The Turn Around

 Matthew has been saving his money since he found out about Monster Jam. He wanted to go to the World Finals in Vegas. He saved EVERY SINGLE PENNY. All of his tooth fairy money, birthday money, loose change he found in parking lots or in the house. 2 years ago he told me and I quote cuz it is burned in my memory- "don't worry mommy, I know that you will never have enough money so I will pay for the Monster Jam trip." Heartbroken. Absolutely heartbroken. I felt like the worst mom in the world and I spiraled down. I struggled for a while saying to myself that without a husband helping pay the bills, I could never do anything so big.

So 2 months ago when I decided that I was going to make a change to my life to better my child, the first thing I did was plan a trip. I raised my head up and decided to show my son that we can do anything we want to do. I used my next paycheck to buy the double down tickets. I would NOT worry about the bills, this trip is important. After I had the tickets I told Matthew that I was trying to plan this trip but I needed his help. Boy did he help! He let me sell a lot of his toys on Craigslist to pay for the plane tickets. Then he asked me what else he could do. We came up with ideas and he sold Hershey kiss roses for Valentine's day. When that started working, he told me he was going to pay for the hotel for all 8 nights we were there. I laughed but then saw the look of pure determination on his face and said ok. He made magnets and started selling those. He talked to everyone he saw, walked up to people he did not know and somehow encouraged them all to buy his stuff (don't worry, I was with him the whole time). He made more than enough to pay for the hotel and he was so proud. I started selling stuff on eBay to bring in extra money and together, we made this trip happen. No husband, No dad, no one helping pay the bills. We did it ourselves!