“Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” ― Thoreau
So why not just laugh now? – G
“If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we’d be happy with more?” — Unknown
Recently I posted a picture of myself in my kitchen, and I immediately started receiving generous messages from people wanting to help me “update” it. Along with their messages came pictures of how my kitchen could look, if I’d just put some effort and money into it.
I’ve always loved my kitchen, but after seeing those pictures I found myself looking at it through new, critical eyes. Maybe it was all wrong. Maybe the 80’s counters, laminate cabinets, mismatched appliances and clutter really were mistakes I should try to fix. I stood and stared and suddenly my kitchen looked shabby and lazy to me. I wondered if that meant I was shabby and lazy, too. Because our kitchens are nothing if not reflections of us, right? I decided I’d talk to Craig and make some calls about updates.
But as I lay down to sleep, I remembered this passage from Thoreau’s Walden: “I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes and not a new wearer of the clothes.” Walden reminds me that when I feel lacking- I don’t need new things, I need new eyes with which to see the things I already have. So when I woke up this morning, I walked into my kitchen wearing fresh perspectacles. Here’s what I saw.
You guys. I have a REFRIGERATOR.
This thing MAGICALLY MAKES FOOD COLD. I’m pretty sure in the olden days, frontierswomen had to drink warm Diet Coke. Sweet Jesus. Thank you, precious kitchen.
Inside my refrigerator is FOOD. Healthy food that so many parents would give anything to be able to feed their children. Not me. When this food runs out, I’ll just jump in my car to get more. It’s ludicrous, really. It’s like my family hits the lottery every freaking morning.
THIS CRAZY THING IS A WATER FAUCET. I pull this lever and CLEAN WATER POURS OUT EVERY TIME, DAY OR NIGHT. Mamas everywhere spend their entire day walking miles to and from wells just for a single bucket of this- and I have it right here at my fingertips. I’m almost embarrassed to say that we also have one of these in each of our two bathrooms, and one in the front yard with which to WASH OUR FEET. We use clean drinking water to WASH OUR FEET. Holy bounty.
This is the magical box in which I put uncooked stuff, push some buttons, and then a minute later- pull out cooked stuff. It is like the JETSONS up in here.
This is my medicine cabinet. Since my Lyme is in remission and each of my babies is healthy- there is nothing in here but vitamins and supplements and tea. Thank you, God. This medicine cabinet is a miracle to me. Every time I open it I feel like I should kneel down and kiss the ground. I have an inbox full of letters from mothers whose medicine cabinets look very different.
Speaking of ground- this is our kitchen floor. It’s not fancy, but it’s perfect for our most important kitchen activity: DANCING. When Chase was three a librarian asked a roomful of kids, “what do we do in the kitchen?” Everyone else called out “cook” or “eat!” But Chase yelled “DANCE!”
I can’t even talk about this thing. Actually, let’s take a moment of reverent silence because this machine is the reason all my people are still alive. IT TURNS MAGICAL BEANS INTO A LIFE-SAVING NECTAR OF GODS. EVERY MORNING. ON A TIMER.
And look you guys: LOOK. This is the kitchen corner where I keep all my kids’ school stuff. My kids go to a FREE school with brilliant teachers and a loving administration and they’re SAFE there. The school sends flyers home about PROGRAMS and CLASSES and CLUBS to make my kids’ hearts bigger and softer and their brains sharper and their bodies healthier. This corner reminds me everyday that my kids have at their fingertips what so many around the world are giving their lives for: quality education. When I wear my perspectacles I can’t look at this corner without a heart explosion.
My perspectacled kitchen tour taught me two things this morning: I’m insanely lucky and I’m finally FREE.
In terms of parenting, marriage, home, clothes – I will not be a slave to the Tyranny of Trend any longer. I am almost 40 years old and no catalog is the Boss of Me anymore. I am free. I am not bound to spend my precious days on Earth trying to keep up with the Joneses- because the Joneses are really just a bunch of folks in conference rooms changing “trends” rapidly to create fake monthly emergencies for us. OH NO! NOW IT’S A SUBWAY TILE BACKSPLASH WE NEED! No, thank you. Life offers plenty of REAL emergencies to handle, thank you very much.
I’m a grown up now. I know what looks good on me, and that doesn’t change every three months. I know how I like my house. I like it cute and cozy and a little funky and I like it to feel lived in and worn and I like the things inside of it to work. That’s all. And for me – it’s fine that my house’s interior suggests that I might not spend every waking moment thinking about how it looks.
