Not that long ago, I was half-joking when I said to a friend of mine,
“My kids spell dad, A-T-M!”
But as I said, I was only half-joking….
It often felt as if they either needed or wanted something, and if I couldn’t provide it, I felt like a failure.
And the two times I was out of work, unemployed, I felt that all the more keenly.
In this season of many people being literally locked out of work, unable to earn their regular income and stressed, that joke I told has become a nightmarish reality unfolding before me in the lives of many people I know… the slip comes out of the ATM “Insufficient Funds.”
And so I offer this for you – You are much more than an ATM or a walking paycheck. Continue reading “You’re More Than Your Paycheck”
“It’s only $2.12. What’s the big deal?” Steve asked, blinking in disbelief that someone would suggest that if he wanted to change his financial picture, he should drop his morning stop at the coffee shop. Karen looked at him steadily and said, “But it really isn’t $2.12.”
Larry the Money Medic 