Day 3

Today I am Grateful I can say "I have too much".  Honestly... I really do have way too much!  How many of us can say this and do we think about the people who have virtually nothing including necessities?

Just a few months ago, my son and I moved into our new home.  I could not believe how much stuff we had in our old place!  It was a fast move (only two weeks notice) so we didn't have time to pare down before the big day and even then, realistically speaking, I wonder how much of a difference it would have made.  Everything in our old home had a place so it didn't look like much to our eyes anymore.  Moving day quickly lost it's novelty as boxes and boxes piled into our new place while it seemed a dent wasn't even made in our old house.  And to this day, we still have boxes that we haven't even cracked open.  That's a pretty good indication that this is stuff that probably isn't very necessary or important.  But I'm seeing this as a very advantageous position to be in though!  How easy will it be to open up those boxes and, keeping in mind that I haven't needed or wanted it for the last four months, make the decision to "donate" or "toss"?  Okay, maybe not super easy but if I do one box at a time... and maybe recruit a back-up for reinforcement... maybe it'll be easy?

I've decided to start here...

These are extra scarves and hats that my son and I don't wear (some even still have price tags on them) so have decided to Give them to people who could use them.  We live in Northwestern Ontario and, boy oh boy, has winter ever reared it's ugly head... not so much in the form of snow but definitely as in frigid temperatures.  Tomorrow morning on my way to work, I'm going to leave the stuffed bag hanging on the door of the homeless shelter and I hope they with find loving bodies.