The pig on the other side of the fence...

How much should a mother bow to her children? After 45minutes in the high chair and hardly eating anything that she has in front of her (including yummy pulled pork) Sarah starts to whine after my sandwich... So I give her some and she eats it. Why is it that we so often look over the proverbial fence and see greener grass? Alas, it must begin very very early in life. So with that revelation, have I progressed past a 16 month old mind set? How often do my eyes tend toward the new, novel, not-needed when what is right in front of me is a fully functional ___________ that I don't have to pay for? I feel myself growing each time I check myself in a "want/need" situation. Living simply, and specifically without all wants really is where I am right now especially when I think of how these times of simple living will hopefully reap depth of character, imagination, and contentment in the long run for all of us...