Wordsmith:

The riches of my mother

I don't remember that, as I was growing up, we were ever particularly bad off...   but it was a serious recession in Alberta at the time.  I can remember at times when things were a bit tough, my mother would say, "We're not poor.  We just don't have a lot of money."

My mother was right.  We were rich in so many other things.  We had a a roof over our heads, plenty of food in the kitchen, a car that took us on fabulous excursions all over Alberta and abroad into British Columbia, Montana, Oregon, and Washington State.  We had a fantastic, loving home filled with artistic and intellectual stimulation and a sense of the beauty of the world.  No matter how thin the bank account might get, we were wealthy beyond imagination.

Yes, continue applying your efforts and I know that you will one day reach a similar comfortable place where your life will always be enriched,