Gifts of Frugality and Abundance
Monday, March 16th, 2009
When I was growing up, my parents were exceptionally frugal. They acquired nothing until we needed it, and they acquired it in the least-costly way possible. We received items others did not want and made good use of them. I remember when a cousin of mine gave us a suit he was going to throw away because it had a tear in it. My mother had the suit rewoven by one of her sisters, and I wore it for several more years.
We borrowed things and used them. My dad used to repair televisions in his spare time. Aside from getting a little bit of income, our family had the benefit of not having to fight over who watched what program because the televisions would stay with us a few extra days after they were repaired, usually because the person who had requested the repair could not get over to pick the television up until the weekend.







