We modern ladies are far more advantaged than Margaret, the girl who prayed to God for an odd gift.

I wrote about the iconic book over at 5 Minutes for Parenting. Go say howdy.

My brother tried selling solar hot dogs.

I opened an ill-fated gymnastics school.

My sister tried to sell grape Koolaid at a neighbor’s garage sale, but I think she drank it all.

These days, my kids have dreams of selling pizza puffs and hot cocoa over our back fence to greenbelt walkers.

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