Tonight at dinner we dropped the bomb on our kids. After much prayer, planning, and crunching of numbers, we made the decision to not take a trip to Disney World that we had been planning for September.
Needless to say they were disappointed, but thankfully not crushed. We explained to them that we would have to spend money that currently goes towards our "extras" for the next 3 months--and that was not even factoring in meals for the trip. For us to decide to just go anyway would be irresponsible to them as parents. We'd already done irresponsible in the beginning of our marriage and don't want to go there again.
Going through this has reminded me of how grateful I am for all that God has taught us about money in the process of getting rid of our consumer debt. We know that there is a satisfcation in saving up for something and waiting on it. That is our plan for Disney. We've told the kids to be saving for when that time comes, as well reminding them that 'no' for now can mean 'better' for later.
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