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I have one luxury in my life. A few years ago I bought a small hot tub. I love love it. Living up here in the Midwest instead of down on the coast in Texas it is the one thing that makes winter bearable to me. I get up at 5 in the morning and run out and get in. It warms me all the way through and then I start my day. At the end of the day it is the last refuge from all the stress. As you can see this is important.

My grandson, Q, has blown the engine in his car. With cutbacks at work because of lack of sales giving a loan to fix the car is an impossibility. We're struggling to make ends meet. If we lived in town it could wait. My daughter travels 25 miles south to work every day. I travel 15 miles east. Q's school is 14 miles north. He rides the bus to school but if he wants to participate in anything extracurricular he has to drive. So even though he has had to cut back on his driving with prices the way they are he still has to drive sometimes.

I am selling the tub to help raise the money to fix the car. Q is upset because he knows how much I love the hot tub but I am still selling. This particular engine on a Ford Focus is hard to get and expensive. It will still be a scramble to pay for the engine but selling my luxury will help.

At first I was sick thinking about it. Then I came to realize Q is more important to me than some hot tub. I explained to Q that people are more important than things. I explained that in the overall scheme of things his being involved in school and activities seemed a whole lot more important than a hottub. You know, it really doesn't bother me any more to sell the tub.