A few years ago I read an amazing blog about a woman who took the time during Lent to remove excess from her life by loading forty bags (over forty days) worth of items from her house to donate or toss. Immediately I loved this concept. I am always looking at a way to connect to this time, but never was one to be successful in giving up something during the Lenten season.  There is so much “stuff” in my life that I knew I needed to really evaluate and eliminate.  So I decided to take on a similar task in removing items from my home during Lent. This physical removal of clutter was so eye opening and connected me to the fact that there are many others who could benefit from the items I just hold on to.  An old winter coat, a collection of used baby items, even old scrap metal can be of more use to someone else.

This is what I do, I have a pad of paper I got in the dollar bin at Target [Read more…]