This is a honorable goal and can bring joy to the home as long as its not paired with overwhelmed and stress. Here are 5 ways to keep the joy in your home and the stress elsewhere.

• Letting Go of Perfection
• Declutter Your Decorations
• Keep Your Everyday Meals Simple
• Consumable or No Clutter Gifts
• Remember, All Glory be to Christ

Letting Go of Perfection

No matter what trick you use to simplify your home, avoid overwhelm and make the holiday’s less stressful nothing will actually work unless your attitude and perspective are right. Some people call this taking care of your ‘mental health’. I would say this is much more of a heart issue than a mental issue.

When you love something it becomes important to you. Once something is important to you, you get anxious and stressed when that thing is not going the way it should. As a homemaker, we are responsible for the things going on in our home. The cleanliness, the meals, the way the home functions, we are the ones who get to work that out and accomplish it. It becomes important to us.

What do you love?

I love homemaking! Creating a home that is comfortable, hospitable, clean and has the smell of homemade meals delighting the soul is what I love doing. I love when my kids want to be home. When my husband comes home from work with a smile on his face. I want people to feel welcome and at home in my house. This is all good, until it is more important, loved more than my own families well being.

So what do I love more? I love the Lord and the most important thing I can do as a wife and mother is emulate Gods love to my family. Show them love, teach them love. Walk in His way and teach my kids to do the same.

Proverbs 25:24 says “It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, than in a house shared with a contentious woman.” It says similar things in Proverbs 21:9 and 27:15-16. If I’m continually stressed over the well being over the home and I’m yelling, complaining and getting frustrated with the kids, I’m in the wrong. My love is on my home and myself more than my family who the home is for. I have become a contentious women.

Let go of perfection

If you find yourself overwhelmed, bitter and contentious over the busy holiday season you need to let go of the perfection of your home and seek perfections or sanctification in your relationship with your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Avoid overwhelm by resting in the Lord. Remember His holiness. Be thankful for His sacrifice. Serve you family for His glory. Let go of the ideal perfect home and seek the perfect Lord. Let go of the idea of the perfect holiday experience and see the perfect Lord. Don’t hold onto the standards of the crunchy homemaker but seek the standards of the Lord. Only then will you be able to truly avoid overwhelm.

With that being said, lets get into some of the tips and trick that can help simplify our homes now that our hearts are set.

Declutter Your Decorations

To avoid the holiday overwhelm in your home, simplify you decorations. Now, I’m not saying you have to go all minimalist with your holiday decorations but try to avoid a cluttered look. Not every little angel, nutcracker or snowman has to be out every year. If your decorations make you feel like your house is clutter and uncleanable, simplify them.

A cluttered house can be hard to relax in. During this time of year our schedules are often full and cluttered. Our home should be able to give us all rest and peace. If the decorations stress you out, simplify them to fit your family’s needs.

Letting the kids help Decorate

When you have little kids who want to help decorate things can get stressful very easily. We imagine we will be making wonderful memories with our kids when decorating until they have their own great ideas of how things should look. Then its messy, unorganized, and chaotic.

I want my kids to be creative and celebrate our saviors birth with joy and not memories of mom controlling things and taking the fun out of it. But I also can’t stand the numerous messy, mismatching kids ornaments and cut outs, drawing and such. Its all clutter to me.

In our house, each of the kids rooms get their own tree with their own ornaments. My kids can also display all their arts and crafts and decorate in their own rooms however they want. They get to be creative and make memories. I get a tidy house with decoration that bring me joy and not stress.

Maybe you don’t want a tree or decorations in their room. You can also take same idea and apply it elsewhere in the house. Like a table, shelf or mantle that they get to decorate and arrange. Giving them some boundaries to their creativity is a good for them. When given boundaries they become more intentional with what they do.

Keep your everyday meals simple

The holiday season is all about food (and Jesus). From Thanksgiving to New Years there are so many traditional meals, sweet treats, from scratch family recipes we have to make. There are parties that we are baking for and edible gifts to make all on top of all the expected amazing holiday day-of meals.

For the homemaker it can be a lot of fun or stressful days in the kitchen. This is when meal planning and freezer meals come in handy. I love cooking, but it can be exhausting during the holidays to keep up with all the extra baking and cooking on top of the daily meals. Having a monthly meal plan laid out for the month of November and December help me a lot. Here are more resources on monthly meal planning.

