When thinking about strength, laughter, love & family, I would be remiss in failing to mention Aunt Carolyn...she was an awesome woman that created two fantastic kids & lived & loved FAMILY her entire life. God love her. Had she not mailed coupons, called or stood up for me @ the drop of a hat, she would still be one of my favorite women of all time. She was onto something a long time ago that many of us should've gotten into by now. Family love was more important to her than anything anyone could ever have concieved. Her strength, her honor & zest for living life mach nine, teaching her heart out to kids of all ages through the nearby school as well as 4-H, made her everything she was.
I long for the days when Aunt Carolyn would answer her front door with a huge smile on her face, springing into action, telling me to pull up a chair & stay a while, how were the boys?, how was school going?
She made a huge impression on me in many ways as mentioned above.
Another impression made included a "Aunt Carolyn to Ton note" with a ton of coupons that would appear in my mailbox.
She was wise in so many ways...family, acceptance, love, laughter, strength and full blown happiness.
After starting The Frugal Pickle on Facebook, we've seen our numbers rise & fall until the last few weeks. I think all of us are finally seeing the light @ the end of the tunnel & realizing we are looking straight into the glaring lights of the incoming train of inflation. I'm not sure how long it will take me to be the Extreme Coupon person, but wouldn't mind going on a cruise with money saved from coupons, on sale items and other various cutbacks in the family budget, a girl can dream, can't she?.
Coupon on!
