I have always been a home body. Growing up I never really wanted to have sleep overs because I liked my own bed. In high school I would rather have dinner with my family or a close friend on a Friday night and stay up and watch nick at nite. And even now at the end of the day I love being home and safe in my house, cozied up a blanket and a candle going.

I often think to myself how I became a homebody and why I have always liked home so much. Last summer I was talking to an experienced mom about raising babies and she said “create a place of comfort.” This really set with me. Growing up my parents always created a place of comfort and I always felt at peace in my home.

Now that I’m a wife and a mom it is my goal to create a place of comfort for my husband and daughter. What I’m realIzing is it takes a lot of work! I’m also not the most organized or thought out person so it’s going to take prep for me. But I know it’s completely worth it for my family and myself! And I’ve leaned that some weeks I will fail and others I will do better. But I’m learning a balance between comfort and grace, especially working full time and chasing after very fast toddler.

I think creating a place of comfort goes in many directions. When I think of a place of comfort I think of people surrounding me that are peaceful. I think of neatness. I think of it as reliability. And I think of God’s presence.

Here are a few goals I want to have for myself in creating a place of comfort.

• Organization: *extra hard for me* when I think about this I think of having things on hand to make a meal when someone is hungry, keeping up with laundry so no one is wondering where the clean clothes are ect.
• Spending time with God: I think if my well runs dry so will the comfort of my home. I want my home to be known for being full of God and everything else will follow.
• Master bed room: I always loved watching tv in my parents room because they always had a big bed with lots of pillows. I recent upgraded my bed and haven’t upgraded my pillows or bedding so slowly I would like to so it is a comfy, safe place.
• Be ready to listen and slow to speak: even after a long day when someone needs ears I hope I’m a sound person to go to.
• Fun: when I talk about comfort I’m not speaking of a place where there isn’t a little dust and the floors don’t get dirty. I want my house full of love, laughter and comfort. A safe place for my family where their needs are met and were always doing something fun!

For me, these are definitely goals. I get overwhelmed easily thinking of my to do list but when I think of creating a place of comfort my mind switched from overwhelmed to a place of peace.