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Originally Posted by maryrose sigh! Whenever I read one of Faith's posts, it just makes me envious...and tired! ;) Some people have all the ambition, and then there are folks like me who are just happy being putterers.
Support my family on crafts? spew! Sorry, wiping the tea off my computer monitor. Bankrupt a family? Sure. Support it finnacially? Nope! |
Hey...I don't have a choice...My husband said he would leave me if my parents moved in with us! LOL Seriously...LOL No, really! I HAVE to be successful. I learned that at a very early age. I can't fail, if I do, too many people will suffer. Nothing like a LOT of pressure like that to force one into a very stressful situation! LOL
But, I do have an excellent work ethic. My parents were excellent teachers in that area. "Work hard. Do MORE than what is required. Take credit for what you do, but only when asked. Own up to your mistakes. And, work harder than anyone else. You have to. It's part of what makes you a member of our family."
By the way, my parents were both teachers in West Virginia. Talk about poor....EVERYONE in our small town was very poor. And, that included us. We worked for everything we got. I had a full time summer job watching the neighbor's children at $50 a week for 3 little spoiled stinkers. I worked between 46-48 hours M-F for that money and I gave it to my parents so that we could have money to pay bills. I also watched the "minister's children" for FREE on the weekends. I was in 7th grade, about 13. I was the oldest, and that was my responsibility. My parents took care of their parents and that's just how it was. (Oh, and BOTH my parents had 2 summer jobs, and Dad worked nights and weekends even when teaching.)
HERE's where I was going with this....
Mother used to decorate t-shirts and sell them at craft shows. She'd make more at a weekend craft show than she did in a MONTH of teaching! SERIOUSLY! So, she did the Craft Show circuit for over 3 years, and had made enough to stop teaching and went back to college to get her Masters so that she could become a principal.
MANY teachers were single parents when I was a kid. So, I'm pretty sure that they could have lived on what my mom's t-shirt business made!
