Bernina's proverb...

Echoing in my memory is my Grandma's advice for dealing with hard times or economic downturns, "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Born in 1889, she endured the 1st World War, worked at available odd-jobs through the Great Depression as a widowed mother of five, saw her children and in-laws serve freedom's cause throughout the 2nd World War, and (I am told) lived with an inoperable cancer about 30 years longer than the surgeon's prognosis. She must have quoted this proverb while she lived with our family enough times for me to remember it well. I thank You, Lord, for allowing me to know Grandma Bernina my first 20 years.