Contentment finale

So it’s been a year.  I focused in 2010 different things and ways I have contentment in my life.  What works and what doesn’t.  Why I do somethings and why I don’t do others.  I’ve learned a lot.  I learned that things are never going to make me content long term, people and memories and [...]

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Tiny moments in a day

Today I am wondering where the day went.  I didn’t do anything to plan or get ready for the holiday, so that’s not my excuse.  I didn’t have any extra cleaning and we ate left overs for dinner, but yet I look at the clock and it’s now night and I wonder where my day [...]

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Peace

This past year as I’ve been on my way to re-think contentment a lot has changed.  I’ve discovered some great minimalist blogs, like minimalist mom and becoming minimalist and rowdy kittens and miss minimalist.  While I am nowhere near a minimalist, I have really pared back on stuff and on focusing on the life I [...]

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Family

My grandparents are getting older.  I am very blessed to still have grandparents and even more blessed that my kids know them.  My grandmother told me she wants my grandfather to stop running errands, he’s not what he was before in health.  About 7 years ago, he had open heart surgery.  He gets winded and [...]

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Dec last month of the contentment dive

    This year I’ve been looking at what makes me content, how my contentment is being met and how I can change and live in the moment.  This is my last month of exploring this topic on my blog.  Have I changed this year?  I think I have.  My husband, son & I just [...]

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How not to be an example

So all month I was exploring how to raise my children to be content.  I made several blog posts about the issue and felt rather good that my children aren’t really demanding or that I don’t give into every whim.  What I failed to realize is that while I am trying to encourage them to [...]

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There is sometimes bad

I learned that someone at my church may or may not be someone you would not want around your kids.  Now how stupid do I feel in retrospect? I’ve never left my kids alone with this person, but this person has talked to and hugged my kids.  Why if people know is he there helping?  If [...]

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Content Kiddos

I am finished Christmas shopping for the kids.  I bought practical gifts that they can use and interact with.  I think toys should function to get them thinking creatively.  Today my son asked for some paper lunch bags so he could make a little town out of them.  I was so happy.  He created his [...]

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Watch what you say

I learned rather quickly that children are all ears.  I think my husband and I might have been talking about diets a few years ago and my oldest said something about being fat in his belly.  I couldn’t believe it.  I have friends who grew up in homes with dieting and constant discussions from their [...]

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Please don’t watch those commercials

When I was in fourth grade we had toys clubs in class.  I’m not sure that they could still do this in schools, but back then it was ok.  In this class there was lego club, chess club, barbie club, my little pony club, and cabbage patch club (and a few others I can’t remember).  [...]

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