Don’t measure your success in life by your ability or inability to do housework efficiently. I hear so many stories from young women whose mothers were neurotic about keeping a well-organized and orderly home, and as adults they feel guilty if they ever make a mess.
Your relationship with your children and their ability to enjoy the comfort of your home are gifts you can give your family by choosing to accept and appreciate the limitations of a full and lively house. Solomon understood it rather well: “Where no oxen are, the manger clean” (Proverbs 14:4).
When I realized that I had six oxen in my stall all the time, it gave me peace knowing that the messes that reflected the six people in my home were a part of having all of us together!