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Economy Is Bringing Home And Family Together

From shore to shore, America if filled with losers. People are losing their jobs, businesses are losing their customers, and families are losing their homes in record numbers. Is there any hint of a silver lining in these dark economic clouds.

One of the interesting trends in response to financial difficulties is not the college age crowd taking cover at their childhood homes. There is a remarkable strategy to avoid foreclosure happening in all fifty states. Instead of your elderly parents moving in with their kids the opposite is happening. We took the plunge when the economy took my job.

My Dad never thought he would share his recreation room with his grandson’s dreadnought acoustic guitar. He thought my fitness equipment needed a cup holder but he was intrigued with my daughter’s kindle reader. My wife is actually baking for the holidays with my Mother. Dad and I are staying up late in his workshop.

The economy accomplished what our hectic schedules had never allowed. Honest quality time with each other. We are playing board games now that used to take up closet space. The kids have learned card games that I thought died out in the era of black and white television. There is bonding that crosses generations.

My Mom and my Mother-in-law are now own neighboring farms on a popular internet site. My son has been learning to tie fishing flies with his Grandpa. I watched my daughter laughing as she took off biking with her Mom and Grandmother. On weekends the kids have their friends over and I believe it’s making their grandparents feel younger.

There is an interesting dynamic taking place. Relatives and family members becoming friends? We are sharing experiences and finding common ground that goes beyond our DNA. We are uncovering connections we never realized existed. It’s happening between parents and children and grandparents and grandchildren. It’s wonderful too.

Wrapping up a day of chasing fish my Pop asked me if I thought the kids might like spending some weekends at their house after we move back to our home next year. He said he was also wondering if we might be able to get together for a couple out of state fishing trips next summer.

The kids laughed at my goofy hairdo and funny outfit. Then my daughter said, ‘You have grandpa’s smile Dad’. I looked at the picture and at my father. Then I looked at my son’s smile. It was a match. That’s when I knew that when a bad economy steals every penny you have you can still wrap your arms around everything you treasure. Guess what? Those kind of riches will hug you back.

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