Chief Domestic Engineer

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That’s my title. It sounds better than “homemaker” or “housewife”. Homemaker and housewife sound like such, well, easy jobs. And being a stay at home mom is no easy job, let me assure you. It takes a lot of skill to make a household run smoothly. These three qualities make me a better Chief Domestic Engineer.

I love to learn. I am constantly reading, looking things up on the internet, and asking my friends for information. I research how to save money, how to organize, how to be a better wife and mother. I read books, articles, anything I can get my hands on. My family laughs at me, because I am an information magnet. I don’t laugh though. I feel a sense of exhilaration when I implement a new idea and it works the way it’s supposed to. I revel in my accomplishment when I save 74% on a trip to Target, because I’ve researched prices and I know when a deal is good enough to pounce on. Learning is a love of mine, and it serves me well in life.

I’m flexible. I will admit this is not a trait I was born with. My husband has often said that I hate change, and I do. But to be a successful domestic engineer, you have to be flexible. So I have learned the fine art of flexibility. I’m able to adjust my schedule on a moment’s notice when one of my children is sick and needs to stay home from school. If my husband forgets to take his cell phone to work, I’m able to jump in the car and drive it out to him. When my day needs adjusting, I adjust. When one of my children needs my full attention, I’m able to drop what I’m doing to pay attention. Flexibility is essential.

I love the Lord. This is perhaps the most important quality I posses in my role as Chief Domestic Engineer. By following the statutes God sets forth in His Word, my priorities are already mapped out for me. Proverbs 31 gives me a pretty good idea of what I should be striving for, even though I know I will never achieve perfection. When I don’t know what to do, I can ask the Lord for wisdom, and according to James 1:5, it will be given to me. When I am tired and feel like I can’t go on (and doesn’t every mom reach this point at least once?), I know that I can turn to Him for strength and comfort. He is always there, willing to take my burden from me when I can’t bear it anymore. He is always there rejoicing with me when my children grasp another tidbit of faith. Knowing that God is there to help me through anything I might face gives me the confidence to do my job on this earth to the best of my ability.

Being a Chief Domestic Engineer, Stay at Home Mom, Homemaker, wife and mother….whatever you want to call it….is not easy, but it’s very fulfilling. I wouldn’t have my life any other way, and I am grateful that the Lord has blessed me with the qualities I need to do my job well.

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