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Many people treat complete strangers more politely than they do their own family members. It’s likely the result of taking those you are closest to for granted, but isn’t it sad that those you love most get the “casual” side of you- you know, the side that shows stress, impatience, annoyance, and frustration- while everyone […]
I live in New York City. It occurred to me that anyone who visits my site from New York and is looking for great ideas for fun in the Big Apple, or traveling readers, anyone that plans to visit New York City as a tourist, would appreciate information about the many amazing things New York […]
This sounds like a great idea. I want to do this for my area as well. I’m coming to the city this Spring can’t wait!
Great idea! Can’t wait to read all about NYC!
What a great idea – I’ve never been to NYC but hope one day to go, and then I’ll know the best places to go from an insider!
Sounds like a great idea. I got to visit NYC in November for a couple days and really want to take a trip back.
One day I’ll make it there. I would love to visit nYC one of my dreams
I didn’t know you lived there! This is cool!
That is so neat. I’ve been planning to visit NYC for the longest time. Maybe this summer.
nice….so cool you popped in today…we were just planning our NYC tripat lunch today…probably around april…so looking forward to this…
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I look forward to it! some day I hope to visit, I know where I can find good info if I do, right here!
I’ve been to New York once, but I’d love to learn more about it! 🙂
This is wonderful news! I always love going to the places the locals go when I travel. It will be interesting to see where you like to go.
I really can’t wait to read your NYC reviews! i’ve never been even though PA isn’t that far away! I do love hearing about the big city though!
What’s pink, flowery, and musical, and the perfect gift for your littlest Valentine? The Bright Starts Petals and Friends Activity Gym! Why we love the Petals and Friends Activity Gym: ♥ It’s pretty- from the vibrant colors to the adorable animals ♥ It’s musical- the plush bird plays jingles just by being shaken by baby […]
my four month old valentine baby londyn would get this fun gym. she will love it!
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I have a six month old and wow is she active. We have the playmat, but I suspect she is tired of being on her back and tummy and wants to be upright now. So for my little Lilaloo this is.
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Let Go and Let God. It’s harder than it sounds. Especially if you’ve ever been disappointed or hurt (and who hasn’t been?)…to let go and let God means giving up control, which is scary. Things might not turn out the way you want. Things aren’t going to be influenced by you. Things might not be […]
words of wisdom and words to live by. when you mentioned the various scenarios, i was reminded of the importance of boundaries in our lives. with them others can’t hurt us (unless we allow them), and our expectations and what are our responsibilities (and someone else’s responsibility and expectations) are so much more reasonable and manageable. relying upon the Lord for guidance for our life’s journey (*especially with a spouse) is not a guarantee to make one happy, but it sure does make it easier. great post…
Very insightful. It is hard to let go, we feel pressure from so many sources to get it done, do it your self, ect… if you can’t control it, that is when we need to let go…
What a wonderful post Penelope. When my first husband left me when I was 29 after seven years of marriage, I was, naturally, devastated. I picked myself up though, moved towns and after three years of single-ness met the man I am married to now. He is the love of my life and adores me, as I do him. I don’t need to try harder or be perfect – he loves ME. It made me realise how I did all the running around trying to keep things happy in my first marriage – and he still left me! Life is so much more, when you don’t try to control things. I try to remember that when I feel a bit control-ly.
Beautiful post… thanks for the reminder!
Great post! It is always nice to have a reminder 🙂
I love this post! It is so true. God wants control of those things we shouldn’t control anyway. You wrote it beautifully and the photos really added to the post.
Just a question – why did you spell it G-d?
Also, I linked to you in my post about marriage 🙂 Just go to my site, it is pretty recent – called “When the man you love frustrates you the most, eat ice cream” Thank you for the insightful posts, they are very encouraging for me!
I agree with you. Relying on the Lord is the best thing to do because He’s the only one that never lets us down- a spouse is human, and will make mistakes.
If you hadn’t accepted the end of the first marriage, and fought to keep Mr Wrong in your life, you wouldn’t be so happy now. His loss is your gain (big time!)
Someone once told me that when love is real, it’s easy- no work. You accept each other, love each other, respect each other. No jumping through hoops to keep the other person happy or around. If you have to do that, it’s not real.
Thanks- I read your post, liked it a lot.
