One Chair At a Time

"I didn’t tell your Grandfather what I was doing" she started out matter of factly. "I knew the kids needed a table and chairs. Where were they going to sit and eat otherwise? So I went to the store and picked out a table we could afford and one chair." At the time, the family of six were living in a 400 sq. ft. apartment, parents and four kids, all making do and trying to get by without a table and chairs to eat on. "It was unheard of to buy on credit and your grandfather would have been extremely upset if I did. So, as we could afford it, I bought one chair at a time."

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