Stuff is not Salvation

         Anna Quindlen's purpose for writing "Stuff is not Salvation", is to show how much people spend mad money on things they cant live with out .Couple of months later it ends up in the corner collecting dust. I know by first hand what Anna Quindlen is trying to say. As a young dad that sacrifice his education, so that he can support my mom, my brother, and me. I learned very young that I will not get everything that I wanted.
         As a young family it was difficult to save up money for anything. Two years have gone by and my family is more stable because, my mother had to drop out of school and find a job as well. So that me and my brother can live a better life. With two incomes in the house, me and my brother were able to get things we wanted. But we understood that my parents work hard to be able to provide for us. Before we had hand me downs, toys from garage sales, and flea markets. My parents always wanted to provide us with the best of toys because, where my parents came from they did not get everything. So they would shower us with new things. Now when I look back, I notice most of the things we got were dust collectors. I did appreciated it when i was younger and still do to this day. To this day I look at things I want at the store, and ask myself if I will be using it next week. If not then forget it.