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One Year In:  Our Experience Sponsoring a Child In Africa

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We sat down with our son and looked on the computer at the many children available for sponsorship. Our son finally settled on a boy, Janvier, who was born on the exact same day and year as he was. years old, just like our son. My Son Is Learning and Growing. Last year our oldest child was 8.5 Janvier lives in Africa.

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Reasons to Give to Adult Children

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You want your children to have a head start in life. Most of us strive to provide a better life for our children. One of our sons lost a job during the 2009 recession. They were supporting a young son of hers. Why on earth would you volunteer to give your adult children monetary gifts?

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Live The Life You Imagine

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I played the blame game; you might know how that goes – you find someone or something to blame for everything that’s going wrong in your life, making yourself more miserable in the process. It was a rather harsh conversation I found myself having with a neighbor’s son that made me realize where I was going wrong.

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