Family Balance Sheet
DECEMBER 3, 2014
They really don’t need or want anything and both of my grandmothers are trying to downsize. My aunt gifts her nieces and nephews with loaves of homemade cinnamon bread every Christmas. This sweet little candy dish was a gift from my grandmother. My great grandmother made a lot of her gifts. A Homemade Meal. Baked Goods.
Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
This sweet little candy dish was a gift from my grandmother. I realize not everyone has family heirlooms to give away, but my grandmother was downsizing and gifted her grandchildren pieces from her Fostoria Glass collection that were my grandparents’ wedding gifts back in 1945. My great-grandmother made a lot of her gifts.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
AUGUST 19, 2013
It never occurred to me to ask Mom or Mom-in-law to come watch my kids. I’ve seen the nieces and my own kids ask for and get babysitting services time after time from a busy working boomer. Expectations of our children. In my experience, my kids expect more of me for their kids than I expected of my parents for mine.
Nicoles Nickels
OCTOBER 8, 2012
I’m working with Luvs Diapers who, knowing that many moms do things differently the second time around, have developed a series of “First Kid/Second Kid” online videos comparing the way many parents were with their first kid and how things changed with their second child. I just watched the 4 videos and had a good laugh.
The Frugal Girl
JANUARY 22, 2024
Today we’re meeting a reader who is an artist, a homeschooler, a boy-mom, and a renter by choice. I also want to have a sense of detachment from owning things, which is hard since I was raised by very acquisitive parents (my mom shopped for a hobby), so I am still unlearning those habits. Hello, everyone! Here’s Karen: 1.
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