Comments on: Home is not my stuff

By: S Brown

S Brown — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:34:30 +0000

So true! We downsized out of our home a few years back and have been renting ever since. Each year, we have found a smaller apartment and have learned to live within our space and beneath our means and income. We have more money in savings in case of emergency and less stuff and have less stress and more happiness. For birthdays, we ask for donations to charity in our kids’ name instead of gifts. If our kids want something and we agree its a good purchase WE buy it thus having more control over what comes in. We exercise a one for one policy. If we buy something new something else has to be removed/donated/etc.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:07:03 +0000

I can’t even begin to imagine how I would have done it all with the kids around and my husband away working. I’m so thankful that my parents were able to take the kids for me. Boy is moving a lot of work that is for sure.

Laura

By: Edwina

Edwina — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:54:14 +0000

Thanks steph I needed something like that

By: Edwina

Edwina — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:52:34 +0000

Stephanie I so truely agree because I had the same problem everytime I packed my 1 year old and my 5 year old found something they wanted that was in the box or my 5 year old kept asking me why I was putting her stuff in boxes lol, she was very blessed to be able to have time away from the children while packing :)

By: Charlene

Charlene — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:19:05 +0000

Boy does this speak to me. I’m at the beginning of the process…our house is under contract, we have bought a house in our new location – all to happen at the end of August…and I’m here at home with our son packing up and all the zillions of little details involved in the move. I am so aware of the STUFF I have and how meaningless it really is – it felt important at the time I wanted it, and I enjoy being surrounded by some things, especially those with memories tied to them, but I want less stuff, I hope I can maintain the desire to live more simply in our new home. I’m making several trips to consignment shops and Goodwill and getting rid of a lot, it feels good. I hope you are enjoying settling in your new home!

By: Jai'me

Jai'me — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:51:28 +0000

Up until a few years ago, I was top of the world. Big corporate job, lots of great things, big house, nice car, never been stuck on materialism, but all great things to have……….there by the grace of God go I. My husband was hurt badly at work and they fired him for it, not the guy who hurt him. I went to attorneys left and right and no one would take it for under 35,000. (you know attorneys, prestige and fame)……..we started falling down the “hill” of bad times after bad times. Long story short, we ended up losing everything and sleeping at the local shelter. I have an excellent skillset and started helping out in the office there, and voluntarily doing jobs around there that needed done. My husband passed on from complications from the injury. One day a nice man came into the shelter and I overheard a conversation about me and what I was doing there at the shelter and what I did for them.. He took me to lunch the next day and gave me a nice car, nice lil house furnished, and a great job. I have since expanded the jobs I do for him and last Christmas he gave me a bonus check of $20,000.

The Lord was with me every step of the way. Always look UP and you will never stumble……..

By: The Useful 20 Percent - A Real Housewife of NYC

The Useful 20 Percent - A Real Housewife of NYC — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:28:18 +0000

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By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:44:59 +0000

After a life of deep devotion between a father and daughter, I lost him last year. I moved back home where I was raised and am working on his farm to meet his “farm contracts”, I closed up my very successful business to do so, to honor him. I have been “cleaning” the rooms out of bad memories of many years of torrid abuse at my mother’s hands, and now I am the last of my family tree. The Lord has lifted the 24-7 grief of my father’s passing and I am now finally immersed in His peace. I know I will see my father again. My Lord and Savior has promised me that and I too would give anything…everything to see him one more time. We were always so close, shopping together, calling each other every day to visit, and now he has been taken from me. Recently the Lord have my the kick in the buns I needed, releasing me from my grief and I ran headlong into stripping the rooms and barns here of Dad’s accumulated possessions, having estate sales and garage sales, painting rooms so we can move over by this Christmas officially….

I will keep you in my prayers Barbie, yes remember the home – whatever it is- cardboard box or car or mobilehome or mansion, is only a stepping stone, and it stays behind when we go to Heaven. It may seem like a step or two back, but the Lord is always working on something special for us, something better, altho we cannot see it, be at peace, be patient……I pray for His strength and peace upon you and yours, keeping you safe and strong, ever vigilante.

By: Weekend Wanderings

Weekend Wanderings — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:42:30 +0000

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By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:25:18 +0000

This is my first time here–I’m loving it!
I am in the process of redecorating/remodeling our little house. I always tell myself (and my husband) that making our home into a place we love is a worthwhile process. I do believe that, but it’s nice to have a reminder that it’s the people who make my house a home; not the color of the walls. :)
@DebbieQ: I love the idea of “right-sizing!”