Sometimes it seems that our entire economy is based on distracting women from their blessings. Producers of STUFF NEED to find 10,000 ways to make women feel less than about our clothes, kitchens, selves so that we will keep buying more. So maybe freeing ourselves just a little from the Tyranny of Trend is a women’s issue – because we certainly aren’t going to get much world changing done if we spend all of our time and money on wardrobe and kitchen changing.
BUT. Listen. I’m nothing if not a tangled, colorful ball of contradictions. I like a good make-over as much as anybody else. So . . . HERE WE HAVE IT. HERE IS THE MELTON KITCHEN MAKEOVER FOR YA! READY FOR THE BIG REVEAL?
Before:
After:
Ba- BAM! Extreme home makeover! My kitchen IS beautiful because it is full of beauty. SO IS YOURS.
Today I shall keep my perspectacles super-glued to my face and feel insanely GRATEFUL instead of LACKING and I will look at my home and my people and my body and say: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THIS IS ALL MORE THAN GOOD ENOUGH, ALL OF IT. Now. Let us turn our focus onward and outward. There is WORK TO BE DONE and JOY TO BE HAD.
Love,
G
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So so true! Thank you for the great perspective!
Hello, I loved your before / after kitchen photos :-)… Wonderful attitude!
Love what you wrote and what you live. Just prior to your before & after picture, I thought, “all she needs for a makeover is her actual family in it! What a beautiful family it is! May God bless you over and over and over and over.
There is a time for everything.
Absolutely love it! We are so blessed and yet there are so many voices trying tell us it isn’t true, but we don’t have to listen to them. Thank you for reminding me of how awesome my home is, even with repairs needed, because of what and who is already there!
Wonderful article. But really, we gotta improve your coffee situation. Hot plate under your coffee = bad bad bad. At a minimum, turn off the hot plate right after the brew.
<3 the sentiment. AND THE COFFEE. MY GOD RESPECT THE COFFEE.
I think your kitchen looks great in both photos!!
Thanks for your honesty and openness on here, as it’s just a breath of fresh air!
You go girl!!!!
What an absolutely delightful blog! Something we need to keep in mind every day of our life!
After spending the day with a friend who has a much better house than I do but wants more I came home and just smiled and thought of the Bible verse that says, “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” I am blessed. You put into much better words the thought that I had. Awesome!!
Wow! Needed this right now. Absolutely love this, making this my “mantra”. Thanks you for such a heartfelt, well written article. Lump I’m my throat.
Well done! Love your post!
Thank you for great perspective! We need to stop watching HGTV and DIY and just love one another and not measure one another by the material possessions we may or may not have.
I’ve thought on this topic often. It’s great to have a “women unite” moment on this!
I LOVE this blog post. You have put words to my blank stare when people are talking at me about Pinterest (I don’t even know how to spell it) and re-molding and updating things. I am not an alien. Oh, wait. I am. Because this is not where my people and me end our journey. We invest our time, money, and our hearts in people. God’s people. I am good with that.
I think your kitchen is nice and this is a well written article. I am a little surprised, no shocked that someone would offer unsolicited advice regarding your kitchen after seeing pictures. What I would love to see is women accepting each other regardless of what one woman has or does not have. Everyone has a different style, budget, and taste. True friends don’t care if you have less or more than they do because they love you because of WHO you are.
I love how your kitchen is real and lived in. We are doing our kitchen up, but only because of the generosity of my parents. We need a functional kitchen and it just isn’t that at the moment. We are going function over looks.
Well meaning folks. You could end up doing a mini make over yourself. Paint the existing cabinets and put new handles and voilà! However it is always a great thing to appreciate what you already have. Who knows maybe you’ll win a kitchen makeover!
Sister, you have so missed the point of this article.
One of the best posts I’ve read this year. Thank you!
Love you glennon! You put words to bits of my heart and brain that I don’t seem to be able to connect yet! Thank you!
I think you’re kitchen looks fine as is EXCEPT you really need to take that bread out of your fridge!!!! It’ll make it go stale faster! 😛
This was wonderful!!!
I told my counselor that I am cutting again. Well, she actually guessed. I told her I had a secret that i was scared to tell her and she reached out and touched my wrist and said “I know.” I was also honest and told her that I don’t know if I am ready or willing to stop… That makes me feel like a failure because I should want to stop but it helps. I feel alone in this.
