A New Season for Me: Learning Homemaking From Scratch
If you had told past-me that I’d be entering a season of learning homemaking from scratch, I would’ve laughed, shut my laptop, and gone back to being a paralegal. But here we are — a brand-new season, one I didn’t expect and definitely didn’t feel prepared for.
This post is the beginning of that journey. Not from the perspective of someone who has it all figured out, but from someone who is genuinely starting from the foundation and letting God rebuild the rest.
🌿 Why I’m Learning Homemaking From Scratch
I didn’t grow up learning anything about homemaking. My childhood was very sheltered, and while my mom meant well, she handled most things for me. Cooking, cleaning systems, routines, basic adult responsibilities — those weren’t things I learned early.
I also didn’t grow up around faith. My mom had her own experiences that made her want nothing to do with religion, so my exposure to God, Scripture, or biblical homemaking was basically zero.
So now I’m entering a totally new part of life:
a season where I’m learning homemaking, and learning faith at the same time.
🌿 My “Before” Life Looked Nothing Like Homemaking
Before COVID, I was a legal assistant with a neat desk and a professional wardrobe. Then schools closed, and overnight I was homeschooling two kids while caring for a newborn we strongly suspected had autism.
I wasn’t a stay-at-home mom.
I was a survive-at-home mom.
We all did what we had to do during that time, but I didn’t have the space or capacity to build real routines. I wasn’t learning homemaking. I was just making sure everyone stayed fed and alive.
Now my kids are back in school, and for the first time, the pace of our home feels different — slower, steadier, and ready for something new.
🌿 A New Season: Faith and Homemaking Together
Around the same time life calmed down, something shifted spiritually too. I didn’t grow up with God, so when I decided to finally pick up a Bible, I felt like someone starting school at age 30.
So far, I’ve read Genesis and Job — which are… intense beginner choices, but that’s where I landed. And somehow, starting from almost nothing made me notice things I think I would’ve missed if I had grown up in church.
As I’m learning homemaking from scratch, I’m also learning what God wants our homes to feel like:
• peaceful
• ordered enough to function
• rooted in kindness
• not perfect, but steady
I am not building a 1950s housewife lifestyle, though I love a good apron.
I’m building a home that actually works for our family, with God’s help.
🌿 What Homemaking Looks Like for Me Right Now
Right now my homemaking season looks like:
• learning how to cook without gagging at raw meat
• setting up a simple homemaking binder
• figuring out school routines again
• building actual habits instead of crisis reactions
• cleaning in realistic ways instead of perfection
• choosing meals my kids will actually eat
• creating a home atmosphere that feels calm, not chaotic
It’s small steps. Sometimes tiny ones.
But every part of this is real and actually sustainable.
🌿 Why I’m Sharing This Journey
I’m sharing this because I know there are other women who feel behind.
Women who didn’t learn homemaking as kids.
Women who didn’t grow up in church.
Women who are learning adult skills later in life.
Women who are stepping into a new season and don’t want to feel alone.
If that’s you too — this space is for us.
This is only the beginning, and honestly, I’m glad to be starting at the beginning. It feels honest. It feels teachable. It feels like the right place for God to work.
And if you’re also learning homemaking from scratch, we can walk this out together.
