Well, despite the economic and medical strife my family and I have experienced over the past few years, I consider this wish
needy since we are basically able to meet our needs A.K.A. pay most of our bills in a timely manner. We have not ever been on a family vacation that was just us, our immediate family. We have a family of six and the kids are growing up so fast! My husband has been laid off more than he has worked for the past 3 years so trying to save the money has turned into a pipe dream. We are lucky because I have a job as a teacher and I am tenured so I have job security. The hardest part has been trying to afford the fun things for our kids at least once in a while. We try to cut corners when we can. We clip coupons. We are frugal to the point that we can be. It would be so wonderful if we both were working consistently for even a six month stretch. My husband does try to pick up odd jobs but since he is union that is frowned upon and he is dependent upon his business administrator to find him work. There is no self solicitation. So, we are all feeling really low but at the same time lucky because we still have our house and have our cars. I just would love to surprise the kids with a wonderful vacation! I would love for them to be the ones to go to school with a great story of the fun they had over the weekend or a great excuse as to why they had to miss school. I feel selfish as I write this knowing how many others are going without but I can't help wishing I could do something fun! I have taken everything in stride to this point and stopped doing all of the things we can no longer afford without complaint. I have actually started to enjoy some of the alternate ways we have had to employ to cover all of our needs. If I could have this one wish, it would be a wonderful memory for us all. We have a 24 year old (more)
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good luck to you..
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Good Luck and God Bless!