No clue why you posted this here, but…you are most definitely not alone. Lots of people go through this problem. Keep working on your underlying issues with your counselor. Go help someone less fortunate, volunteer for something. It will help get you out of your own head and back into the world. Monitor your self-talk. When negative thoughts come into your mind – which they will, you can’t control that part – rather than dwelling on them, banish them from your mind and quickly move on to something else. Your mind is way more powerful than you think, but it takes a lot of practice and time to improve your outlook. Just keep at it and you WILL come out of this place.
B, you did the most important, hardest thing by telling your counselor. If you can do that, you can figure out the next right thing!
Big, big, hugs!
Thank you. I love you. This was marvelous.
You have brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much. You are so right. We are so incredibly blessed.
Thank you for reminding me to wear my perspectacles today. That final photo shows the best kitchen makeover ever!
I seriously needed to hear that! THANKYOU!
Girlfriend, I say you have your head screwed on right. Loved reading you post. You are following a great north star.
Love your fresh perspectacles on your kitchen. It think it’s wonderful and full of beauty. It’s so easy to covet what others have and lose sight of our blessings and what we should be thankful for. I wish I learned that lesson in my twenties!
Just wonderful…We need more of you in this world. Too easy to become swept away with superficial and cosmetic appearances of perfection in our lives, when we must go beyond and much deeper to find the real and most important things that really do sustain us and keep us grounded, if we were to loose or the pretty stuff in our lives, we still remain rich and blessed because we have found what really matters. Thanks for your inspiring thoughts.
I truly enjoyed every word you wrote. It was awesome! and you made me smile multiple times throughout my reading. Thank you! 🙂
Probably the most profound and the most important thing I’ve read all day. Perhaps all month!
How unbelievably rude some people can be! I would never dream of criticising your home in that way unless you had sought the opinions of others. You have shut down these people with such grace, and has given us all something to think about.
My kitchen was remodeled in 1997. We had to get new fridge 3 years ago. I had to special order a white one – everything was stainless. Fingerprints, can’t stick your kids’ art on it….why? Then the dishwasher went- and we saw dishwashers with stainless interiors…why, why, why?
Jennifer Wilson Pines…Here’s my opinion. “Stainless”, because that’s what ALL the people looking for properties to buy or remodle HAVE to have. Along with the “GRANITE” counter tops. Right? And of course even if is in great shape, it “NEEDS UPGRADING”. I say, don’t be sheeple and don’t be brainwashed by the media. Jennifer, you sound like you have your priorities in the right place. Enjoy your blessings! I loved this commentary…it’s ok to have nicer things if we can afford them, but please remember that many people’s “kitchens” are dirt floors.
stainless interior is a function thing. I believe it helps with rust and odors.
THANK YOU!!! I love your article…and my eyes are all sopping wet seeing your before and after photos!! Way to know what is important….truly important!
My friend just spent $80/100,000 on her new kitchen…which makes me extra happy to have my cute 20 year old kitchen where everyone hangs out.. white touchups and all…and my 16 year old son just used my kitchen pantry as a guinea-pig and built drawers!…how cool is that!! Now I’ll never change it!! oh man….it’s ok for me to love my old kitchen and all the happy that happens in there and do with my money and brain space what God would want me to! thank you for sharing this! Rose
I absolutely love this!!! Thank you so much for this much needed reminder!! So hard some days to be content but you are right that we are sooo blessed! Your life is so full and so is mine 🙂
I needed this today! Thank you!
Completely awesome!!
THANK YOU!!!…… It is so refreshing to hear someone else say the same things I do….. I dont need all those fancy things… I dont need a flash house I dont need a flash car… I am the richest I could be… I have a husband who adores me and I adore in return, I have 2 children, 3 step children and 2 foster children, plus I am so very rich because I also have 10 wonderful, gorgeous blessed grandchildren……why would I need all that STUFF when I am surrounded by LOVE!
Your kitchen looks great!!! So does my 13 year old car.
Somebody needs to pin that “after” picture onto Pinterest! (I would but have no idea how!:) I’ll pin it to my board called, What Makes Me Happy!
Loved this, Glennon! I’m putting on my perspectacles now and going home to my new kitchen!
