I am writing for the Kansas City Star monthly; you can read my latest piece here on what a mess I am. (Images of new storage solutions from Serena and Lily guest star.)
I READ it. I could have WRITTEN it! Our experiences of youth and struggles as adults (and mothers) seem identical - except I'm older now and it's just my husband and I - still dealing with our own "closet messiness".
I am glad you are writing. I think some of us are born organized and some of us aren't. Unfortunately, I fall somewhere in between. Solo, even after my kids are gone, they still come home and leave messes for Mom to straighten up. Five years of college stuff , is what I am dealing with now. Karen
Great piece! And I can attest that the methods of lax one day and strict another does not yield results. But I can also observe that the gene wins in the end....witness my son's apartment. Though he lives far off in Santa Fe, I would bet the house that the place is a MESS on any given day!
I love this post....brings so many of my personal "issues" to the forefront. I have one child who is a neat-nick; one child who married one; and one who, God only knows how, survives. As for me, I have decided that there must be some creative benefit to being messy, I hope. I love the S&L baskets, might just have to get a few. Thanks. Mary
Great piece and whilst 4 out of 5 of us here are neat freaks there is one, and she knows who she is, with whom I despair. I LOVED your 'instiller of knowledge and neuroses' and 'parenting with a little resolve and a little hypocrisy'. Pure genius.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a message. I am quite willing to publish remarks that criticize me, but will likely delete disparaging remarks targeted at someone else.
I READ it. I could have WRITTEN it! Our experiences of youth and struggles as adults (and mothers) seem identical - except I'm older now and it's just my husband and I - still dealing with our own "closet messiness".
ReplyDeleteI am glad you are writing. I think some of us are born organized and some of us aren't. Unfortunately, I fall somewhere in between. Solo, even after my kids are gone, they still come home and leave messes for Mom to straighten up. Five years of college stuff , is what I am dealing with now.
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I so enjoy your writing....it's a pleasure to read and thought provocating,in a good way.
ReplyDeleteGreat piece! And I can attest that the methods of lax one day and strict another does not yield results. But I can also observe that the gene wins in the end....witness my son's apartment. Though he lives far off in Santa Fe, I would bet the house that the place is a MESS on any given day!
ReplyDeleteI love this post....brings so many of my personal "issues" to the forefront. I have one child who is a neat-nick; one child who married one; and one who, God only knows how, survives. As for me, I have decided that there must be some creative benefit to being messy, I hope.
ReplyDeleteI love the S&L baskets, might just have to get a few.
Thanks.
Mary
Patricia, this is moi! However another artist friend is coming over to help me get organized before surgery. She is doing closets!!
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Karena
2013 Artists Series
Great piece and whilst 4 out of 5 of us here are neat freaks there is one, and she knows who she is, with whom I despair. I LOVED your 'instiller of knowledge and neuroses' and 'parenting with a little resolve and a little hypocrisy'. Pure genius.
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