[quote]Gran always drilled into me the importance of a clean and orderly home.

“A clean home, a clean body, and clean company. Do you know where that leads?”

I could not have been more than five years old when she taught me this. Ilooked way up at her as she spoke. “Where does it lead, Gran?”

“To a clean conscience. To a good, clean life.”

It would take years for me to truly understand this, but it strikes me now how right she was.[/quote]

[quote]It's funny the way memories bubble up whenever I clean. I do wonder if that's the same for everyone — for everyone who cleans, that is.”[/quote]



[indent][color=gray]— Nita Prose, [i]The Maid[/i][/color][/indent]