You are spot on…I just finished reading the first chapter of “I Am Malala” where she talks about the shock of leaving her home valley and coming to a place where the water is hot, immediate and drinkable, where cooking only requires the flip of a switch, where food is plentiful and in excessive abundance…thanks for keeping our eyes on what is really important in life and reminding us of how fortunate we are to live free and easy…and by the way in my kitchen we dance and we also keep a grateful list in the kids corner that we add to whenever the urge strikes…it never hurts to have a reminder…might have to pin this article up on the board next to that list!
I love this! And your kitchen is way more updated than mine. I more and more find myself trying to adhere to my Grandmothers Philosophy (she grew up during the end of the depression and WW2) that if it still works and gets the job done then there is no reason to buy a new one, and even if it is broke, sometimes the better value is to get it fixed rather than replace it. And frankly when something does die and I have to replace it will still not be with the latest and greatest but with something that gets the job done without costing me an arm and a leg. Since we have decided to not carry debt any longer, I would much rather spend my money making memories with my family and building our future than having the shiniest new kitchen, car, or other fad.
Awesome! Love, love, LOVE!!!
My kitchen is always a mess. My deaf/autistic adult daughter is an artist. I have tried all of her life to get her to work in her room, the basement, the sun porch, etc. NO, she moves into the kitchen, pen by pen, pencil by pencil, sketch pad by pad – there is no stopping her. Her supplies grow every day – it’s like they are rabbits. I put them away in drawers, cabinets, boxes, and what have you. The “stuff” sneaks back onto the cabinet tops. She wants to be with me, or close to me all of the time.
I’ve given up the battle. After all it is her house too, and I love her so very much.
Your comments made me smile and reminded me of when my son would daily draw in his sketch books on my kitchen floor in the morning, after breakfast and after his older sister went off to school for the day. Sounds like you have a cozy kitchen, and a lot of love in your heart! God bless you as you care for your daughter!
Thank you for putting my perspectives back in order. I’ve been a sahm/w for 22 yrs. Needless to say not much remodeling got done in my house. I have a sister that lives in a big, gorgeous house. But it’s not a home cause you can’t bring dirt in, can’t accidentally spill anything or put your feet up. My house is lived in and loved. Dh painted the awful 80’s kitchen cabinets and put lots of love into it. He also painted my small bright yellow while I was away to surpise me.
Thanks for the reminder.
Love this article! For mamas and papas like this, I highly recommend you check out an organization with these core values (putting life in perspective) called RESULTS.org We are people with kitchens like these that believe we can end poverty here in the US and around the globe. Find a RESULTS chapter in your state or start one! I did as a momma with a 2 and 4 year old and still going strong now that they are 12 and 14!
Love this woman. Focus on what you have and be grateful for it.
A friend whom I respect greatly told me many years ago that I should get a new car because if clients see me in my old car it doesn’t give the right image of prosperity. My reply was “What, I should go into debt to buy a car that maybe one in a hundred clients might see me in?” Needless to say, I didn’t. I drove that particular car until it was 21 years old and replaced it with a five year old car that is now nine years old, paid for in cash.
I really don’t care what people think when they see it. I’m fairly open about our finances and that we’re working to pay 50% deposit for a house in the next few years. We’re trying not to do debt at all, and certainly not for cosmetic items.
I like your kitchen, both the before and after. It feeds and nourishes your family, that is so much richer than most of the world.
I should probably clean my car though, that’s likely to give a much better impression…. LOL
Wonderful, wonderful! I’m so glad I stumbled onto this! Love your attitudes and your writing.
So beautiful — I have read and re-read this essay multiple times, and I’m brought to tears every single time. I have hated my kitchen for so long, because we don’t have a dining room, so EVERYONE has to eat in the kitchen. Every day. Even on Thanksgiving. Even on Christmas. But you’re right — we are BEYOND blessed. Thank you so much for making this clear!
We have been eating in our very old kitchen for 37 years. Now, when the kids come home with theirs, we move the table into the living room, maybe add a folding one, and eat there for an all together meal once or twice a year. Our stove is 37 years old, and still works, and doesn’t match, but I like that it keeps going. Sometimes I wish for nicer cupboards, but there’s no point, if we might move out soon. I did get an upgraded living room with bay window and hardwood floor, and love it! This was a wonderful perspective on what is important!
Love this! GREAT article!
AMEN AMEN and AMEN!!! Freeeeeeedom!!! I am reading your book and I am SO GLAD my friend told me about you! You are such an encouragement to so many women!!!
xo,
Kristine
This is my new favorite blog. Thank you for the perspectacles.
