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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

When they got married, they bought a duplex so that the rent money from the tenant in the upstairs apartment would pay the mortgage. In 2007, when the kids were 8 and 13, we recreated that trip – with a travel trailer and bunks instead of a miniscule tent. He diligently maintained our car and our house, doing all the work himself.