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Old 04-17-2014, 07:32 AM
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Default Keep things you use now. You will miss them.

I didn't have GOOD stuff, couldn't afford real silver, but I loved playing house as a little girl and still love to do it now.


I love my home and I enjoy trying to make it feel comfy and welcoming and pretty. I could have a tiny house or a big house and it wouldn't matter to me. It is about making a cozy nest. I love to have visitors and I love to cook. Nothing I have is precious to anyone but me.


I loved dolls when I was little and loved having my children around. The time is past now when a woman is a homemaker. That idea is looked down on now...But, if you did it "right" it was a full time occupation that made life easier and better and more secure and ordered for everyone in the home. I never felt cheated.


I think children came out better raised by the person who loved them most in this world. Now people hand their babies over to someone they wouldn't trust with their car keys. That is sad to me.


There was time later to have a career.


Now I sound like an old woman. Guess I am and loving it.
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