ltrank posted 1 day 6 hours ago — When you're a parent, the world of money takes on an entirely new meaning. After many years of pretty much making and spending money on myself and doing so with not much planning, budgeting or awareness, becoming a parent to three children has put...

ltrank posted 14 hours 47 min ago — When I started this project, 30 days of daily blogging about my financial condition, I wasn't expecting anything to magically go away. All I'm working toward is a bit more self-knowledge and writing is one of the only ways I know how to navigate my...

ltrank posted 2 hours 25 min ago — February 2, 2010 I have an interesting relationship with chaos. I claim I don't like it, that it makes me crazy, and that I can't function in the midst of chaos. But the reality is something very different. Over this period of extreme financial un...

ltrank posted 23 hours 44 min ago — January 31, 2010It’s Sunday morning and the panic has started to set in. The suggestion that my bulletin board be taken down because our oldest cat paws at it before dawn has set me off in a negative direction, as well as a kitchen that’s in th...

ltrank posted 3 weeks 4 days ago — Some of us are born to hold history. And when that history is held by a young soul, an eternity of time and space unfolds. The week began with the first born of our twins ushering in the spirit of Chanukah with quiet grace and a being discovered...