“We are not doing anything this summer.” That was the plan anyway. Our kids needed to work. After all, they had important things like university and vehicles to pay for, so it made sense to stay home. There was not going to be enough time to go on holidays or to do anything big. Then everything changed. Among other things, I saw a sign that said, “You can always make money, you can’t always make memories” and I realized that we needed to use this summer well. We needed to make some memories while we still had the chance, so the kids took time off work and we filled our summer with a lot of fun things. Some opportunities are “limited time offers”. You only have so long to take advantage of them and then they are gone forever. Could my kids have padded their bank account some more this summer? Yes! Would it have been cheaper for us to stay home and do nothing? Yes! Would anyone remember those thin