### Tell me...I want to know.... what you most want for yourself in 2022? #newyear ###

I'd grown up not having enough. When I started earning my own money, I stuffed part of each payout in my wall. Each night I slept with my hand against the wall, reminding myself I had enough - but I didn't feel that way - not fully understanding cash doesn't equal love.

Ella opened the lid to her lunchbox and looked inside. Same as yesterday. She moaned and snapped the lid shut. “Why does she make so much thanksgiving?” Beni said “I’ll trade you” holding out a candy bar and bag of chips. Ella took the trade knowing his mother couldn’t cook.

Tom and Sally handed the twins to her parents and left for a weekend together. It was awkward at first as they got reacquainted. But once their connection returned, they made love. Afterwards neither said the words but each thought "we could let the grandparents raise the kids".

Martha promised herself this year would be different - but here she was in the mall crying, clutching shopping bags filled with things she didn’t need. The thrill of a deal had called to her. It was her drug. Her daughter, Lucy, found her in the crowd and led her home to detox.