Category: Money Matters and Stories

“Money, like emotions, is something you must control to keep your life on the right track.” -Natasha Munson Remember the 1974 song, “Feelings, nothing more than feelings”? If you were born before 1974 you could probably finish that song, well at least the first verse. The song identified something we all experience, “feelings”. You know […]

I grew up the daughter of two elementary school teachers. Dad struggled to hold down a job for most of my youth, and so that meant we often lived solely off of Mom’s meager educator’s salary.  It wasn’t until I was an adult that I could fully appreciate the sacrifices Mom had to make for […]

What drove me to start my own business – money, passion, fulfilling a dream, carrying on a family tradition or the only way out of starvation? Whatever the reason, money is what keeps it going; yes, we need passion and drive and it certainly helps if we have the talent and skill required for a […]