Article July 20, 1987 Issue

"Enough is a lot"

The Christian Science Monitor

"Mamma, can we buy a cantaloupe?"

My preschooler gazed longingly over the beautiful fruit display in the grocery store.

His innocent question turned a knife in me. A fruit we all enjoyed seemed the utmost luxury in light of our meager checkbook balance. I had carefully made the grocery list to fit the money we had until the end of the month. Cantaloupe wasn't part of the plan. But I did notice that two of the items I had intended to buy were on sale, and the savings happened to equal the cost of a cantaloupe.

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