Party of Five

I am currently trying to work out our December budget, and I must say it isn’t pretty for any month, but even worse is that I have to find a way to squeeze in funds for Christmas. Then all of a sudden this comic appeared on my front page…I’d say it is very relevant.

A few of you may know that I was a single mom for four years. By single mom I mean I raised my son on my own. No government assistance, no handouts from others, no free programs which covered daycare, and no help from another parent. Single by every definition. Therefore the burden fell on [...]

Do you ever feel like you are on a practical joke show? You know, one where so many things are going wrong in such an exaggerated manner that you have to wonder if it could possibly occur outside of rigged television? Well today I had a moment where I wondered as much. See, my van [...]