Just What Someone Always Wanted By John O’Bryan Long ago, when my youngest son Christian was three or four years old, he wanted to be two things when he grew up: a fire truck and a banana. This
A Walking Metaphor Story and Photos by Khaliela Wright Some things take you by surprise, but it seems as if every month in 2020 was like that. Even so, I would not have put a blind, genderless cat
And Who Left the Vegetables? By Khaliela Wright People seldom think of a raid as a good thing. Then there’s me, a person for whom raiding conjures up fond memories and is considered a pleasant surprise. I was
Lovable Until They’re Not Story and Photos by Khaliela Wright I’m a cat person. In college, I acquired a persnickety part-Siamese, which I dubbed Stinky. He was my companion for nineteen years, making him my longest relationship. He
I’m good with money. As a child, I was interested in both saving and investing. By the time I was twelve, I realized that I could get a silver dollar from the bank for just one dollar and then sell it to a silversmith for one-and-a-half dollars or two dollars. I also knew the value of waiting for a better price.
In my teen years, rather than pay full price for a new ski jacket at the beginning of the season, I’d wait for the after-Christmas sale.
As an adult, I taught my children these skills. In 2011, when my boys were working on their personal management merit badge for the Boy Scouts, we chose saving for a new TV as our family finance exercise. In February, we came up with a savings plan. In March and April, we combed through Consumer Reports to choose the best TV for our lifestyle. Once we made the selection, we waited before purchasing it. The wait was not so much to accumulate savings as it was for the price to come down. Nothing would compel me to buy our new TV before Black Friday. Continue reading
