Families Surviving

In one of the many periodicals I receive each month there was an interesting article pertaining to combined families living under one roof. Today’s economy that has fuel prices which fluctuate drastically from one day to the day, skyrocketing housing and food costs and the threatening specter of unemployment looming over our nation’s work force has left a lot of people trying to figure out how to make ends meet, and they’ve come to the conclusion that combining incomes and sharing a living space is a solution they can learn to live with. Around the world and in America’s not so distant past the extended family unit was not unheard of, in fact, it was considered the norm. Many of those who have resorted to combining households are finding out that after the first initial shock things are actually working out quite well. Families living in one hundred year old farmhouses in rural America, 1800 square foot town ramblers, and three bedroom urban condos are coming together in order to survive. And isn’t that really what being family is all about, helping each other survive.