I spent most of my life wondering how I was going to make ends meet. I struggled to buy all the little things I take for granted now...toilet paper, laundry soap, deodorant, etc. It seemed I never had enough and spent many nights tossing and turning trying to figure out what I could do to make these annoying necessities not so necessary.
And then I learned to Coupon. I haven't even been doing it for that long and already there are things in my life I no longer worry or wonder about. Do we have enough toilet paper? How much laundry soap is left? Can I afford the good shampoo this week? How do I get that little bit of toothpaste out of the very top of this rolled-up tube?
Those things don't matter anymore because I've learned (quite effectively, I might add) how to use coupons and store "bonuses" to my advantage. I have more than plenty of all of those things and more. Pasta, soup, cookie mixes, brownies, paper towels, razors...I have enough to last my husband and I the rest of this year and months and months into 2012. PLUS, I already give to my three children. None of them worry about whether or not there's enough dish liquid to get the dishes done or laundry soap to clean their clothes this week. If they don't have it...Mom does. And Mom gives it freely to them because I can.
It feels good to finally be able to help...to finally be able to give without giving so much I can't survive myself. Couponing has done far more than fill my cupboards and shelves with food and personal items...it has filled my heart with happiness...and given me the ability to help those around me who just needed a little assistance...just for a minute.
I don't want to help just my children or just my family. I want to help their friends, too...and their friends friends, and all of their families, too. I want to do every single thing I can to make a difference in other people's lives. And I can...
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