I finally sat down and did bookkeeping today. In the papers, bills, and reciepts I found the money stress that was curiously lacking when I faced the bill for water heaters on Tuesday.
I also found that on Tuesday two people made largish paypal donations. I have no idea if the donations are connected to my journal post about water heaters, but I do know that those donations made a huge difference in the level of money-related stress I was feeling. The monetary amount wasn’t enough to cover the unexpected expense, but the gesture of support was immeasurably helpful.
We continue to live like Link crossing lava using ice arrows. The path simply isn’t there more than a month or two down the road, but we keep on walking and scrambling to build as we go so that we never come to the end of the path. We’ve already crossed more months of expenses that I would have believed possible when Howard left Novell. It is only thanks to an inflow of goodwill, cartooning work, donations, and gifts that we manage to keep building a path to walk on. In just the past week I’ve had literally boxes of clothing given to me for kids to grow into. I’m continually amazed and grateful for the kindness of people around me. I needed to be reminded of this today.
“We continue to live like Link crossing lava using ice arrows.”
Best. Simile. Ever.
Just think of all this inflow of funds and goodwill that continues to occur as payment for the joy you both bring into people’s lives.
I admire what Howard is doing, I wish I could contribute more.
I think you mentioned something a few months ago about bread on the water and it coming back to you. Perhaps you’ve underestimated how much bread you’ve been tossing out over the past several years 🙂
Lucky you! (Well blessed really.)