Whose story is it?

dining-room-table-less

Our dining room table is gone now. Tim sold it to a couple off Craigslist. When I came home from lunch with the girls, the house looked so empty. "Did you take a picture of it, by chance?" I asked him, wistfully. I haven't written much about the process of selling our things because I almost don't know how to write about the magnitude of it. It's so much more than, "we sold our couch" or "we gave away a bag of clothes." Only recently has it begun to really sink in that we are letting go of … [Read more...]

bullet points (of time)

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LAST WEEK, we read "Charlotte's Web" in two days. The next two days after that, we read "The Secret Garden." Now, we're on Chapter 8 of "Ramona Quimby, Age 8" (I think that's my favorite book in the series). TODAY, we are almost completely out of groceries. We ate the last piece of fruit in our house this morning for breakfast, along with the last pieces of our last loaf of bread (yes, the ends too).. TOMORROW, we are meeting with a lady who spent a few years RV'ing full-time with … [Read more...]

Are we really going to do this? Yes!

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The secret is out (knees knocking, heart pounding). And now we have 1 million things to do (not exaggerating). Thank you to everyone for your overwhelming support. We read every comment, every e-mail, every tweet - and we are so encouraged by you. Several of you have asked about the fate of Metropolitan Mama. The answer is that it's not going anywhere. I still have so many mothering things I want to share (plus, I'll still host the ever-popular themed giveaways from … [Read more...]

The Plan: Sell Everything. Live in an RV. Give Every Day.

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Our 3-year-old was talking to one of her friends on the phone this week: “Our plan is to sell our house, live in an RV, and help lots of people and all of the kids who don’t have food.” She said it so confidently, so excitedly. She said it with sparkling eyes, with adventure in her voice, with faith in her heart. Tim and I looked at each other, smiling, scared, “Are we really going to do this?” The answer practically leapt from our hearts, “We can’t NOT do this.” READ … [Read more...]