"What are these men doing, mom?""Ahhhhhh...would they sell it for chocolate money? I looooooove chocolate money."
If only we could operate in chocolate money. We are raising our kids in one of the worst recessions in American history. Some are still afloat and thriving and some are being forced to live from a place of deficiency rather than abundance. Either way, these are times to get back to basics. Times to embrace board games, tossing a baseball, sleepovers with friends, storytelling, and taking walks. I've finally learned that big spending on family time is overrated. There is so much more quality bonding to be done in these simpler actvities, than the big trip to the amusement park.
Today's prayer: "Lord, help me to be wise in making monetary decisions. Lead me to discern between what is a need and what is a want and to know quality is more important than quantity. Help me relay this to these little minds. They are my chocolate money; rich in flavor, warming to my heart, and worth every penny Hershey's charges me to eat it and gain weight."
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