I don't mean to bash on this couple I found in the classified adds. When I can relate to someone I think about what I would do if I was in their situation. I have been in this couples situation. Although I would like to compare apples to apples such as were they on medicaid when their babies were born and how many times did they reach out for help over the years. You see when my daughter was 5, I had a 3 year old and a newborn. I had paid around 20,000 in medical expenses so far and I was in debt yet again for another baby.
Well I'm getting ahead of myself let's get to the add.
Ok. Let's break this letter down so we can understand better. First of all we have a family of four who relies on the man of the household to provide income. Him and his wife have been together for at least 6 years. They have 2 daughters one was born less than a year ago and one is 5. From the post we have 3 issues. First a broken car window.
This is why I should screen shot these right away. This post has been edited which further proves my point!
Haha
So in the original add he said his window was broken. They mentioned recieveing help and donations to fix that they also mentioned receiving help from their ward!
They also said their daughter still believes in santa claus (she should she's 5) and they said their goal was to get 300 dollars. None of that is mentioned in this EDITED add but your just going to have to believe me.
Ok getting back to what we have in the add. From what I understand he's out of work for one week plus overtime. So I'm guessing somewhere around 600 Dollars?
Now there are a lot of questions I have and I only have them because I want to find out if there was any prevention this couple could of put in place so this issue could not have happened. Do they have a car payment. What if any major purchased were purchased this year and so forth but let's just get to my main point.
IT'S OK TO HAVE A POOR CHRISTMAS!!
Even if the entire Christmas including Christmas dinner was bought at the dollar store if the spirit of Christmas exist, it's still Christmas. I could even argue that your taking a memorable opportunity away from your daughter. One if my wife's Christmas memories growing up was Christmas from seven11. My wife woke up to her mom telling her and her siblings to go back to bed santa hadn't come yet. When Santa did come their stockings were stuffed with things obviously bought at a convenient store. They didn't care. They were just happy to eat donuts for breakfast.
Well I'm finishing this on winter solstice. Happy winter solstice guys. May your life become brighter with the days ahead!
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