Trinkets or Treasures?
We each have our own interpretation of 'value'. The old saying; One man's trash is another man's treasure still rings true. My husband and I have tried to steer our childrens' affections away from material possessions as much as North American-ly possible. We are certainly blessed with too much as are many people in our culture, but thankful for every bit of it. There have been lean times...very lean times over the course of creating this family but nothing has been without purpose. No lesson has gone unlearned. We have never claimed to be an average family. We most definitely have different values than some. We have literally been questioned at times about how we can possibly consider ourselves good parents when we have never acquired a DSi for any of the kids. I'm not kidding. That really happened. Many of the things my children have or don't have and any of the activities my kids are or are not involved in have more to do with logistics than anything...