A discussion on DiaperSwappers:
Is your house ever really clean?
Let me interject here by saying that if you should drop by my house without calling it may appear not so clean. But generally it’s clean every day, at least once, for a little while. 
Granted it may only be the hour between 5:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. but I still consider that an accomplishment. 
My answer:
I have also gotten rid of a TON of STUFF over the years.
I’ve found I feel happier, more content, more peaceful with LESS stuff.
If you have stuff, you must maintain said stuff. It’s a rule. I hate the rule, but it’s a rule and it’s true. I don’t have time to maintain STUFF. I have to maintain people. If I didn’t have little people, I could have time to dust knick-knacks, keep plants alive, vacuum twice a day (and have it stay clean), alphabetize my bookshelves, stack dishes neatly, etc. But I DO have little people. And they DO need maintenance… Pesky little things like cuddles, and snuggles. Sometimes the littlest ones even want NURSED or FED! Oy! And the diaper changes – can you believe they need MORE than one a day?!?!? Clean clothes, healthy snacks, read to them, and I guess, if you keep them home, you’re supposed to TEACH them too?!?! You can see how much time they take to upkeep!
Nope, no time for maintaining both the little people AND the stuff. One of them had to go and the State really frowns on you dropping off the little people at Goodwill. So, the stuff had to go. It was a shame. I was attached to some of it….
In other news, Doorposts has a new blog! They are also doing a huge giveaway. While I would LIKE to be the winner, it would be greedy of me not to share this news… Plus it gets me another entry. One has to wonder if the link share is greedy or compassionate???
March 16, 2011 at 6:59 am
bwahahahaha!
Perhaps if I tell the ‘ktbunch’ it’s them OR the stuff–they may part easier w/ the stuff….?
March 24, 2011 at 11:10 pm
I loved this! Thanks for a good laugh. I copied and pasted it to several people I know (but I gave you credit) I hope you don’t mind. It was just so cute, I wanted to share it!! :0) It’s just exactly how I feel. I am always and forever getting rid of stuff.
April 8, 2011 at 11:28 pm
Very sobering thoughts for sure. And when 9 of your 12 kids are daughters I think about this a lot. Most boys do grow up and model their father, but girls are a different story sometimes. The world really pulls on them from every direction. As parents, it is focus, focus, focus. And even then it is all up to the Lord.