Category Archives: Family issues
My daughter, my angel
I don’t know how anyone downsizes out of the big family home alone. The job is immense and takes five times longer than you could possibly imagine. My daughter has been here for four days – left her usual job … Continue reading
Filed under 101 Reasons to Downsize, Downsizing, Family issues, Getting organized, Storage
Open House Deadline = week of insanity
Hearing my pitiful whimpers as OH-Day (Open House Day) rapidly approached, on Friday the Rescue Angels (my dear kids Heather and Ethan) flew in from the Bay Area – Ethan just for the weekend, and Heather for the whole week. … Continue reading
Filed under Family issues, Inspiration & encouragement
Yard Sale poem
Just came upon a great poem by the late great Jane Kenyonabout a yard sale at her father’s house after he died . This is just an excerpt from the poem, “Yard Sale”: Under the stupefying sun my family’s belongings … Continue reading
Filed under Family issues, Selling stuff
I’m jealous.
My25-year-old son mooched off his kindly old mum from October thru May, stashing away heaps of money from his job – like so many autumn leaves in giant trash bags. And then poof! He took off for Wylie’s Excellent Global … Continue reading
From materfamilias to mom-in-a-box
I sold a printer cart on Craigslist yesterday, but no nibbles on the crib yet. Selling the crib brings up all sorts of feelings even though the crib is nothing special. It’s about my role in the family as materfamilias.The … Continue reading
Filed under Baby steps, Downsizing, Emotional issues, Family issues, Furniture, Selling stuff
Let go of the little things
Sometimes letting go of the smallest things opens big doors. This is embarrassing. I just tossed two bottles of perfume that have sat on my bureau or bathroom counter for decades. I haven’t worn perfume in decades. The bottle of … Continue reading
Filed under Baby steps, Downsizing, Family issues, Spiritual lessons
Purchasing Paroxsyms
Purchase: (need I tell you it means buy buy buy, the American pastime?) Paroxsym: a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms I need… No, I WANT to purchase a projector. I have a list of semi-rational reasons … Continue reading
Filed under Electronic gear, Emotional issues, Family issues
Impermanence: snow melts and tempus fugit
Impermanence: n. an essential element of Buddhism – that everything is changing, inconstant, in flux. Because things are impermanent, attachment to them is futile, and leads to suffering. The Portland area was blanketed in nearly a foot of snow for … Continue reading
Filed under Downsizing, Family issues, Paper and books, Photos & memorabilia
