tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075063711693507962.post4815506251091345028..comments2015-09-05T03:01:38.870-04:00Comments on Living Free: Mess - Five Minute FridayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06156952523805277274noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075063711693507962.post-63472060604375605982014-05-05T23:17:22.894-04:002014-05-05T23:17:22.894-04:00My childhood experience was similar to yours. You ...My childhood experience was similar to yours. You could eat off my mother's floor, but the house was never "ready" for company. I don't encourage anyone to eat off my floor, but the table and the dishes are clean, and I make great cookies and coffee. Come on over! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156952523805277274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075063711693507962.post-72410268981980517682014-05-05T22:21:05.116-04:002014-05-05T22:21:05.116-04:00When I was little, I was never allowed to have my ...When I was little, I was never allowed to have my friends over because of the "mess". That's changed, and relationships have become more important than a little mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075063711693507962.post-7158406416619542292014-05-05T09:57:37.034-04:002014-05-05T09:57:37.034-04:00I'm glad you did, too, Rebecca. Blessings to y...I'm glad you did, too, Rebecca. Blessings to you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156952523805277274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075063711693507962.post-79860793551244023742014-05-05T09:56:34.384-04:002014-05-05T09:56:34.384-04:00Thanks for coming by, Summer, and for noting that ...Thanks for coming by, Summer, and for noting that it takes courage to let the messes happen. It's much too easy to follow expected norms and miss out on things that are far better than "normal."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156952523805277274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075063711693507962.post-84934227191180678262014-05-03T22:49:15.361-04:002014-05-03T22:49:15.361-04:00Amen!! Loved reading this. Thanks for the sweet re...Amen!! Loved reading this. Thanks for the sweet reminders. Visiting from FMF. So glad I did:-) Rebecca Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391224531379127596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075063711693507962.post-48410305037168298752014-05-03T09:06:29.622-04:002014-05-03T09:06:29.622-04:00i loved this... being afraid of not having a perfe...i loved this... being afraid of not having a perfect or clean space makes us always miss out on life...with others, with our kids and with God. because we are just fooling ourselves like we try to fool others by throwing all the junk mail in a heap in a cabinet and hiding all the clean laundry in an unused crib. I like your ideas that the word "mess" is just a perspective and really a label to things we don't like because it appears we have lost control of them...when really many times we have taken the route of courage...courage to let them happen. Thanks for the remindersShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01897455324381891849noreply@blogger.com