tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post8512662732405391058..comments2024-03-25T21:54:29.130-07:00Comments on FocusingOnLife: A Gift To MyselfUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-45935016386117309872016-12-07T09:21:01.382-08:002016-12-07T09:21:01.382-08:00I am so totally with you Leigh. This is the great...I am so totally with you Leigh. This is the greatest gift we can give to ourselves and our loved ones. xoxokellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153095149911030832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-69257572947832202802016-12-06T19:14:17.928-08:002016-12-06T19:14:17.928-08:00This sounds like a wonderful Christmas for you and...This sounds like a wonderful Christmas for you and your family. We've simplified our Christmas giving the last two years and it's so much better than the stressful Christmas shopping in years past.Cathy H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10779935742253650385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-45802088970559019002016-12-06T12:09:39.223-08:002016-12-06T12:09:39.223-08:00Yes Leigh, you've got the answer. Sounds like ...Yes Leigh, you've got the answer. Sounds like the perfect Christmas season to me. heyjudephotographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098165048025314116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-24705797149010347062016-12-06T07:28:40.917-08:002016-12-06T07:28:40.917-08:00Oh, yes, you are so right! The gift of time and to...Oh, yes, you are so right! The gift of time and togetherness is what it's all about! When I find myself focusing on having the house just perfect, finding the perfect gifts, making the perfect food, I am reminded of a comment from our friend Claudia Wrightson on one of my Christmas posts several years ago: “Being the perfect Christmas mom for tooo many years, I realized that my "perfect" decorations were not what they remembered or loved. It was the little quiet moments of the season. :) Once I heard one of my neighbors kids say... "yeah, my mom is kind of insane around Christmas... its scary." I was sooo thankful for that little voice of wisdom. I changed a lot of how I proceeded with the holiday after that.” And that thought is always with me several years later. It's not about perfect. It's about joy. And what brings the most joy is sharing time and making memories. Thanks for this reminder, Leigh. <3terriporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333055591899961253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-21872673806720469652016-12-06T06:23:36.594-08:002016-12-06T06:23:36.594-08:00Well you know this minimalist is cheering from her...Well you know this minimalist is cheering from her small corner of the world...AFishGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513718005250273753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-72851511627231348192016-12-06T05:22:47.852-08:002016-12-06T05:22:47.852-08:00Sounds like a perfect Christmas to me. Sounds like a perfect Christmas to me. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433584313253805817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-2490534367901335752016-12-06T04:55:43.702-08:002016-12-06T04:55:43.702-08:00This is a wonderful gift - to yourself and the peo...This is a wonderful gift - to yourself and the people you love. It's true, so true. We are too caught up in the "more, bigger, brighter, new and improved" mentality that we lose sight of what really counts. Our family and friends, showering one another with our time and our love is where our hearts should be. <br /><br />There are fewer gifts under our tree this year on purpose. A Facebook friend shared this gift giving guide and I decided to embrace it. 1 thing they want; 1 thing they need; 1 thing to wear; 1 thing to read. I've pretty much stuck to it and it feels right. Not only was shopping and wrapping simplified, leaving me less stress, I also have the peace of sharing what's important instead of what's glitzy.<br /><br />Great post, Leigh, and lots to think about!Dottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811399388989716265noreply@blogger.com