I find myself giving stuff away. My plaid sofa, french chair and heavy oak tables is going to a niece who will soon be moving to her own place as she is expecting to be a mom pretty soon. I have a sister who needed some furniture for an rental home she moved into when she relocated here from Colorado and could not bring her own things with her. I gave my mother some lovely framed traditional wall pictures that she was admiring.
My apartment kitchen is tiny to say the least, and I could not possibly bring all of my vintage kitchen wares, so they will go into boxes and be stored. While I hate to give away and stow away (because I like to see the things I have that make me happy right there in front of me), I know that a happy life is not about our accumulations of the things we can touch. It is much more about the things we cannot...such as the birth of our first child, many Merry Christmas days, picnics at the metro park or an awesome fireworks display watched by all of your family on a breezy summer night under the stars. We are fortunate to be able to pull up all of that in our brains file cabinet. So what if I cannot have my collection of cake plates in a nearby cabinet or heavy furniture that will eventually end up at the Salvation Army anyway? Perhaps its time for all of us to downsize. Maybe we could find that the least we live with in material things, opens up a path to a life that is more meaningful and focused on the things that really matter.
I am sharing some pictures of my collections here, all of them important, but not more important than my life, my family, and most of all, my memories made here on earth that keep me moving forward through the toughest of economic times. I wish you all well my friends. May you all find the strength and wisdom to move forward as well. Be blessed and make it a great day every day!
