Raising Cain: Thoughts on Motherhood
Clippin' With Carie
How a reluctant mother of two was schooled on how to be a coupon queen.
When my husband, MJ and I were first married, our salaries were small as Airmen in the Air Force and we had to stretch every dollar. Growing up on a farm, MJ was taught not to be wasteful. Once when he got a hole in one of his socks, he asked if I could darn it for him. I told him this wasn’t the 1890’s, he could go buy himself some new socks. While he can’t darn socks, my husband can and does cook, sew, and clip coupons. MJ would receive a package from his Mom a few times a month containing pages of coupons and he would sit at our small kitchen table and clip away. I used to tease him. I thought clipping coupons was for bored housewives. My parents had never used coupons as far as I knew. After all, who cares if you can save thirty …
