Home Ec

Women of a certain age

Remember, when in school,

Boys did woodwork, girls

Home economics, as a rule.

 

The boys made houses for the birds –

They sanded, sawed and nailed

While girls both cooked and sewed,

Which every housewife’s job entailed.

 

When reminiscing with some friends,

We all could recollect

We had to sew an A-line skirt

For teachers to inspect.

 

Each one of us had moms like mine,

Who, knowing how to sew,

Helped stitch the skirt on her machine,

So we’d be good to go.

 

The memory brought laughter

Of our common circumstance,

But I might’ve made a better birdhouse

If I’d had the chance.