Spot the Answers:Difference

I still follow this pattern today. Sometimes I think that it may be my heavenly destiny to manage the linen closets while the other angels are out eating sundaes—with five toppings (whipped cream and walnuts!).

Despite the drudgery to make everything clean and tidy, spring cleaning holds cherished memories. These include: cheerfulness and satisfaction in jobs completed; bonding by working together; helping each other with the lifting or carrying; eating lunch together and ticking off the last tasks for the day. Also, laughing at lost things found; agreeing on things to be given away; feeling pride that our house was in order; hearing our dad compliment us on a job well done; and realizing that, somehow in spring cleaning, we were safe, secure, blessed and fortunate to have a home filled with love.

No, the sheets never got ironed, but loving hands smoothed them. And I still buy only 100% cotton percale. Mom would be proud.

©Barbara Kalkis. Barbara spends her time writing, teaching, and working as a marketing consultant. She’s author of Little Ditties for Every Day: A Collection of Thoughts in Rhyme and Rhythm. Contact her at BarbaraKalkis01@gmail.com.