Raw square-footage was less important than PLACE for this family. Want a simple family life? Go urban. Go small. Be free.
http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/simple-as-italian-bread-dg/
Month: April 2015
“The One Trip Guaranteed to Stretch Your Marriage”
Today, WSJ Hilary Potkewitz probes the challenges IKEA presents to relationships in “Can Your Relationship Handle IKEA?” My personal testimony on this very theme was published by The Good Men Project.
“The One Trip Guaranteed to Stretch Your Marriage”
http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/the-one-trip-guaranteed-to-stretch-your-marriage-dg/
“Simple As Italian Bread” on Mamalode.
“We knew that our young daughter had internalized our commitment to place over space. At school she was asked to define “neighborhood” and she wrote confidently from her own experience: “A neighborhood is a place where people live, work, and play.” Not bad for a six-year-old.
At its core, the simple life for us was wrapped up in our appreciation for walkability. That summarizes our family’s definition of a good place, and that’s what we tell our realtor every time. We want to be able to walk to the coffee shop, grocery and pub. We’ve resided in apartments and townhouses. Once we even tried a single-family home. Today, as a family of four, we live in a downtown high-rise with two teenagers. We haven’t owned a lawn mower since 2001.
The urban life necessitated a smaller home out of which blossomed the simple life.”
Continue reading at…
kathrynstreeter.com 