I used to think I knew what a housekeeper did. Then I met Sarah.
She’s not just a housekeeper. She is a logistics manager, a sanitation specialist, a time-management artist, and often, an unlicensed therapist for her clients. housekeeper - my wife's friend
But Sarah isn’t waiting. She’s building. She put her daughter through community college. She bought a used van for her business. She takes Fridays off to hike. She is not a woman in a waiting room. She is a woman in motion. You may not have a wife’s friend named Sarah. But you have people in your life—or passing through your home, your office, your hotel—who do this work. I used to think I knew what a housekeeper did
My wife laughed when I said that out loud. “You thought she just dusted?” She is a logistics manager, a sanitation specialist,
Now I realize that question is tiny and cruel. It assumes that work done with your hands is less valuable than work done with a computer. It assumes that if you clean for a living, you must be waiting for something better.
What My Wife’s Friend Taught Me About Respect, Dignity, and the “Invisible” Work
We’ve all heard the phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” But let’s be honest—we do it anyway. Especially when it comes to job titles.