(November 17, 2015 at 5:57 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: As a child, when we were on the outs we gave personal possessions away (gave my sister my music stand, got my grandpa's bolo tie from my dad), gave time/talents to each other away (i.e. I'll spend a week teaching you swimming) or made things. Stuff like that. It's not the gift but the thought, but I'm sure you know that.
Yeah we are on the same train of thought MH. Really just driving home the giving and charity. My kids aren't really in to the "consumerism" mentality anyway, so I don't think this will be particularly difficult for them. They always look forward to the reveal of the family vacation. This year, we are just going to say we have not decided on it yet. You never know we may be able to plan something a bit lower scale so i don't want to say it isn't happening.
We are not made happy by what we acquire but by what we appreciate.
