunties and time? Has she perfected her own life? Is she more dutiful and faithful to her reduced home duties than was her great-grandmother with her multiplicity of ardous ones? . . . Does she have more children now that she has more time? Does she train her children better than her ancestors did? Does she herself have more faith and piety than the woemn of old? And does she better instill into her children the faith which will make gods of them?"The Prudent Homemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229771550830911638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-90436121140966879122010-10-23T23:12:12.345-07:002010-10-23T23:12:12.345-07:00Great post, and gorgeous pictures. Would you cons...Great post, and gorgeous pictures. Would you consider sharing a recipe that feeds 8 or more <a href="http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/2010/10/potluck-saturday-or-cooking-for-8-or_22.html" rel="nofollow">on this linky? </a> Thanks!Headmistress, zookeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14071449326819510530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-14662102970040825552010-10-21T20:41:53.391-07:002010-10-21T20:41:53.391-07:00Hey, Jessi! Thanks!
Isn't that "Mothers ...Hey, Jessi! Thanks!<br /><br />Isn't that "Mothers Who Know" button great? I got it from The Misfit Cygnet's blog. Here's the web address: http://www.misfitcygnet.com/<br /><br />It's on the left as you scroll down. :-)Rachel Keppnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193834789450018423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-68739352664240726932010-10-21T20:36:40.554-07:002010-10-21T20:36:40.554-07:00(And I forgot to ask, where did you get that great...(And I forgot to ask, where did you get that great "Mothers Who Know" button?!)Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081490626539539802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-57388303175360514222010-10-21T20:35:55.564-07:002010-10-21T20:35:55.564-07:00I love this post! My mom stayed home with us and d...I love this post! My mom stayed home with us and did a great job of teaching us to be homemakers, but I was so bombarded by the world's message that I be a "productive member of society" that I chose to keep working when Mike and I got married. It took 5 years for me to see that I could be fulfilling a higher role by having children and raising them - and now I regret I didn't start sooner :( I hope I can teach my babies.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081490626539539802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-65084472036027580252010-10-19T08:36:55.425-07:002010-10-19T08:36:55.425-07:00Thanks, Rachel, for taking the time out of your bu...Thanks, Rachel, for taking the time out of your busy life to encourage us all to be happier and find fulfillment in the divine role we have been given as mothers and homemakers (whether we work outside of the home or not, we cannot pass the buck to others).Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592864916398296585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-66420358768923653652010-10-18T18:26:29.160-07:002010-10-18T18:26:29.160-07:00Thank you, Sarah and ReNee! :-)
And Miss ReNee, I...Thank you, Sarah and ReNee! :-)<br /><br />And Miss ReNee, I absolutely love your blog! Everyone should go there and check out your yummy recipes! http://goinbacktothefarm.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Liv, I hear ya. My mom did stay home, etc., but I know she had a hard time being excited about homemaking. I really had to learn most of what I know after I left to be married, BUT at least my mom was home. Way to go with your kiddos! :-)Rachel Keppnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193834789450018423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-33211044041540815602010-10-18T17:06:56.340-07:002010-10-18T17:06:56.340-07:00My mother didn't stand strong in the feminist ...My mother didn't stand strong in the feminist movement. I was raised on Hamburger Helper and Soda. Seriously. I have learn all homemaking skills on my own. It has been extremely hard. I hope that I will change things for my own children. I can tell you that they know how to take care of a baby and to change and wash their CLOTH Diaper. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-12987917758741978102010-10-18T13:31:02.926-07:002010-10-18T13:31:02.926-07:00Good post, I agree!Good post, I agree!Sarah Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095151411363232281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144795012504114230.post-22183620641964481322010-10-18T12:24:11.828-07:002010-10-18T12:24:11.828-07:00I am so glad that you are stating these very impor...I am so glad that you are stating these very important words for the world to read!! Our homes must be a haven from the world and mothers need to find joy and fulfillment in even the simplest of tasks, though clean toilets don't have to be included! Love yer guts! Will you help spread the word on my blog and post a link....if you feel it is worth reading!Wanna be farm girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661027732167618504noreply@blogger.com