Hi Tammy!
Yes, financial problems are some of the most stressful sometimes. I know you know that Mal and Kimberly and them are right, but I can understand as parents you also wish you could give more nice things to your kids. I'll tell you from experience, growing up with a single mom on welfare, then Section 8, even with great grandparents, I was very aware that I had far less than a lot of my friends and schoolmates. Sometimes I wished for more, but my mom would tell me that a lot of kids were total spoiled brats and I shouldn't be too concerned with materialism. I also could, if I wanted, just go to my friend's house around the block, who had everything from a play house to trampoline to a dog to a bunny rabbit

I feel for you, but being broke is a complete builder of character

I think that the Salvation Army will totally help you out and I'm thinking I'll donate my smashed up Honda to them this year with you in mind, instead of trying to get a few hundred bucks

Yup, that's what I'll do. Ok, you have a lovely day and
no skipping meals, for goodness sake, munch a power bar or something!