The legacy An Ordinary Homemaker Leaves Behind

If you google the meaning of the word legacy it says ‘an amount of money or property left to someone in a will.’ Is legacy all about money and property? What is the legacy of an ordinary Homemaker? Who decides that she is ordinary?

Its not easy to manage a life and home away from one’s own family. It takes an extra ordinary woman to go that extra mile for everyone in her life, from her own family to her in-laws. To make a house a home and to create a family of what could be a bunch of people merely co-existing. I have often heard home makers say,” I wish we could do something to be remembered by”. It’s amazing that they want to work and create a name and living for themselves. What’s disappointing is this many a times comes from a place of feeling the lack of appreciation. It’s time we remind them and ourselves of the epic legacy of an ordinary Homemaker, who you will see is far from ordinary!

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Legacy Of Food

The way to most of our hearts and good health is a simple home cooked meal. Not even our favorite restaurants can match up to delicious home cooked food. Most people around the world live on food from restaurants, a home cooked meal is a luxury for them- a luxury that most of us don’t treasure. It’s strange how the taste of food similar to home when you’re miles away can bring back a gush of warm feelings. There are recipes we all have in our family that have been passed on from generation to generation. A chef can be hired to replicate the same but you will notice it just never tastes the same till it’s made by the woman of the house. Trust me when I say I know the secret ingredient in those dishes is nothing but unconditional love.

Legacy Of A ‘Home’

When you purchase a house, it’s merely made of brick and mortar. Its a ‘home-maker who makes it a home. It’s a full time job to look after and run a house. It’s perhaps the only job that has no particular work hours or holidays nor any salary. What could be tougher than that? Try looking after your own life, the lives other humans, look after bills, washing, cooking, cleaning, educating and taking on a ton of other responsibilities. This and more all at the same time. Most of us have in the past or are still guilty of treating our homes like hotels. We walk in with everything ready for our comfort and walk out knowing things will find their way back to their own place magically, when we come back home. It takes a lot more than what meets the eye to build a home.

Legacy of Unconditional Love

No matter how terrible a day we are having or how pathetic we feel about ourselves there is always unconditional love waiting with arms wide open, when we are home at the end of the day. Whether we bring home a friend or a work colleague there is always room in a home makers heart for one more. As a child there is nothing more comforting than to come home from school and run to your mother and telling her about your day. As an adult coming home just to see your mom’s face is enough to feel ‘at home’. For a husband, coming home to his wife’s happy smile and warm hug melts the stress of the day away. No matter what age or stage of life you are in, I’m sure you all will agree that coming home to a house where your mother/wife is not home just feels so dull and incomplete. The legacy of love is the strongest and most priceless.

Legacy of Values

The values we learn as children stay with us throughout our lives. These are pretty much the same values we give to our children in the future. Our mothers constantly nag us to make our bed when we wake up, to keep our clothes and shoes in their place, to get up and get a glass of water instead of yelling out for it. They teach us to respect and behave with children as we do with adults. To help out when we are a guest at someone’s house. These very things we imbibe unconsciously as adults. Although we got annoyed with our moms for these things, growing up they become a part of our being. If we all turned out to be decent human beings, almost all of the credit goes to our mothers for the values they taught us, that we further teach our children.

Also Read: Homemaker or Housewife: Two Sides Of The Same Coin

The legacy of an ordinary homemaker is nothing close to ordinary. It is in fact priceless! Whether a woman decides to work or be a home maker, her life is nothing close to ordinary. As the actor Twinkle Khanna so beautifully said about women turning that kitchen apron around into a cape. Its a small shift from a so called ordinary home maker to an extra ordinary super hero!