Comments on: 5 steps to taming materialism, from an accidental expert http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/08/07/5-steps-to-taming-materialism-from-an-accidental-expert/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:29:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Samantha Gluck http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/08/07/5-steps-to-taming-materialism-from-an-accidental-expert/comment-page-2/#comment-261389 Samantha Gluck Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:33:00 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/08/07/5-steps-to-taming-materialism-from-an-accidental-expert/#comment-261389 Wow! I really LOVE your blog. I have learned in the past 5 years how unimportant the material things in life really are as well. We haven't had to move or throw everything away because of bed bugs, but we've lost everything (a couple of times) and life has always just gotten better afterward. God is good and I feel so blessed to have found your site! You're so brave and honest and out there -- my husband told me I was brave today (I asked an emotionally abusive family member something very difficult) and I almost cried. No one has ever called me brave before.  Wow! I really LOVE your blog. I have learned in the past 5 years how unimportant the material things in life really are as well. We haven't had to move or throw everything away because of bed bugs, but we've lost everything (a couple of times) and life has always just gotten better afterward. God is good and I feel so blessed to have found your site! You're so brave and honest and out there — my husband told me I was brave today (I asked an emotionally abusive family member something very difficult) and I almost cried. No one has ever called me brave before. 

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