Thank you so much Fay for your kind words to my mother. She and other market mamas have showed us that you can earn out of honesty and not by cheating our way up. They have lessons we need to allocate enough time to learn everyday.
Excellent tribute to your mother and all market mamas. We can all learn from them, even as we work hard to ensure our children won't battle the odds they had to.
They really do the things that defy our logics bwana. They may not have the decent jobs we're capable of having but their progress surpasses their input. We've to learn from them; they have everything we need to be self-sufficient. Thanks bro for coming here.
This is a great tribute to your mother and the other market mamas for their smart business skills. It shows how they succeed without much help, using hard work and clever thinking. Thanks for sharing this with us Edwin.
We owe them lots of thanks. We might have the knowledge but they have the wisdom to compound their way up work hard with little help and navigate other life complexities. Thank you for your comment and restacking
This is so beautiful and inspiring. Rich by any other country's standards, I am still poor by US standards. I have had to scrap for every penny but I was not as smart as your market mama. I cobbled together many things to make a little money here and there, was good at budgeting but not saving. Still, I am not in debt and never was. I never lived beyond my means and I have had such a good life.
Our high school's requirement for graduation is something called a Senior Project. The seniors must present a paper and a talk or demonstration of their project just before graduating. The community is invited to attend presentations. One of the most inspiring presentations I saw was by a young man who encouraged people to go into the applied arts; welding, plumbing, electrician, work with their hands. He did a demonstration of forging cast iron hooks, all the while talking about this. With these skills, because they are practical, you can go anywhere in the world and use them.
Your observations and wisdom are moving to me - and your understanding of the different kind of wealth that raIses up a whole community because people support each other in their entrepeneurial pursuits. I love the market mamas, who sell their beautiful home grown and cooked foods, textiles, basketry, and all manner of practical things. They didn't have to put their children in daycare. I feel sad that youth today think that computers, cell phones, digital IDs and blockchain are the answer, when a barter and gift economy enrich everyone. Keep writing, Edwin! I have not been around much online, but look forward to reading your first two challenges. Thanks for hororing women in this way!
I like how you put it ; “They didn't have to put their children in daycare”. They had to put their babies on their back like a kangaroo all while running. It's the reality that they had to cope with and it seems they enjoyed their domestic care. Their homegrown fresh produce is a work of their hands. This too is more of an applied arts; and I like that guy who paraded an iron and forged whatever he could lay hands on. My father was a carpenter and he knew everything from plumbing to electricity. It's the way it should be; a barter and gift economy where everyone grows in equal measure (I like how you coined that term). Thank you for the kind words (and be popping up every week, we need you here).
Great tribute to a way of earning an honest living, as opposed to becoming a street beggar. Your mother is much to be admired, Edwin.
Thank you so much Fay for your kind words to my mother. She and other market mamas have showed us that you can earn out of honesty and not by cheating our way up. They have lessons we need to allocate enough time to learn everyday.
Excellent tribute to your mother and all market mamas. We can all learn from them, even as we work hard to ensure our children won't battle the odds they had to.
They really do the things that defy our logics bwana. They may not have the decent jobs we're capable of having but their progress surpasses their input. We've to learn from them; they have everything we need to be self-sufficient. Thanks bro for coming here.
This is a great tribute to your mother and the other market mamas for their smart business skills. It shows how they succeed without much help, using hard work and clever thinking. Thanks for sharing this with us Edwin.
We owe them lots of thanks. We might have the knowledge but they have the wisdom to compound their way up work hard with little help and navigate other life complexities. Thank you for your comment and restacking
This is so beautiful and inspiring. Rich by any other country's standards, I am still poor by US standards. I have had to scrap for every penny but I was not as smart as your market mama. I cobbled together many things to make a little money here and there, was good at budgeting but not saving. Still, I am not in debt and never was. I never lived beyond my means and I have had such a good life.
Our high school's requirement for graduation is something called a Senior Project. The seniors must present a paper and a talk or demonstration of their project just before graduating. The community is invited to attend presentations. One of the most inspiring presentations I saw was by a young man who encouraged people to go into the applied arts; welding, plumbing, electrician, work with their hands. He did a demonstration of forging cast iron hooks, all the while talking about this. With these skills, because they are practical, you can go anywhere in the world and use them.
Your observations and wisdom are moving to me - and your understanding of the different kind of wealth that raIses up a whole community because people support each other in their entrepeneurial pursuits. I love the market mamas, who sell their beautiful home grown and cooked foods, textiles, basketry, and all manner of practical things. They didn't have to put their children in daycare. I feel sad that youth today think that computers, cell phones, digital IDs and blockchain are the answer, when a barter and gift economy enrich everyone. Keep writing, Edwin! I have not been around much online, but look forward to reading your first two challenges. Thanks for hororing women in this way!
I like how you put it ; “They didn't have to put their children in daycare”. They had to put their babies on their back like a kangaroo all while running. It's the reality that they had to cope with and it seems they enjoyed their domestic care. Their homegrown fresh produce is a work of their hands. This too is more of an applied arts; and I like that guy who paraded an iron and forged whatever he could lay hands on. My father was a carpenter and he knew everything from plumbing to electricity. It's the way it should be; a barter and gift economy where everyone grows in equal measure (I like how you coined that term). Thank you for the kind words (and be popping up every week, we need you here).