Today's OneWord: Savings

We pooled all our savings into one bowl - cash, coins, even gift cards - and stared at the results. To be fair, the bowl was pretty big - steel and bulbous, bearing the so-called treasures that we had earned or scavenged for throughout our years together. As we began counting the actual money, Tracey collected the gift cards in a stack because we weren't quite sure how much value they had - if any at all.

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