It's been three solid days of celebration. I think Christmas is worth it; my body, however, does not agree with me. Holy crap, when did I become 35
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I'm ready to start a true revolution. I mean it. Our family is giving up sugar this year and I'm planning to change the way we eat, the way we gather around food, the way we consume, the way we show practical love... I'm sick of watching everything dissolve and standing idle. My friends and I were discussing this issue at our book club and it struck me that the only zone we have any real influence over is our family. But that's usually the way real change starts anyway - at the grassroots. So I'm diving in.
in the past couple of years, my sister has started gifting my grandma with things from world vision, like an animal for a family or something like that. because my grandma is old, she has everything she could possibly need, and if she doesn't have it by now, well, i think she can do without it, you know?
and on boxing day, when i was working cash at walmart, all i could think all day long was "you people got a whole bunch of gifts yesterday, what the fuck are you doing here to buy more stuff?" i honestly didn't understand it. sure, i get the little kids who are buying stuff with gift cards they've received, but what could you and your household possibly need with all of these things? it turned the holiday into the most consumerist holiday i have ever experienced. maybe it just means im getting old.
where did you buy your gifts of pre- and post-natal care for women? i would like to keep that in mind for future years when i actually have money to use.
I got them from World Vision. Their annual gift catalogue, which as you know, includes goats and wells and trees, also includes medical care, and this year specifically, care for pregnant women and their newborns. It's an excellent way to say Merry Christmas, and mean it more meaningfully than any other way.
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in the past couple of years, my sister has started gifting my grandma with things from world vision, like an animal for a family or something like that. because my grandma is old, she has everything she could possibly need, and if she doesn't have it by now, well, i think she can do without it, you know?
and on boxing day, when i was working cash at walmart, all i could think all day long was "you people got a whole bunch of gifts yesterday, what the fuck are you doing here to buy more stuff?" i honestly didn't understand it. sure, i get the little kids who are buying stuff with gift cards they've received, but what could you and your household possibly need with all of these things? it turned the holiday into the most consumerist holiday i have ever experienced. maybe it just means im getting old.
where did you buy your gifts of pre- and post-natal care for women? i would like to keep that in mind for future years when i actually have money to use.
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