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Well I learned frugality, how to live on air at times (more than once food was left on our doorstep), how to cook from scratch (although I taught myself much of how to cook, but I was used to seeing it done), I grew up in homemade or hand me down clothes and was making my own clothes from home ec on. We learned how to take care of property as our own. My mom has only ever lived in two homes that she was considered the owner of. One was being bought on land contract and when we moved away the original owner bought it back as she had improved it so much, and she is currently in her own home. So growing up we were renters. As far as I know the rent was always paid on time and when I see renters taking their good old time to pay rent or are destroying the places they live in, I don't understand that at all. Except for about 4 years of my adult life, I have always had my own home.
My mom did not like asking for help and I think at times that was to our detriment. We were also raised with this mind set that we had to make stupendest grades in school, yet when college years came near, there was no help or guidance on that front (I didn't expect financial help from her, but guidance or even asking the guidance couselor at school for ways on getting scholarships, etc. sure would have helped which is part of why I worked my way through). Some jobs weren't good enough, but if I had told her back in 1973 that I wanted to be CEO of IBM I do think she would have rejected that as a job possiblity as making too much money always seemed to be as bad as not making enough. So I grew up with a lot of mixed messages.
My dad flew the coop when I was in 2-3 grade and I have seen him I believe exactly twice since then, the last time when I was 17. He is still alive and I am in my 60's so you see how much he wanted to be part of the family of five kids he produced with my mother. From him I learned that your children above all else must know that you love them in word and action. That being selfish with your money money and time isn't the way to do that. My dad spent several years gambling for someone else in Las Vegas. He is an intelligent man that aways saw the grass be greener on the other side of the fence.
We can learn so much from our parents and some of the things we learn, they don't realize that it came from them. I do know that is I had had the opportunity and inclination to get married within a year of graduating from HS, I was perfectly capable of doing all aspects of those housewife type skills as well as taking care of children, unlike most young ladies these days. When my son was dating I was starting to panic at all the young ladies that didn't know how to do a thing in the kitchen. Thankfully he got his act together and has a wonderful wife and they both cook.
As to tithing, that was part of our growing up and while we didn't grow rich because we did it, there is a wonderful feeling to being able to help someone else out in whatever way we can. My financial giving is way down these days, but I do give in other ways that are just as helpful and appreciated.
My mom did not like asking for help and I think at times that was to our detriment. We were also raised with this mind set that we had to make stupendest grades in school, yet when college years came near, there was no help or guidance on that front (I didn't expect financial help from her, but guidance or even asking the guidance couselor at school for ways on getting scholarships, etc. sure would have helped which is part of why I worked my way through). Some jobs weren't good enough, but if I had told her back in 1973 that I wanted to be CEO of IBM I do think she would have rejected that as a job possiblity as making too much money always seemed to be as bad as not making enough. So I grew up with a lot of mixed messages.
My dad flew the coop when I was in 2-3 grade and I have seen him I believe exactly twice since then, the last time when I was 17. He is still alive and I am in my 60's so you see how much he wanted to be part of the family of five kids he produced with my mother. From him I learned that your children above all else must know that you love them in word and action. That being selfish with your money money and time isn't the way to do that. My dad spent several years gambling for someone else in Las Vegas. He is an intelligent man that aways saw the grass be greener on the other side of the fence.
We can learn so much from our parents and some of the things we learn, they don't realize that it came from them. I do know that is I had had the opportunity and inclination to get married within a year of graduating from HS, I was perfectly capable of doing all aspects of those housewife type skills as well as taking care of children, unlike most young ladies these days. When my son was dating I was starting to panic at all the young ladies that didn't know how to do a thing in the kitchen. Thankfully he got his act together and has a wonderful wife and they both cook.
As to tithing, that was part of our growing up and while we didn't grow rich because we did it, there is a wonderful feeling to being able to help someone else out in whatever way we can. My financial giving is way down these days, but I do give in other ways that are just as helpful and appreciated.
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