i do not like to do posts without pictures, but well, this has no pictures so just deal with it dear friends:)
i have been a little quite here on my 7 blog. clothing month wrapped up and i promptly pulled out about 30 items from my closet. i've yet to go through my dresser. it felt great to be honest. ironically, last week i could where whatever i wanted, but i had creator camp at church so i wore the same shirt ALL week long. i did get a chuckle out of it though.
i've noticed as the food month is further removed that i find myself enjoying some things i had so easily given up. but i still have this amazing obsession with blackberries!! seriously, i could eat them like all day long!
so now i'm on to giving away 7 things a day. so far it's been easy - remember the 30 items pulled from my closet? but i can't wait to start purging other places in our house. hopefully this will help me find that motivation i have been needing.....
but here is the real point.....i've been reading my grandma's diaries. i never really knew her so this is a fun way to dive into her world. i love reading about her driving to pick up the sweetest 11 month old baby ever.....my dad was adopted and they surprised everyone with his arrival. but what has struck me was the simplicity of their challenging lives. they didn't have much. she writes of cutting up their old linens, clothes, sheets to make new rag rugs for their house. she writes of canning meat - all parts of meat. she writes of having people over to play cards and eat popcorn. seriously, folks. can you imagine inviting someone over for popcorn these days? she writes of rations for things like coffee, sugar, shoes, etc...
it makes me crave that. i commented to my husband how often they had people in their home or were guests in someone elses. that is what i call true community. there was helping to cut down wood, plow fields, do laundry, clean house together, etc....
i'm hoping as i rid my home of things, things that seem to hold me down and box me in, i begin to see the joy in not having much. in thinking about how to use what we do have. in thinking about being more hospitable. in realizing that things don't define me.
i've already been struck by thoughts that tell me i have to keep such and such. really? when i ask myself why sometimes i really don't like the answer. so i'm praying that God helps me see the possessions (idols) in my home and gives me the grace to move them out. i'm praying that as i make more room for God, i feel more blessed than ever before.......
so, if there is something you've been wanting or needing..let me know. there is a high possibility it will be in my give away pile sometime soon!
