I’ve written before about the misadventures William and I have had as we’ve navigated homeownership, but right now I want to shine a light on what is evidently a widespread problem.

Growing up I never participated in fair activities beyond eating fried food and hopping from ride to ride.

I have always been what many people would call a thrifty person. Growing up it was all about sale racks, thrift shops and garage sales.

The Aurora News-Register recently took part in the 2021 Nebraska Press contest and as we listened to the various articles that won a thought occurred to me. 

There are many things in life that are painful and for the most part, we all do our best to avoid them. But at certain points, you find something that hurts and you say, “Let’s do that again.”