Verily it doth sneak up.
We are fast approaching the blackest day in the Googlia boys' calendar: "Making Room" Day.
For those of you who are new* here, or simply maladjusted, Making Room is what we do +/- 2 weeks before Christmas. The kids present their wish list, and are summarily instructed that, should they be really serious about desiring these things, they ought to immediately go through their already colossal pile of "stuff" and cull it without mercy or pity.
This underscores the point the purpose of life is not to accumulate. If you've been blessed with material, um, blessings...fine. Enjoy them. But that's not to the point of this existence. And it also underscores that when we drill them with the importance of sharing we don't mean merely with each other, when we are watching them.
Last year, you will recall, we have a particularly ruthless episode of cleaning out the toyvault chest, producing a ceaseless parade of bags of toys to donate to poor kids.
The reason I post this is that I was reminded by something the lovely and gracious BabBab mentioned about sometimes feeling guilty that we give our kids too much stuff. There is some of that -- at least with me; my beloved grew up in more straitened circumstances and is missing that gene -- at play here, and this mitigates the guilt.
On a related note, this is the first year that giftage is specifically tied to performance in school and at home. NOS's year-end-review, as it were.
Welcome to the real world, kid.
-J.
*HA!
For those of you who are new* here, or simply maladjusted, Making Room is what we do +/- 2 weeks before Christmas. The kids present their wish list, and are summarily instructed that, should they be really serious about desiring these things, they ought to immediately go through their already colossal pile of "stuff" and cull it without mercy or pity.
This underscores the point the purpose of life is not to accumulate. If you've been blessed with material, um, blessings...fine. Enjoy them. But that's not to the point of this existence. And it also underscores that when we drill them with the importance of sharing we don't mean merely with each other, when we are watching them.
Last year, you will recall, we have a particularly ruthless episode of cleaning out the toy
The reason I post this is that I was reminded by something the lovely and gracious BabBab mentioned about sometimes feeling guilty that we give our kids too much stuff. There is some of that -- at least with me; my beloved grew up in more straitened circumstances and is missing that gene -- at play here, and this mitigates the guilt.
On a related note, this is the first year that giftage is specifically tied to performance in school and at home. NOS's year-end-review, as it were.
Welcome to the real world, kid.
-J.
*HA!
Comments
Because I'm having a terrible time doing exactly that...so, which charity takes used toys?
-J.
She kind of understands now that it is not just one family.
If you have a moment or two, please amuse yourself with my new creation. I would greatly appreciate the brief moment of adoration and any suggestions.
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Thank You.
But THANKS. I was reading and you know it ...
Paola