When planning these meals I choose easy, simple meals that my family loves. Meals that can be make ahead of time if needed. In November I often make a few freezer meals for some of the busy days in December. This makes it easy for us to eat a healthy home cooked meal on days we have been out all day enjoy the seasons festivities. Having freezer meals ready also makes it easy for me to relax and not worry about dinner when I’m overwhelmed with all the extra holiday baking.

In all, to avoid the holiday overwhelm as a homemaker plan our a months worth of meals ahead of time. Choose simply easy meals. Have a well stocked freezer of meals ready to go.

Consumable or No Clutter Gifts

As a homemaker, as your family receives gifts, it can be stressful. As a mother with 5 small children we receive a lot of toys at Christmas time. It doesn’t help that we have November, December and January birthdays in our family. Lots of new things coming through that I must now find a place for in my home and teach my children to put them away properly.

The day after Christmas, about 3 years ago I remember looking at the mess and realizing I had not place to put all these new toy and I cried. I was overwhelmed. That day I made a plan, went to Walmart, bought bins and a new shelf, organized and threw out a lot of old toys to make room for the new ones. Here are a few tips on how to the avoid overwhelm and stress of gift receiving as a homemaker.

Tell your family and friends what gifts are appropriate

You don’t have to make this a joy killing moment of making harsh boundaries. It can be as simple as mentioning “We are getting out kids fun art supplies this year, they would love more coloring books too”. Often times that sparks a good conversation with friends and family as to what type of gifts are joy giving in your home.

In the past, to avoid overwhelm, I have had to give some family members a limit of how many toy and gift they can give my kids. Thankfully we have such good relationships that this was not offensive. When giving these types of boundaries I have often worded them like “We have a lot of toy right now, for Christmas I’d appreciate it if you only got them 1 toy. You can get them as many gifts as you want but can you keep the toys to a limit of 1 per child?” If you need more boundaries you can say something like “We have so much right now, and would appreciate a limit of only 3 gift this year.” Or what ever it needs to be.

What type of gifts to kids that are not toys

To avoid the clutter and overwhelm of toy during this seasons think of consumable or easy to store gifts for you kids. Gifts like sidewalk chalk, bubbles, coloring books are great non food consumable gifts. When they are done they are gone.

Food gifts, like their favorite snack in their stockings is always loved. I always fill my little kids stocking with applesauce, banana, boxes of yogurt covered raisins and fruit snacks and they love it! As they get older treats like, breakfast cookies, chocolate bars, trail mix. You can be as crunchy or not, food gifts are always loved.

For more ideas for no clutter consumable gifts here I have a list of 27 gifts ideas you can check out.

Remember, All Glory Be To Christ

Now that you have decluttered, stocked up on freezer meals, and your gifts aren’t stressing you out, you can remember again, this is all for the glory of Christ. It may be tempting to say what I do is for the glory of God. Christ is honored by my work. I give honer to Christ with what I accomplish. Like a knight saying he will win this tournament for the beautiful lady. Its not about me giving God glory with what I do but doing what He would have me do that brings Him glory.

All glory be to Christ means I seek His will and workout His plan that He has for me. God has prepared work for us to do and yes, doing the dishes, making the meals, wrapping the gifts so beautifully is a part of the life that he has given to us. But the work he desires for us is in our heart attitude towards Him and our neighbors. He desires us to love Him with all our hearts, soul, mind and strength and to love our neighbors as ourself. Put off sin, confess and repent, giving glory to our Lord.

When you do the work of a homemaker, don’t come to God saying “Look what I did for your glory” but come to God asking “What can I do to give your glory”.

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Glorify the Lord and Enjoy Him Forever

What is you goal in life? What is your purpose in life? And what is your chief end in life?

It is easy to think that keeping the house in order is the main purpose of my life as a stay at home mom. The routines is repetitive, the daily tasks and daily chores make us think, because we do these things daily they are the reason we exists. But just because we do the laundry daily it does not define us as to who we are or what are purpose is.