Someone else asked me the same thing and it’s just because since a post can be deleted, I don’t write G-d’s name anywhere that can be deleted or tossed out (like a piece of paper). I don’t think His name should ever be deleted or tossed.
this was great and something that I really needed at this time in my life. I like to be in control. I had to be the one in control of things for many, many years just to keep my family afloat but I never learned when to give up that control. I am learning to let go of things that I acutally have no control over. The saying “Put it into Gods hands” is one I am living by on a daily basis. Otherwise I would be so stressed that I would not be able to eat or sleep. So as I am going through my most difficult time I am learning to let go and let God. Thanks for the inspiration.
What a great and insightful post! Some days are easier than others to trust him and not worry about the this or that. I am working on it…:)
Thanks for stopping over. When you name popped up in my inbox, it made me smile. Happy Monday Penelope! 🙂
hi i am firm believer in God do my quite time every morning go to church and small group i recently met this women we fell in love but only after 2months she broke it off needed space but in my heart i know that she is the one it just feels right to be with her! I prayed for a aswer from God still nothing. Its my hearts desire to be with her! What should i do i need guidance and advise please she does not want to speak to be please advise
Hi Penelope,
I just twittered the statement that while I agree with you, I have found it hard to fully absorb it into my inner self, because the New Testament also has a parable of Jesus, where he shows God’s admonishment to those that do not perform to their fullest as well. (The Parable of the “Talents”.) To those that have, will be also given more ect.,, regarding the worker who did the most with what the landlord gave him, hence getting the Landowner’s (God’s reward of abundance or pay). This was opposite to the worker who just put the “talents” in the ground to save them in safety for when the landlord came back. Here the result was an angry landlord (metaphor for God) taking away what the worker saved, and giving them to the worker that already had the most talents.
This, together with the fact that some people including born again Christians, have been given a lot more “scud missiles” in their life than others, whether they are waiting and doing little (waiting for God to provide, or get them out of their predicaments, or standing firm on the Rock) with some prayer added, or out pushing for progress to feed the family, and get ahead to also enable themselves to give more to church and society as part to philanthropy.
Hence the statement, I believe is indeed excellent to encourage people with, but can also be harmful if it also inhibits intended inspiration to action, and increase of purpose for long term gain in all ways for God to also support and reward this action rather than waiting.
What are your thoughts to these conundrum like statements?.
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I don’t think we should ever stop doing our best to glorify God in our actions every day, and being the best we can be for ourself and our family…I believe in letting go of what we can’t control anymore, and in being more accepting of things that don’t really matter in the grand scheme of things. I often feel like I’m fighting uphill battles over things that just don’t really matter, instead of picking my battles. I’d rather focus on things that are more relevant, more eternal, and especially on things that directly affect the welfare of my family, and even with those things I do the best I can, and after that, I try to trust God if things go a certain way anyway.
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I like a bunch of them, but one of my favorites is the Hot Wheels™ ZipBin® Wheelie PlayPack.
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i don’t let him take out a new toy until he cleans up the old one…or in our world…a new train track til the old one is cleaned up
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I teach the kids to tidy by providing a specific place for each toy. Labeling the shelves with pictures of the toys helps tremendously.
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I have a catchy song I sing that always encourages this to get in the mood of cleaning up.
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Wow, these are great organizers for kids rooms! It’s hard to pick just one favorite, I like the Small Town Toybox & Playmat, the Mini Zoo, the Dinosaur, the Fairy Castle and the Lego City. 🙂
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One way I teach my kids to clean up is to be right there with them, pointing out 1 task at a time, breaking it down into understandable, doable tasks, instead of just telling them “Go clean your room please.” It seems easier and faster for them, when I spend the time to teach them, “Let’s pick up all the legos first.” “Now let’s make your bed.” “Okay, let’s pick up all the books next.” 🙂
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I tell them first to get the toys off the floor. Usually half of them get put away and the other half make it to the closest chair or table. From there, we put away one level at a time. 🙂 It’s slow going some times, but it gets done. 🙂
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Definitely the fairy castle!
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i’d pick the fairy castle zip bin!
my daughter is still kind of young but i like to have her help me pick up all her toys before bed.
