| The term hard times are to describe so many people | | | | disaster, while others are wondering which car to get |
| going through a wide variety of experiences. Ones | | | | when their lease expires, it is all relative. Some family's |
| experience during what they perceive as hard times | | | | situations are obviously very different due to different |
| could be another's persons aspirations and dreams. | | | | economic backgrounds and choosing how to spend |
| The world has changed enormously over the years | | | | their money. |
| and in recent decades not necessarily for the better. | | | | Sometimes though a personal situation goes out of |
| Home prices are up and values have declined not to | | | | control and even with the proper planning and saving |
| mention that salaries can't even begin to compare with | | | | the situation was imminent. While some people |
| what the cost of living is to some. | | | | complain about not having enough money these days |
| How has this happened back in our grandparent's day | | | | for extras or vacations that they once enjoyed others |
| the husband would go to work and the wife stayed | | | | are unfortunately going through much harder times. |
| home and raised the children? They usually shared | | | | You never know what is going on in anyone's lives on |
| one car and the wife would walk to conduct | | | | any given day, some are experiencing such |
| household errands. They seemed happy and lived on | | | | catastrophic events that it would makes you |
| much less compared to that of families today. The | | | | appreciate your money woes. |
| society had changed to be a want, want way of life. | | | | It all goes back to everything being relative. One faced |
| When has it been dictated to us we must have two | | | | with a horrible illness will see things in a much different |
| brand new cars in the driveway and kids in every | | | | light then say a person having a hard time dealing with |
| conceivable sport that most of us can't afford to have | | | | an out of control teenager. Some people have been |
| our children in but refuse to admit? To some families | | | | dealt a crumby hand in life if you will and make the |
| hard times denote having to pull children out of an | | | | best of things while others are so used to having it all |
| activity but to others it means no money for food that | | | | that they have trouble coping with everyday life. |
| week. Some families are just a paycheck away from | | | | |