The Westminster Shorter Catechism states that “Man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever”. Although these exact words are not in scripture the concept is clearly seen through the whole bible. God calls us to a relationship with him just like He had with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. But due to our sin we have been separated from the relationship. Thanks be to God for Jesus Christ coming from heaven, God with man, suffering for our sin on the cross and giving us new life apart from sin in His own resurrection.

Now that we are saved from the power of sin in our lives we have a restored relationship with God. What does God now have for us in this relationship? To enjoy Him and glorify Him for who He is and what He has done. Revelation 4:11: “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”

How Does the Gospel Apply to Housework?

Now that we are reminded of the gospel (the good news) of Christ how does that overflow outside of Church and Bible Study and actually apply to my chores and housework? 1 Corinthians 10:31: “So whether you are eating or drinking, or whatever you are do, do it all to the glory of God”. How? What does that mean?

This is a mindset, or change of heart we must have. Let’s first ask “why am I washing the dishes?” “Doing the laundry?” “picking up these toys again?”. Is it for the shallow reasons of simply just having a clean house? What is your motivation? Be honest with yourself. Is it a pride issue? Or to earn favor from man? Often when we feel overwhelm over life it is because we have the wrong motivation behind our actions.

With the gospel in mind and Gods word in mind, lets ask again, “why would God have me do these chores?”. First lets remember that God created all things and he created us in his likeness. Then in the garden He gave Adam a job… before sin… to take care of the garden and the animals, naming them. Just as God has named all the stars and every grain of sand, He holds all things together, He then made Adam (man) his steward to work similarly. In His likeness. He gave Adam purpose and enjoyment in the works he prepared for him. 

In sin, these works that God gave us can be burdensome. To work is something God created for us to do while in perfect relationship with him. Without the gospel there is no true joy or satisfaction in our work. But in Christ we have joy unspeakable and freedom with do good works for Gods glory without the weight of sin telling us we are not good enough.

Christ Our Life, Not Just One Part

Often we try to compartmentalize our relationship with God. Sundays we go to church and that’s when we worship, In the morning I read my bible, and once a week I volunteer. Check, check, check. I’ve met up with God this week. NO! The scripture clearly states that Christ is to be Lord of our lives. In every aspect. Not just in “churchy” things but while mopping the floor, cleaning the toilets, even in the dentist chair.

The Israelite’s were told to remember, and to continually teach and give thanks for what God has done for them. In Romans 12 we are told to renew our mind and be transformed by the gospel. When Christ is our head, and to glorify Him and enjoy Him forever is our priority, there is joy and satisfaction in everything else that we do.

Psalms 16:11 says “In His presence there is fullness of joy and His right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Continue in his presence through out the day, though out the chores and housework and you will have fullness of joy.

Keep A Simple Schedule

Now, even with the gospel in hand we cannot do everything. We are not God. He has prepared his good works us to do but that doesn’t mean we must be doing everything under the sun. 

When your schedule keeps you out of the house for most of the week then household chores and housework are going to get neglected. You might think that because you are out of the house it wont be so messy or need as much work. Wrong, the laundry still piles up, the dishes don’t get done as you are eating and running out the door. You are tired when you get back from you outing and you think you will have time the next day to get the work done.

Staying home will get the housework done. But never going out and always saying no to outings is another mistake. There’s a different balance for everyone and it take trial, error and instinct to figure it out. Here are some tips to help you though.

Schedule Regular Outings

Schedule weekly outings for you and your family to be apart of as well as time at home. Our weekly schedule looks like this.

• Monday – I teach piano lessons from home, evening is family time.
• Tuesday – Story Time at the Library with friends – evening bible study with church friends.
• Wednesday – Homeschool co op – evening youth group bible study we serve at.
• Thursday – I bring the kids to clean the church – evening church worship band practice for me, kids have a fun night with dad.
• Friday – Is reserved for the random appointments and staying home.
• Saturday – Adventure or rest.
• Sunday – Church and extended family lunch and dinner.

This may not look like a simple schedule and some weeks it does not feel simple at all. But it is consistent. I’m able to work each day around my consistently scheduled events throughout the week. Being consistent makes the decision making and planing simple.

Make a list for yourself first on what outing naturally happen, then write out what you want your outings to look like.

