When I think of my grandmother, Margaret Harper, the first word that comes to mind is frugal. She was the type of woman who rinsed out Ziploc bags to reuse them, clipped coupons religiously from the Sunday paper, and saved every rubber band, twist tie, and grocery bag like they were precious heirlooms.<\/p>\n
To us, her family, she was loving, of course \u2014 endlessly so. But she was also, in our eyes, a little old-fashioned, even eccentric, in her devotion to living a life of simplicity and thrift.<\/p>\n
Grandma Margaret didn\u2019t have fancy clothes or a flashy car. She lived in the same modest home for over 40 years, with faded floral wallpaper and furniture that hadn\u2019t changed since the 1970s. Every decision she made seemed to be filtered through a single question: Can I do without it?<\/p>\n
She would often say, \u201cA penny saved is a penny earned,\u201d and remind us that true wealth wasn\u2019t about what you had \u2014 it was about what you didn\u2019t need.<\/p>\n
We smiled and nodded, lovingly indulging her quirks. But we never really looked deeper. We never thought to ask why she lived the way she did<\/p>\n
That is, until she passed away.<\/p>\n
The Gift Card<\/p>\n
It was a cold morning in early February when we buried Grandma. Her passing wasn\u2019t unexpected \u2014 she had lived a long, full life \u2014 but that didn\u2019t make it any easier. In her will, she left each of us a small memento. Nothing extravagant, just little things she thought we\u2019d appreciate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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