Acceptance

Sometimes I wish my family would be grateful for what they have. They tend to measure love by money (i.e. if I give, I must truly care for them). What they don’t understand is that I usually spend the most on those who could care less or who aren’t expecting anything. It really pisses me off that they think I should spend money on Christmas presents for them when everything they all want is over $40 each!!! I can get my nephew a shirt for less than $10, less than $7 on a good sell day, my niece the same way but my mama and sister’s aren’t that easily pleased. If they wanted me to crochet or bake them something, I’d do it and spend the money on them in a heartbeat but handmade gifts just aren’t as important to them. My friends appreciate them more and as such, they get them (and essentially any money I spend to buy the supplies). Currently, I spent a money on buying supplies to make Apple Butter (something i love and my friends love too) and crochet supplies (something my friends encourage me in). My family thinks I”m stupid for doing it when I can buy the same thing I’m making. They don’t understand how important it is for me to not only accomplish these things, but how much I need to learn how to bake/cook and knit/crochet/sew from scratch. Learning these things can not only help my medical problems but this is a potential money making venture.