Hey great post. my life was upsidedowned by gratitude and I can’t shut up about it. It is magic. Thanks for sharing this story, it is wonderful!!
And that’s the way to stay happy. Well done.
Didn’t see your first post and sad to hear people took it as a need for a makeover. We too have had the “be grateful for what we have” moment and really took a look at what truly matters. We’ve downsized, sold a tons of stuff (and goodness gracious, there’s still more to get sell) – all because of STUFF. Stuff to keep up with Jones’ as you say. No longer…we have free ourselves from the junk and only have what is necessary. And you know what – we have more time for family, for friends, for us. Good job on your new perspective!
Hi. I loved your article. My husband and I have just returned to our precious 67 year old bungalow in Florida after spending 10 months in Cambodia. We LOVED our life in Cambodia and in part because of the graciousness and gratitude of the Cambodian people for everything that they have in their lives- which is farrrrr less than what you and I enjoy here in the states. Only 14% of Cambodian households have electricity! Virtually no ovens. Few refrigerators. Yet, family meals are robust with flavor and passion. Your blog is a reminder of just how much we have to be grateful for.
Who cares what the kitchen looks like as long as it is clean, good food is brought forth from it, and…. it is a welcome comfort at the end of a long day where the family enjoys hanging out
I love this! Your “after” photo is wonderful. Thank you for sharing your perspectacles. 🙂
Thank you for this post! So very true. I have never been concerned with trends or what other people’s homes look like until my current pregnancy (yeah #3). I blame it on nesting hormones and have to remind myself that I am not the time of person to go somewhere and judge a person because of what their kitchen looks like, why should I judge myself?
The comfort of living with gratitude for the basics, food, shelter, medicine, clean water and health is my greatest pleasure. Simplicity…. it is that simple! Loved this and look forward to more.
Thank you. There are no words that say it better. Thank you for putting the paint & polish in true perspective.
Wonderful!! One of the loveliest home decor articles EVER!
Awesomeness right there!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this article! Thanks for sharing and helping us to remember what it is really about!
AMEN and Amen, love my 25 year old kitchen, its no longer 80s its “Rustic French Country”, a little rough around the edges but all 5 of our girls and our 16 grandchildren have been fed and , loved and have sung and danced thankfully praising God from Whom all blessings flow! Thank you for sharing such great truth in the midst of a consumer driven world. Look up, and be thankfull for all that we have been blesded with, now on to the Laundry room magic…
It only makes sense that the kitchen, the center of our homes, would start such a grand and deep conversation on living a grateful life!
Truly a great Momastery community moment.
Brew the coffee and dance on!
Best make over EVER!!
I’m so glad your writing came my way today…it was just what I needed!
That was an absolutely fantastic read! Thank you so much!
First of all, I completely agree with you. What a great reminder that our lives don’t need to look like a perfectly composed Pinterest photo.
Second, your kitchen looks a heck of a lot better than mine, so thank goodness the lesson was about gratefulness 🙂
Wonderful!!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you!
Though my kitchen is even more out of date then yours, I love my home and the family and friends who grace it!
I feel a bit sorry for those who live only to “update” their surroundings constantly because some home improvement or real-estate channel told them what the new best “thing” is, when it is themselves, their eyes, their hearts and souls that really could benefit from a real updating.
Rock on Sista!
Love this!
The cleaning and scrubbing will wait until tomorrow, for children grow up, as I have learned to my sorrow. So quiet down cobwebs, dust go to sleep, I’m playing with my babies and babies don’t keep.
You go girl!! Everyone is looking to change what we have! How about changing what we are! Good for you!
Brilliant – and I’m not a mumsy person. Sharing on FB. Thank you for the perfect medicine for the madness. m
It takes a happy heart and a fulfilled Spirit to know the value of what life has offered us. Yearning and longing for newer and better everything can not buy a contented life. You are truly blessed,.and I love your kitchen
I am so happy to finally know there is someone else in the world that thinks like I do. I am a social outcast because of these exact same views. I cannot understand why the world is so fixated on having the so named correct decor and fashion items. Endless banal conversations over such topics. I keep trying to find the real people that care about real living and life experience. Here you are. Thank goodness. Where are the other folk like you and me?
Me too!!
We once thought about putting an island in our kitchen for more “chopping space”… but then decided it took up too much of our dancing space. What an amazing post this is!!!
