Hello everyone! A very warm welcome to you all! The video I have chosen for this post is a delight clip featuring some lovely vintage Christmas photos. "When You Trim Your Christmas Tree (Les Brown and his Orchestra, 1946). Enjoy!
When I was a little girl my parents and I didn't have much; but we enjoyed and appreciated the little we had, and we took care of it. I am the same today in that I have little but appreciate what I have and am able to make do with it. One example is the post I shared yesterday...that little red Christmas tree is all I have for decorations and am quite content with it!
When I was a little girl I got made fun of a lot in school. One of the reasons is that I was in a "special" class for children who learn at a slower pace than the average child, and the other is because I was a skinny little girl. Even when I was 26 and got married just over 30 years ago, I only weighed 96 pounds! Although I weigh more than that today, I still weigh under 150 pounds, but I have been so used to being smaller it doesn't really bother me now. LOL!
As a child I think I learned a lot about being content with a small amount of things. Clutter and too many things around me actually depress me, it's just the way I am. I like to have more space than "things", as I feel happier...and safer. I also learned that people...including myself, can use their mouths and their means to be kind...or to be unkind. Our words can be used to heal...or to hurt. They can be used to encourage, bring cheer...or to knock down and bring sorrow.
The photo I am sharing is one that I took yesterday. It was a Christmas display outside of a house. You just need to click on the image to see a larger view.
Thank you all so much for visiting me here! I always appreciate and enjoy reading your kind thoughts, which you are always welcome to share!
The times may have been relatively no more simple for our parents, but for we children it was. Good to have left many of us values of the times.
ReplyDeletemerci Linda pour ces belles paroles,
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Laurence, Opale et SOnye
When I was in Jr. High in 7th grade, there was a in 9th grade that did everything he could do in the halls to tease and be mean to me. Then when I got to High School, I was a sophomore and he was a senior. Same things happened then also. My 50th class reunion was in September this year and I went back to the reunion. That guy had married a girl in my class and as we were all getting out of the cars to go into the clubhouse, she introduced me to him. He shook hands with me and it was all I could do to not say anything about those years. He probably would not have remembered at all. But I do. Anyway, it was kind of funny. Why young people - and all people - have to be mean to others is a mystery to me. No reason for it.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this with me.
DeleteWow, your snow is still sticking!
ReplyDeleteHaving little can be difficult, especially when we're young; but it can be used by God to build character in us. I think it's worked that way in you. It sounds as if you had a home with loving parents. Those who made fun of you may have been less fortunate in that category.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a great housekeeper, but clutter is uncomfortable for me, too. I think you and I have a lot in common. :)
Love photos of snow on the ground! Hoping for lots in our mountains so I can go skiing!
ReplyDeleteI think you are rich!
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Comfort Spiral
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I'm sorry you were made fun of, Linda. I was too, when I was a teenager. I agree that words and actions can be used for good or for ill, and I try to do for the good, as I know you do too.
ReplyDeleteI do so hate the thought of your being made fun of in school. I went through something similar when I was in grade school many years ago,
ReplyDeleteNice are the snow photo, Linda!
ReplyDeleteI just learned to appreciate small things you have. Thanks, Linda!
ReplyDeleteMy Mom was always underweight, she'd tell me in Nursing School she had to drink an eggnog, the Nuns would force her to eat sweet things so she'd gain weight and when she joined the US Army (she was Canadian) they had her sign a disclaimer in any event that she got sick, as her weight was an issue! Imagine. I'm sorry you were teased, there are those that are so terribly sensitive when young, while there are others who are so terribly mean.
ReplyDeletethanks for the wisdom of your experience that you shared in today's writing, linda. it's so true that there are many things about ourselves that we can't really change, and that we have to find contentment and peace nevertheless. thank you for the reminder =)
ReplyDeleteWise words Linda! People who make fun of and who have cruel mouths usually are very unhappy people themselves. I was bullied unmercifully at school by a small group because I was the policeman's daughter. I counteracted with humor a lot of the time. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. It made me more sympathetic to the plight of others who went through the same thing. School yard bullies are the worst and sometimes those children grow up to be adult bullies and the cycle is passed on in the way they treat their children who in turn become bullies themselves. From what I read and here it never goes away. Also, I feel that having too much is not a good thing. We will have a simple Christmas this year and be very thankful for it. Have a wonderful day :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice and sad story. This happens way too often at school. In a way, children can be very mean at times. They still lack, or seem to lack, proper upbringing, and they do to others what they would not want for themselves. It's a sad thing that you had to go through all this.
ReplyDeleteI like your photo BTW, it's says a lot. And with snow already on the ground, that's our lot here, isn't it?
Es extraordinario recordar el pasado y sentirse feliz por ello.
ReplyDeleteMIS FELICITACIONES POR TU BONITA ENTRADA EN EL BLOG.
ABRAZOS.
Sounds you have a great childhood and lot memory! the snow shot looking nice..
ReplyDeleteInteresting post!
il faut effectivement apprécier les valeurs reçues de nos parents....
ReplyDeleteet certaines paroles blessent..dommage
bonne journée
Dear Linda - I certainly understand how you felt being made fun of in school - I too had the same situation. You see I was born with a rather large brown birthmark on the right side of my nose. I am thankful now for having had that experience growing up...it made me more observant of others and their feelings...
ReplyDeletealso taught me that being different is fine (after all we are all a little different and that is a good thing)! Loved your video dear. I agree with Cloudia - You are rich indeed. Bless you and may your Christmas hold what is really meaningful about the season. Hugs
What a lovely post. I love hearing of other times.
ReplyDeleteAlready a lot of snow in Montreal, Linda !
ReplyDeleteWe also do not have much, but are satisfied with the few things we have...
Lie(f)s.
I was put into the slow reading group for a few years and never knew why. I actually think my creativity kept my mind busy and I didn't want to read all the words. My comprehension improved a lot by high school and then I was far ahead of those who were in the better reading group. My slow reading group was a bunch of boys and one girl.
ReplyDeleteYou have a wise outlook on life which I agree with. It comes from your life experiences in childhood. You have a lot of snow there. I hope you're keeping warm.
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