Mumblings From Troy Ohio: September Spending Challenge

Saturday, August 30, 2014

September Spending Challenge

Hey there! It's been awhile, how are you? Things have been well here, I'm sorry to have not kept you posted. One of these days I'll "catch you up".

In the meantime, I'm going to try a spending challenge next month. I've (so far) got a spreadsheet broken into grocery, gas, education, and entertainment. I'll update weekly to see how we're doing. Full disclosure: I have a LOT of beef coming in (1/2 steer) sometime this month, so I hope that keeps my grocery spending down.

Anyway, here goes:

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A Pair of Shoes

~author unknown

I am wearing a pair of shoes.
They are ugly shoes.
Uncomfortable shoes.
I hate my shoes.
Each day I wear them, and each day I wish I had another pair.
Some days my shoes hurt so bad that I do not think I can take another step.
Yet, I continue to wear them.
I get funny looks wearing these shoes.
They are looks of sympathy.
I can tell in others eyes that they are glad they are my shoes and not theirs.
They never talk about my shoes.
To learn how awful my shoes are might make them uncomfortable.
To truly understand these shoes you must walk in them.
But, once you put them on, you can never take them off.
I now realize that I am not the only one who wears these shoes. There are many pairs in this world.
Some woman are like me and ache daily as they try and walk in them.
Some have learned how to walk in them so they don't hurt quite as much.
Some have worn the shoes so long that days will go by before they think about how much they hurt.
No woman deserves to wear these shoes.
Yet, because of these shoes I am a stronger woman.
These shoes have given me the strength to face anything.
They have made me who I am.
I will forever walk in the shoes of a woman who has lost a child.