If Other Kids Call You ‘Poor’
My sweet kids, I know there have been times you have felt poor. There are vacations we can’t go on, the hand-me-down wardrobes, the times we…
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We Do Family Outings Even When Money is Tight
Just like many modern families, we are on a pretty tight budget. We live month-to-month and sometimes struggle to make ends meet. We don’t…
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No, I’m Not Funding Your European Vacation
Almost daily I receive a request to “partner” with someone by giving them money. I’ll be tagged in a Go Fund Me event page, or see…
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What You Need To Know About Giving Kids An Allowance
When our daughter started pulling out teeth so the Tooth Fairy would come, we decided we needed to jump aboard the allowance train. Until that point,…
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5 Blessings of Being Broke
I am no financial wizard. For many years I made money decisions with my heart and not with my head. Impulse buying led to credit card debt in college…
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This Last Year Has Been An Expensive One
Somewhere along the way, without really talking about it, we made a lifestyle choice called “having five kids,” and while that alone can…
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The Next Steps
We uprooted our family and moved across the world for a new job. We knew no one here, had nowhere to live, and had no stuff; it was all…
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Newlyweds vs. Student Loans (you can be debt free!)
Finances have never really been my thing. Unless you count spending oodles of unnecessary money at Target. Then finances are TOTALLY my thing. But…
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