I agree with you! I'd love to move to a smaller house and get rid of most of our junk! Before we moved here we were in a much smaller place and didn't have too much stuff to ditch before moving. But if we had to move again it would be an almost insurmountable job! That's why I want to start now...nip it in the bud before it gets any worse! It doesn't help that our kids have "stored" some of their things here too...things that they'll never use again. Olivia's baby strollers, playpens and other baby stuff...Jamie's old funky sports equipment and far too many clothes! I know they'll never use them again so they're going into our next garage sale and if they don't sell then I'm going to take them to the Children's Wish Foundation's donation site or the Salvation Army.
I've also come to the point where I don't want to accumulate anything more and don't feel like we need anymore stuff. This Christmas I would like to tell people not to give us anything but just put some money toward the charity of their choice in our names. And for us to just give everyone cash or gift cards. It would make everything so much easier.
Yes, Sean is Olivia's son. She was only 18 when she was pregnant with him and gave birth a month after her 19th birthday. She was in college and trying to make a go of it with Sean's father (who was such an idiot I could still slap him). But when they split up and Sean was diagnosed with autism and Olivia was looking for a job after she graduated it was all too much for her. At first I stopped working for 2 years to look after him (that's when I first met you online I think) but once he started school I went back to work and Olivia found a job. However, she also met her future husband, Greg, the father of her two youngest kids. At the time she met him he told her he didn't want any children (he is 10 years older than her) and she was afraid to tell him about Sean because she thought she'd lose Greg, so she asked me if I'd let everyone know Sean was mine! I agreed and kept her secret and in order to get him help with his autism I had to get custody or else I couldn't have received the assistance he needed (red tape governmental issues). I regret lying about being Sean's real mother but I didn't want to be the cause of Olivia's stress over her new relationship. I knew she wanted to make a go of it. Everything's OK now. Greg knows all about Sean and they now have two children that he loves dearly.
Whew. What a story! And you think YOU write too much sometimes!!! (It's not true. Great writing can never be long enough!)
I know...I feel so bad that I won't be meeting you next month. I was so looking forward to going to the NEK. It's only 7 hours' drive from here! Shorter than between you and Baltimore! I know that I should be able to do it in the near future. Let's hope. ;)
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Date: 2017-06-29 01:26 pm (UTC)I've also come to the point where I don't want to accumulate anything more and don't feel like we need anymore stuff. This Christmas I would like to tell people not to give us anything but just put some money toward the charity of their choice in our names. And for us to just give everyone cash or gift cards. It would make everything so much easier.
Yes, Sean is Olivia's son. She was only 18 when she was pregnant with him and gave birth a month after her 19th birthday. She was in college and trying to make a go of it with Sean's father (who was such an idiot I could still slap him). But when they split up and Sean was diagnosed with autism and Olivia was looking for a job after she graduated it was all too much for her. At first I stopped working for 2 years to look after him (that's when I first met you online I think) but once he started school I went back to work and Olivia found a job. However, she also met her future husband, Greg, the father of her two youngest kids. At the time she met him he told her he didn't want any children (he is 10 years older than her) and she was afraid to tell him about Sean because she thought she'd lose Greg, so she asked me if I'd let everyone know Sean was mine! I agreed and kept her secret and in order to get him help with his autism I had to get custody or else I couldn't have received the assistance he needed (red tape governmental issues). I regret lying about being Sean's real mother but I didn't want to be the cause of Olivia's stress over her new relationship. I knew she wanted to make a go of it. Everything's OK now. Greg knows all about Sean and they now have two children that he loves dearly.
Whew. What a story! And you think YOU write too much sometimes!!! (It's not true. Great writing can never be long enough!)
I know...I feel so bad that I won't be meeting you next month. I was so looking forward to going to the NEK. It's only 7 hours' drive from here! Shorter than between you and Baltimore! I know that I should be able to do it in the near future. Let's hope. ;)