Schedule Daily Blocks

Now that we have our weekly outings written out we can give ourselves a rough daily routine. First write out what your natural daily routine looks like, the good and the bad. Address the times you scroll though Instagram to much or what too much Youtube. Allow yourself some down time but be aware of your time wasters.

Write our your daily schedule out in time blocks rather than exact times. When your weekly schedule interferes don’t stress. Our daily schedule is more of something to fall back on rather than to control us.

Here is my daily schedule.

• 6:00am – Write on Blog
• 7:30 – Workout
• 8:00-9:00 Kids get up/Breakfast/Read Together
• 9:00-12:00 Household chores/meal prep/homeschool.
• 12:00pm – Lunch
• 1:00-3:00 – Catch up time or projects/hobbies. If I we were out in the morning I will catch up with chores and meal prepping during this time. If I’m all caught up on housework, I like to throw myself into a project or hobby like sewing, flipping furniture, creating a new recipe, deep cleaning or decluttering job.
• 3:00-5:00 – Nap time/Quiet time. My younger one take there naps while my older boys play and I go to my room and rest, work on blog, bible study.
• 5:00 – Finish making dinner
• 7:00 – Evening outings or family time.
• 9:00 – bed time for kids.

Again, this is the schedule I fall back on when I don’t know what to do next. It does not control me, I am not a slave to my schedule but it is a tool that helps me stay on top of all the housework I have to do and want to do. Friday’s are the only day that I might follow this schedule exactly. Every other day there is an interruption somewhere but I always know how to come back.

This daily schedule changes with each new season of life, too. With all of lives changes we should adapt our schedule to the life changes rather than our lives to the schedule. I like to rewrite this out every 6 month or so according to what comes most natural to me during that season of life. In the summer things are a little different than in winter because we our outside more. Gardening take a priority as well as swimming/water play, everyday. I’m due with baby number 5 this summer and nap times and nursing are bound to change the schedule.

List Your Priorities

Make a list of what is most important to you and your family with your husband. Start with your weekly commitments. Rank each item so that when you feel overwhelmed and you need a day at home you know what is important and what you can miss out on.

Know what is important to your husband and let him know what’s important to you. There will be times when you will have to sacrifice your ideals for his and he will sacrifice his for yours. Knowing each other passions will help you remove this unimportant commitments in your life before having to sacrifice too much.

For example. Two things my husband sees as priority is our ministry with the youth (wed) and family adventures (sat). I too priority our shared youth ministry as well as my music ministry (Thur & Sun). We both love our Tuesday night bible study but its the first evening activity to get thrown out if needed. Second is my Thursday night band practice (we have a Sunday morning practice too) and unless we are sick or have a newborn we do not miss Wednesday Youth Group. 

Ranking each item on your weekly schedule and daily schedule help you see in the moment of what is truly important for your family. Giving you the freedom to take the less important things off in order to make the priorities happen without stress.

Declutter

The more stuff you have in your house the more housework and stress you will have. Now I’m not saying you need to be a minimalist in order to be successful in your home. What you have needs to bring you joy rather than stress. Having useless items around your house is, well, useless. If you love all the kitchen gadgets and use them then there’s no need to get rid of them. If you love your clothes and wear them, keep them. But if you find things in your closet that you know you are never going to fit in again or that is just not practical with your lifestyle anymore. Get it out.

Declutter a little bit at a time each week. Make decluttering a normal part of your chores and housework. Clean out the fridge, freezer or the spice cabinet. Do you really use all those towels in your linen closet or can two or three go making the door actually closable. If you are having a hard time containing something ask yourself if you need it as that much of it. Don’t overwhelm yourself by trying to reorganize and declutter your whole house at once.

Weekly Check-in with your husband

Another wonderful way prepare yourself for a successful week is to set your priorities with your husband for the upcoming week. Know his schedule, let him know yours, even in areas he’s not involved in personally. Saying out loud, to your husband, what is important for you this week keeps you on the same track. One of the things this week for me is changing the kids winter clothes to summer clothes. This is not a daily or even monthly task so it becomes an item on my list that I want my husband to know about. Now that he knows he will understand why I might ask him for helping with the laundry or getting boxes out of the closet. When he comes home to a with clothes everywhere instead of being overwhelm himself, he will know exactly whats happening and ready to help with big chore on this weeks list. 

