A little bit of appreciation and a pat on your back go a long way in making your day a little brighter, a little better and your smile a little wider. Home-managing is the toughest and the most thankless job in the world-I realized it at my expense, in the absence of the big boss-mamma mia herself..it's only reward, and perhaps the best any job could offer, is your family's contentment and their happiness..At the end of the day, it's wonderful watching emotions dance across their faces as the interesting and not-so-interesting parts of the day are relived. But the effort that goes into it is staggering.And invisible. There are a 101 things to be done-little things really, but whoa, once u start with them, they start multiplying..And the house-helps have to be helped to be of any help..And everyone's preferences have to be kept in mind..And disagreements to be sorted out..And all the social formalities(the haanjis and kaise-ho-jis) towards the other relatives have to be fulfilled. Gosh!!
Strangely enough, the transition from B.H.I.M ie.Bachelors in Hungama,Irresponsibility and Mess to B.H.A.M. ie. Bachelors in Home Administration and Management, has given me greater pleasure than I had anticipated.When everyone heralds you as the best daughter, grand-daughter, sister, niece etc etc, all the minor irritations and the me-time sacrifices seem irrelevant.
Never ever am i going to think along the lines as to why do the home-makers 'waste' their time at home when they can very well go out to 'work'..