The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I live just outside of Richmond, VA with my husband, 18-year-old twin daughters, and our two dogs. ” deer on my street One of my daughters has significant health issues that are largely invisible (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and dysautonomia, including POTS). I want my daughters to have more knowledge and opportunity than we did.

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Daughter Green And Frugal Money Grandmother 130

For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The daughter of wealthy merchants in Seattle, she feels betrayed both by her real parents and by the ones who raised her. When Maggie asks to visit her grandmother in Arkansas, her father agrees on the condition that she take her Aunt Georgia as a chaperone and his young partner, Charles Stanton, as protection on the journey.

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Arkansas Grandmother Wisconsin Georgia 55

For the Mommas

AUGUST 10, 2014

Lured by the promise of “real” freedom and a new town to call their own, sharecroppers Ezekial Harban and his three daughters leave behind remnants of slavery in the war-torn south and set off for Nicodemus, Kansas. Many head back home, but Ezekial and his daughters are determined to build a new life in the stark territory.

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Fridays Daughter Grandmother Wisconsin 51

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

Back when I was engaged and living on my own for the first time (I lived with my parents while in grad school to save on rent), I went to the library a lot and found a copy of the Tightwad Gazette. Did you ever receive any financial education in school or from your parents? Maybe four years? How did you get interested in saving money?

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Rent Son Frugal Home and Garden 183