This weekly check in can also be used as a time to ask about prayer request for each other. Sharing with one another what’s on your heart, or what the Lord has taught your this week. A time to minister to each other not just in how to improve the messy house and daily routines but a time to know each others heart and desires. Supporting each other spiritually, materialistically and physically.

Realistic Expectations

You can easily set yourself up for failure in by giving yourself unrealistic expectations. It is unrealistic to have all the housework, chores, cooking, cleaning and laundry done completely. Its the way of life, we eat, clean up and make more food to eat again only to clean up again.

Its easy to get frustrated with the cycle thinking you are failing because the cycles continues but that is not the case. The cycle is beautiful and ordained by God. God created cycles in season, in weeks, in days, in weather and in the way plants grow and the way we are born to grow, live and die. This cycle of time that God created FOR us is beautiful and for his glory.

The cycle of the work within our home is a beautiful thing. We get to make life enjoyable with the work we put into the cycle. Making food that’s taste good, creating a space for relaxation and fun. Teaching children to read and watching them grow to love the Lord. It is a beautiful life.

Expecting the toys to cover the floor again minutes after you were finally able to vacuum after 2 or more week… will not disappoint you. Remember you kids are eager to work their brains with creative playing as a part of the beautiful cycle of life. 

Don’t give yourself unrealistic goals but be honest with yourself. What housework can I get done today? How can you improve your schedule? Be aware of what is realistic and strive for it. As a christian stay-at-home mom, don’t get down on yourself or give up because you can’t obtain the Instagram or tik-tok house. The Instagram house is a stage, its not something people live in. Your purpose in life is not the perfect home but to glorify God in your home. Your home contains life, embrace your home.

More Verses for Encouragement

For more encouragement from scripture read some of these passages. Comment below with other scripture, points or resources that help you gain peace in craziness of life.

1 Peter 4:11, Romans 11:36, Philippians 4:6-8, Matthew 6: 25-33

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Embracing Peace, Not Overwhelm

Keeping my kitchen cabinets organized is not always easy but so very rewarding. In my kitchen I have few cabinets and little counter space. With a space things can pile up really quickly. Cleaning up after every meal or cooking time in the kitchen is necessary which leads to tip number 1.

Tip number 1: The One Touch Rule

The One Touch Rule is once you’ve touch something you put all the way away the first time you touch it. Don’t create little piles to be put away at a later time. Wash that one dish right away to avoid fifty dishes to wash later on. Put the toys all the way away, the rags to the laundry basket not a pile on the floor…etc. These are real life tasks that I struggle with finishing. So I remind myself, “one touch” and finish the little task it keeps things from building up and causing stress and overwhelm.

Imagine you have a list of all the things you need to put away and every time you pick something up you put it in another spot closer to where it should go so that its “easier” to put it away later. You will never be able to actually check anything off the list because every time you pick something up you aren’t actually putting it away you are just reorganizing your mess but never cleaning it up.

Now don’t get me wrong, sometimes we do need to organize and sort through the mess. Like when my kids dump the Lego’s, cars, play food, and blocks all out in the living room floor. In that case sitting down with the kids and sorting through the toys is a great method of cleaning.

The One Touch Rule applies when I’m washing dishes and one of my daughters toy dishes appears in the sink. I wash it, dry it, and put it away in the toy box right away. Now I’m tempted to put the clean toy on the edge of the counter thinking I’ll put away later… but then I forget… I think I wont but I do. Now her toys are sill in my kitchen, I’m running late, I making dinner and I need to stay focused on the meal… So I toss it into the living room, still not putting it away… teaching my kids its okay to just throw toys in another room in order to say that you “cleaned up”. The one touch rule saves me from this cycle.

Tip Number 2: Keep The Sink Empty

This rule is huge for me. Not having a dishwasher I wash all our dishes by hand in the sink. I like washing dishes and I’ve never cared to have a dishwasher. The one thing I hate is when my kitchen sink is so full of dishes that I can’t wash the one pot or bowl or knife that I need. To get what I need I first have to empty the sink so I can wash the one bowl.

There are two things to keep this from happening. 1, wash dirty dishes right away with the one touch rule. 2, Place dirty dishes on counter not inside the sink. Washing dishes right away keeps them from piling up. Setting dirty dishes on the counter for later make it so the sink is always available a quick wash.

