When we were growing up and Our parents had to worry about everything The days when you ask your mother for a nickel for a candy bar; and, she said, “Do you think I am made of money?”

No I could see she was not made of money. I could see that she was made of flesh and blood, just like everyone else. There were no dollar signs on her. However; she never saw the inside of as many thrift stores as I have. One of her sisters, my aunt Karen worked at a thrift store next to the apartment that I was living in, during the early years of married life.

I would be playing with my children in the back yard of our basement apartment: when I would see Aunt Karen come out the back of the thrift store and wave at me to come over there. I would tell the children to come in the apartment and stay there; that I would be right back. I would find Aunt Karen in the back of the store. Aunt Karen would tell me what she had seen and where it was located. I would then find the item, item, pay for it and return home to my children.
As a child mother made clothing for me out of scraps of material and, as a teenager I too learned to make my own clothing. Clothing that could no longer be worn were
My husband and I still maintain the traditions of gardening, canning etc. to this time. To this day we raise a garden and can or freeze the produce. We raise chickens, turkeys, and so forth for meat. We buy a half of a beef from a neighbor. I have seen very few people who live their lives in this manner go hungry.
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The days when you ask mother for a nickel for a candy bar, and she would say: “Do you thing I am made of money.”
Think about it, during the great depression of 1929, few people actually went hungry after the stock market crash of 1929. This was followed by World War II; which brought on more shortages.

Our government could learn from this history; likewise so should we. Those of us that can, should raise a garden, can, freeze produce, meat etc.
Those that can and freeze produce and meat, will always fair better than those who are unprepared. We should store at least enough food for our own family to live about one year or longer is possible. There are other items that we should store, such as cleaning products and personal care items, medications, recession, depression, etc.
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I have very good feelings of contentment every time I add to my food and various extra items that are essential to survival during hard times.
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