My first baby got Vitamin D as a supplement. My second did not. I was skeptical that the supplement was at all necessary; after all, I took my kids outside “a lot.” But looking back (and now preparing for my 3rd baby), I realize that it was partly out of rebellion that I [...]
Archive for the ‘Happiness’ Category
Supplements and Rebellion
Posted in Happiness, Health, Uncategorized, tagged Health, kids, supplements, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D on July 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How you feel in your home
Posted in Decor, Family, Happiness, Home, tagged architecture, Beauty, bedroom, house, life on July 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Think of how you feel when you walk into a neon-lit McDonald’s on some busy city corner, versus how you feel walking into a cool, silent Catholic cathedral in a quiet Italian city. There is a profound difference, isn’t there? Our surroundings affect us in a subtle but powerful way.
This is one reason, I [...]
Quote of the Day
Posted in Family, Happiness, parenting, tagged children, parenting, wisdom on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let your yes be yes, and your no be no. –Jesus Christ
To follow that, is wisdom. It extends into all areas of life. It is especially important in parenting, to give children the security of knowing what to expect from a parent, and to instill in them a quiet respect for their parents who keep [...]
Difficult Decision
Posted in Family, Happiness, tagged choices, Family, Respect on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My husband really doesn’t like my top choice in houses. He says the house is too big. (It’s in the top left corner of the photo collage in the “Choices, choices” post.)
So, out of respect for him, I called our agent and canceled our appointment to look at the house tomorrow. It fell very hard [...]
A Kitchenaid Standing Mixer I do not have
Posted in Decor, Happiness, Home on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most of my friends do. I certainly love the idea of having one, and I love all the available colors! But the Kitchenaid Mixer has been somewhat of a symbol for me — a symbol of margin. I don’t need every good thing.
There is no “real” reason why I should not have one in my [...]
Unfulfilled Wishes
Posted in Happiness, Society, tagged toys, wisdom, wishes on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My paternal grandfather was born into the poorest family in his town, and ended up being the town’s richest resident (half a century later). He had a number of favorite sayings. Among them, in German, “Man muss noch Wuensche haben.” One must still have wishes. In other words, we should not gratify every desire.
We [...]
No TV
Posted in Family, Happiness, Home, Society, tagged Health, television, waste on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I cannot think of a greater wasteland than television. We don’t have TV, and never will. It isn’t that we are saving time by not having TV; it’s that everyone else is wasting theirs. I really don’t know how others get things done in life when so much time goes down the drain tube.
The research [...]
Quote of the Day –MacDonald
Posted in Happiness, tagged Gordon MacDonald, rest on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Those who are constantly weary are those who think they can always move forward with no pauses, that they can always endlessly achieve with no rests at the safe places.” –Gordon MacDonald
A Time for Everything
Posted in Family, Happiness, tagged balance, rest, schedules on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1
Time is “everything” these days. We have “no time for anything”, and yet we are constantly filling up the available time with more activities and “good” things. At some point, if we are not careful to consciously [...]
A Child’s Day
Posted in Family, Happiness, Home, tagged life, parenting, peace on May 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes you just have to put everything else on hold and make it your child’s day. We have just returned from a long trip to Italy; and though everyone enjoyed it, our two-and-a-half year old was wound up and burnt out when we got back. He was less obedient than we’d ever seen him. After [...]