If you do have a dishwasher I suggest you never put dirty dishes in the sink or counter. Rinse and place them in the dishwasher right away, even if you are not turning it on till the end of the day. Don’t make a habit of creating piles in your kitchen to do later. This will just cause stress at the end of the day over all the thing you’ve saved for yourself to do. Finishing the little tasks throughout the day for simpler living and avoid the overwhelm and stress.

Tip Number 3: Relationships Over Cleanliness

When the kids are crying, the house is messy, food is burning on the stove, we moms sometimes get stuck. Unable to focus and we don’t know what to do next. Trying to focus in we get frustrated with all the distraction and interruption. Instead of focusing in, broaden your view.

Remember relationships are more important than the cleanliness of the home. Your relationship with your husband and kids is more important than a clean house. Broaden your view, look for ways to build up your relationships instead of focusing on the chores. Focus on relationships over tasks. If the kids are upset, love on them. When your husbands is coming home from work and the house is a mess and your hair is a mess. Brush your hair first. He wants to look at you, not the house.

When focused on building up your relationships within your family you can then decided on what tasks are most important. Cleaning the same thing over and over again can get discouraging. But when we have the right mindset and motivation we can love and serve others selflessly. The chores become acts of love, giving us joy and purpose in doing them.

Tip Number 4: Declutter Often

Every couple months I like to go through a drawer or cabinet and clean it out. Throw away any junk, reevaluate if any of the items in the back of the drawer or that mug in the back of the cabinet is actually worth keeping. I don’t get rid of everything but consider what works and what doesn’t for your house using wisdom. I encourage you go through the whole kitchen at once (unless necessary) but one or two drawers or cabinets a month. Making it a quick job of it, maybe 30 minutes of decluttering and deep cleaning that area of the kitchen. Rather than a days worth of going over every cabinet, nook and cranny of the kitchen in one full swoop.

Keeping the clutter down by going through my kitchen often keeps me from wasting my limit storage space. We have a cabinet that is deep with a narrow door so its hard to see and reach items in the back. For the longest time I stored tea cups and small items in this cabinet. This week, as I cleaning it out I realized I never use my pretty cups and plates. So I switch things up a bit. I moved my pie dishes into the small cabinet and the tea cups and pretty items to a more convenient shelf. The pie dishes take up the whole shelf leaving no room for little things to be hidden. It’s perfect! I only need the pie dishes when I make pie and I now I have the opportunity to use the pretty plates and tea cups when ever I want.

Tip Number 5: Romance The Ordinary

Keeping my cabinets clean and organized doesn’t just improve the function of my kitchen but adds beauty and peace, it adds romance. It brought me joy to move my tea cups to a cabinet they can be seen in and easily accessed. Eating a simple snack of almonds or a rice cake off of a pretty plate energizes and fills me up so much more than eating off a paper plate. It feel romantic to eat and serve your family in a beautiful way. The going above and beyond to make something beautiful for someone is a way of showing love.

Whenever I bring flowers in the the home or make eye catching meals my kids get excited! They enjoy beauty even at a young age. My son is always asking to pick flowers to have on the kitchen table. I have to remind him that we can’t have flowers and decoration around if the table is going to be messy. We first need to clean the sticky oatmeal or dinner dishes or arts and crafts off the table and then add the beautifying elements.

I love adding the romantic beautiful elements to my home but they are only effective with a clean house. So first we clean, we keep up on the clutter and do our do diligence. Have you ever notice all the pretty inspirational photos of kitchens on Pinterest are clean? Clean the kitchen and then add beauty. Creating inspiration for your family to see and enjoy.

In Summery

I hope you are encouraged and ready to embrace the kitchen with all its messes. I hope you are able to embracing cleaning consistently with love and service towards your family. Remember the “One Touch Rule” and simplify your cleaning with habits that benefit your whole home. Declutter often and save things that bring joy not stress. Embracing your family with beauty for them to be around, romance the ordinary. Keep your mind on what’s most important, your family. Build up your family with love as you create a clean and peaceful home for them.

Please share in the comments some encouragement that you have found helpful when it comes to keeping your kitchen/house clean. Sharing can be so powerful and you never know who you might be able to help with a encouraging comment.

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