It used to make me crazy when my mother, then my first wife would demand that we clean the house before we left on vacation. Nothing seemed more absurd to me than that. Why the heck did we need to clean if we weren’t even going to be there, right? Of course, as most of you reading this know (and I finally comprehended before I remarried) cleaning before you leave means you will return to a clean home and that makes the anticipation of coming home sweet, not sour.
This quote is a variation on that. It’s not just a clean home, but your good home that is nice to return to. Whether it’s the colors, yard, smells, bed, animals – whatever it is, if you design your home to be good and uniquely yours, then what a great feeling to know you will be returning to it at the end of any time away, whether vacation, business trip, family emergency or something else.
Drawing and commentary © Marty Coleman
“For travel to be delightful, one must have a good place to leave and return to.” – Frederick B. Wilcox, of which I could find nothing.
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>Yay!!! My house is clean 🙂 right before I leave! It is good to come back to a clean home anytime. My home is like my sancuary now, everything is how I want it to be, and I get to come home and enjoy it all for myself!!!
>I am SO there on the coming home to a clean house! You learned well! We leave this week, so I am ALREADY cleaning in preperation!
>Well said Marty 🙂
>I hate coming home to a messy house! 🙂 But I love this idea with the napkins!! What a great Dad you must be to your kids.