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Reasons to Learn Another Language

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Though my great-grandfather was French Canadian, and my mother knew bits and pieces of French when she was growing up, we spoke only English in our household. Learning different languages can help you phonetically which thereby making it easier for you to be able to develop into new sounds and speech. Learning Opportunities.

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Grandparenthood Can Be Expensive!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We were open and sharing with our children – letting them in on the family experience/family discussion/family decision making. Providing babysitting, funding for special projects or education and buying special treats makes us feel that we might have some influence. We desire a lifeline to the future. Our kids need the help.

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Free Kindle Books: The Obituary Society, 13 Free Baby Crochet Patterns & More

For the Mommas

When Lila Moore inherits her grandfather’s house, she finds herself in a small Midwestern town where margarine is never an acceptable substitution for butter, a coveted family recipe can serve as currency, and the friend who will take your darkest secrets to the grave will still never give you the secret to her prize-winning begonias.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). We also want to get our kids through college without them having loans to pay back, and we are 1 out of 4 on that so far! I make bone broth now! Not at all.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

Family Balance Sheet

She owns Every Single Dollar , an online financial resource dedicated to helping single women make informed financial decisions and set themselves up for financial success. That observation brought back the flood of stories she and my grandfather told about coming to the US from Cuba with no money and starting over in their late 30s.