My granddaughter Faith was talking with me about making scarves. "I thought I'd make scarves for the poor. I need to do something to be a better person."
I told her that was wonderful and I would help her learn how to make the scarves.
"It's tedious and annoying," she said, "but I do want to work at being a good person. It's much easier to be a bad person."
You have to love her honesty.
Yes, it is easier to be a bad person. It kind of comes natural to people I think. It takes time to become unselfish and think of others. I think she is doing well to think of others at the age of 15. When I was 15 I only thought of me.
We have been showing the house to lots of people. My home has never been this clean for this long which is kind of embarrassing to think about. I found ants today trying to make a home for themselves so I sprayed them with bug killer and then had an asthma attack because of the smell. Sheesh.
People are coming to see the house today, tomorrow and Saturday. I think it should sell fairly quickly. I hope so because I wasn't cut out to have my home this clean.
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Being a good person is much easier than keeping a clean house, me thinks. Once, when we were expecting a houseful of guests, Mrs. Shady asked... no, make that urged... no, make that DEMANDED that I spend the whole day cleaning. As it turned out the guests canceled their visit which prompted me to complain that I had done all that cleaning for nothing. Mrs. Shady was not amused.
Have a wonderful evening, a great Friday and a wonderful weekend, dear friend Belle!
Kudos to Faith for her efforts.
I hope the house sells quicky...it is a pain to keep it ready to show at any time.
Faith sounds to me like she's nothing like a bad person at all, this is such a wonderful idea and I wish her all the best with it.
Tom- Yes, we all have to look like our homes are perfect when someone comes over! Just as you wasted your energy, I did too. No one showed up today! I kind of felt like smashing something but I decided not to. :)
May you have a wonderful weekend also, sweet friend.
Jeanie- Yes, I am proud of Faith for her efforts. I hope it sells quickly too.
Matthew- Thanks, Hon. It is a good idea and I'm happy she thought of it.
A daughter of one of my friends is curently knitting scarves and selling them. She donates all the money to the Cancer Association. My daughter sold crafts last year to raise money to help bats. (Yes. I said bats :-) They are an important part of the ecosystem and need help.)
And add your granddaughter to the bunch as we can see that teenagers today aren't as bad as we think (at least not all of them). Perhaps each generation is a bit overly judgmental of the next generation.
I hope your granddaughter does well with her scarf fundraiser.
As far as the house goes, I know the feeling.
It is easier to be bad then good - so kudos to her!!!!!!!!
Faith is so right- and I do love her honesty! Poor you- I hope you are breathing easier now, and I'll bet the house does sell quickly. Then comes moving...
Wow, Faith is very wise for her age. How sweet! I hope your house sells quickly. What a pain it must be to always have it staged and ready like that. I'd go batty!
I like that...easier to be bad... But even so..Lets TRY to be good
A 15 year old said that! She's one in a million - how very kind.
Good luck with your sale and remember cleaning is good for the soul - or so I've heard.
Hi Belle. I've obviously missed something along the way here. I knew that your sister was living with you, but I didn't know that you were actually moving home. To somewhere quite near, and will you still all be living together? I know what you mean about having to keep the house SO tidy!! Hee Hee!! Shady's comment did make me smile today! Take care my friend. God bless you. Oh, nearly forgot to say, what a wonderful gesture on Faith's part. As you say, for a 15 year old to be thinking along these lines, is something very special. Well done that girl!!
Good Luck with the showings. That cleaning would surely get me down. I'm proud of you!
Good luck, all will be well!
Faith sounds like a good person!
Hi Linda- Yes, I've noticed the teenagers that visit our home are usually very nice and I like them a lot. It is wonderful what your daughter is doing for bats. We have them around here in the mountains and I'm sure they do a lot of good!
Chatty- I'm glad she is listening to the Holy Spirit - I believe all good thoughts come from God and I'm so thankful she is open to Him.
Shelly- Faith is such a fun girl to talk with. We talk about everything and she is very interesting and completely honest.
Jennifer- It is hard to always have the house ready to show. Some people showed up an hour ago and we didn't even know they were coming! Luckily, someone had come in the morning and all was well.
Tempo- Yes, we should deliberately try to be good and do good works. It is so important.
Juliette- I hope cleaning is good for something! Faith is mature for her age, she always has been.
Diane- I'm really happy about Faith's maturity. Yes, Liz will be moving with hubby and me to a new home. We don't know where in town yet, but I'm pretty excited.
Geek- Thanks so much! I'm proud of myself too.
Claudia- Thanks, Hon. I'm sure it will be.
Sherry- Yes, she is a real Sweetie!
Having just paid the plumbers for the finished job, I had to work very hard to be a nice person with bad and angry trying to sneak in.
Plus we might as well be showing our home for sale as neighbors, friends and family come to see the new bathroom so it has to be tidy and shiny every second.
I've come across some remarkable teenagers recently. A few months ago, I met this young man in high school that had very long hair. Hair that long is not in style around here so I wondered about him.
Then last week when I saw him again his hair was short, and I asked him about it.
He said he'd grown his hair long so that he could cut it and donate it to the Locks of Love program that provide hair for wigs used by people with cancer.
It gave me a fresh perspective on this young man.
I'm with you Belle,when I was fifteen I was spoiled, selfish brat. Your granddaughter is very selfless young lady. You should be very proud of her.
Dearest Belle,
Oh, how wonderful to think about others that young ' your granddaughter Faith'♡♡♡
You must be proud of her a lot and miss her!!!
Oh, I smiled a little what you said about your house. But no way knowing how you must be feeling tidying up for leaving. I AM hoping the good outcome about it, dear friend in Canada.
Sending you lots of love and hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*
When we were selling our last place, we went through the same ordeal of keeping the place clean and we did so. However, when we moved out it was so dirty and dusty behind all the furniture... Had to stop and clean it again!
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