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our kids have areas of the house they are assigned to tidy each day. If they don’t do it its $$ off their allowance
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My little guy would LOVE the hotwheels zipbin. I wouldn’t mind either lol Toy cars are really good at stabbing moms in the feet.
I teach my son to stay tidy by being tidy. He really likes to be a grown up so we lead by example. It has worked so far ^^
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Definitely the Lego Head Zip Bin Toy Tote! That is so cool and would be perfect for my sons legos! Love it!
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I have always made it part of play, it ends with clean up. don’t know if that is much of a tip..
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my daughter would like the fairy castle or the farm set.
I have easily accessible bins for my daughter to put her toys in. It doesn’t take much time or effort so she doesn’t mind cleaning up!
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We usually sing a song or try to have a race as we’re cleaning up.
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I like the Road & Rail zip bin, both grandsons love cars, but I bet they’d love the Dinosaur one too.
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I so wish this was around 10 years ago but I can still use them for special friends I love the Lego’s and Matchbox cars…..amazing invention
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tip for tidying up….have easy containers to put items in. we have lots of little buckets and bags for multi-piece sets to go in and then have lots of shelving to put those on. That makes it easy for little ones to pick things up and put back on shelves or in cupboards
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Right now we have a ‘clean up’ song (taken from Yo Gabba Gabba) that we sing and that works. My 3-yr. old loves it and readily cleans and helps me sing the song.
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To teach my daughter to tidy up I make it fun for her. Now it is something she looks forward to.
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Incentive in this house is if the living room gets cleaned, we all play boardgames!
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I love this. Our pastor talks about the same thing a lot. It is very true that people tend to unload to their family and not treat them with respect but we should all strive to not do this because they are the ones that truly matter.
I was just going to say the same thing as Shana-I love this.
Thanks so much for writng this. It is full of wisdom and common sense and I want to save it because it is wonderful to remember and do.
Love your blog for articles like this. Keep them coming-we all need them!
I am loving your posts about family, love, marriage! Truly amazing. I completely agree with you here, and it’s sad but again this is what my brother does. Treats his family like crap and loves everyone around him, friends, co-workers, sports buddies etc. I’m about to give him your blog address to give him some tips!
Wise words Penelope. Thank you. I too am really enjoying these posts!
Also, a beautiful photo of you and your men.
I love this. Often in relationships, the unity gets lost, replaced by only interest in the self, and everyone suffers. Thanks for this lovely and eloquent reminder that we are stronger when turning to each other, rather than on each other.
Your pastor is a smart man. Our priest is very inspired and speaks about marriage as well- I love when a respected man speaks man to man to other husbands…men and women should both cherish each other.
Thank you Carol, that makes me so happy to hear 🙂
Nichol, you are so cute 🙂 He may be turned off by the butterflies, but hopefully something gets through to him. When life happens, it will be his wife and children who are there, not his coworkers and sports buddies.
Thank you, Fiona.
RIGHT ON Penelope! I want to PROTECT our TIME. It is sacred and I do not like it when I feel pressured to allow others to intrude on my family.
This is a wonderful post.
Lovely post – your son is getting so big!
I love this list! My husband and I read about the “royal we” a long time ago. The idea is that the husband and wife are the most important. We’re the king and queen – if something doesn’t help us in our relationship, it’s out. We have very tight boundaries and it does make us happy. It doesn’t always make the in-laws and demanding friends happy, but over time they’ve learned to demand less.
I just want to tell you that I’m very new to blogging and absolutely loved you’re web site.
This is very sweet. Make you think about the important things in life.
Just finished reading a book about boundaries and need to create an action plan!
Thank you for this wonderful blog. Very good read. I am guilty for some that you mentioned here. I will go start changing my attitude for the better. FAMILY FIRST.
It is so true that in modern hectic lives our families are not treated as well as they should be.
I love this post Penelope!
That’s good advice. I think that for some people, after being married for quite some time, they take for granted what is before them.
EXACTLY!!!!!! My husband and I (from day one) have been VERY careful not to establish solo friendships with people of the opposite sex. We have couple-friends, or girlfriends (for me), or buddies (for him), but we don’t ever let ourselves get into a friendship with someone of the opposite sex who is NOT friends with our spouse too. It’s too easy to go down a slippery slope and we don’t ever intend on making that journey.