Christmas Angels
My first daughter-in-law is a lot more creative and frugal with money than I have ever been. Both skills I am certain that she learned from her mother who was able to make her husband ’ s paycheck stretch among feeding seven children and providing for medical and clothing needs. I don ’ t know what her dad did for a living, but I highly suspected that there had been struggles. I, unfortunately, never got to know her mom as she passed two months after Tony and Rochelle were married. Roland sent each of the boys a check to use for Christmas gifts this year. I don ’ t like going to the post office in December as it is. And we always end up spending more on shipping than for the items themselves. Of course this year presented even more challenges. For the last couple of years we have sent out gifts to Tony ’ s family and sometimes my sister. ...