Thank you so much, I LOVE my house, it is 32 years old and God blessed me with it 24 years ago. It has one of the smallest kitchens in the world, one person can stand together in front of the sink and one in front of the dishwasher next to it and you could add another person but they would have to slip in sideways and maybe all three could stand side by side if we stood the other way. It is dated, worn, and oh so very loved. Sure it needs updating, can be hotter than I can stand it on these Southern Texas August days but it’s one that my husband works so hard to provide for us, has cooked a zillion family meals, many holiday meals, meals to help folks out and the list goes on. Thank you for the reminder that the worn out cabinets and counter tops are just part of a place that is so dear to my heart, after all, it doesn’t get any better than a place God says, “THIS is your place to raise your family and honor Me!” Oh and the only thing better than dancing in the kitchen is kisses in the kitchen!
I love it!! So many times we are worried about how things “look” when we need to stop and realize, like you have done, that it is the people in our lives that make it special, not the things.
Excellent article! And seriously your kitchen is perfectly fine with our without the beautiful family in it!
I want to blast this all over the world! You are a marvelous example of what it means to be grateful! And you are right. I served as an interior designer for 30 years before retiring, and carefully chose clients who were NOT interested in one-up-man-ship, but in creating Sacred Space. My philosophy: Everything you bring into your home – and from time to time things need to be replaced – everything MUST be loved for one reason or another. Not just some blue picture because it goes with the color scheme, but it makes your heart sing! You are blessed! Your lucky family!
Brilliant article – I would also include my washing machine – “Simpson” – i always give him kiss when he’s saved me the trouble of carrying my bountiful clothes to the river to smash clean on rocks…
Your perspective is right on! Love your viewpoint and joyful attitude!
I LOVE your kitchen..I love my cluttered, occasionally very, very messy little kitchen, as well! I have a 4-cup brewer in there I’ve used for 25 years..I suckered up to a “Keurig” that went belly up after three..I’ve not replaced it…it’s meeting its just reward in a landfill somewhere. The little 4-cup brewer is still puttering along, turning out perfect coffee. Oh yeah, I have a magic tea brewer! I put some tea into it, pour in some hot water, wait a few and WOW, perfect cuppa tea. It’s called a teapot. As to one-cup brewers, I did get another one…it’s ceramic gadget with holes in the bottom and you put in a paper filtre, add coffee grounds, sit it over a cup, pour hot water over the coffee grounds and let ‘er drip…cost me $2.
Hey, I love your kitchen!! It’s just like mine, dancing included!!!
I absolutely love this! What a great perspective you have through those hand “perspectacles.” Thank you for sharing! And, keep enjoying your sweet family and life in your beautiful, obviously love-filled home!
Excellent article! Hope many woman and even men read this. Priorities are definitely in order. Just great.
And…my dh suffers with Chronic Lymes, has for over 3 years now. From running and having his own carpentry/roofing business to a wheel chair. [We are pastors and he is still preaching with great zeal though.]
Thanks for this article.
Love. This. Post. You are a Bringer of Light. Thank you Glennon!!
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We dance in the kitchen, too.
What a lovely article! I’d love to share it on my blog, AshevilleYogaSangha.com.
There is nothing better than kitchen dancing. Seriously, nothing.
Thank you for reminding me that my kitchen is wonderful. There are so many things I’d love to do with it, but what I do in it, like dancing, is so much more important.
I almost cried when I read the line about dancing in the kitchen. What a beautiful, fun life you are giving your family by being aware of these things and showing gratitude. I will remember this when I start to think, “I want.”
I think your kitchen is awesome, we currently live in a nonfunctioning kitchen, I don’t have a stove or oven, (electrical problems) or dishwasher (pipe issues), I have a ceiling that leaks and I have to put buckets out. I would love to make my family a meal in a working kitchen. I cook for my family in a slow cooker, or flat grill, but then remember to turn off the air conditioner first and dont use the microwave at the same time or you will throw a breaker.
I applaud you! I love your “new kitchen”. Sometimes I too get carried away with what is out there on social media that I forget just how blessed I am already. You are awesome!
AMEN, SISTER!
Thank you for this perspective tour. Your kitchen is beautiful!
Great post :). One nit: Schools are paid by your property taxes ;).
And what a wonderful thing that those property taxes give my children a fabulous education!!
Public schools aren’t that great, really, especially with common core taking hold now.
Agreed!
Try to see the point of a post about GRATITUDE. Ask Malala if public schools in the U.S. aren’t that great.