“Why can’t we eat out?!” My mother argued as the checkbook slid across the desk into her hands.” My father had had enough. Sternly, he said, “Here, you are responsible for the family checkbook. You shoulder the burden of what we can and cannot do.” Mother looked white-faced. Her naivety and inexperience with a budget left her confused about why there was no money. She had never been in charge of the cash flow before. Even as a girl, her […]
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