And it is important to me. I like to earn it, I like to spend it, and I like to have it in my pocket. I do not want to be like my parents, and it flows over into my relationship with my husband, John. We fight over each other s spending habits, I fighting more viciously than he. But I never learned about the power of money per se, until I was on my own, and I could apply that knowledge to what I used to see my parents struggle with.
Ignorance is bliss, so it is said.
My parents told me I am smart, I ve slowly come to realize that I am. They ve told me that I am pretty, and I see where I can be. To this day I find myself stooping if I am around shorter people something that occurs on a regular basis in Hawaii. I have to consciously remind myself that being tall is okay. I m also the tallest one in my family, by the way.