Wants and needs. I overheard my kids talking about them the other day. Isaac NEEDED the “super special thing” that Emily was using. If you know him at all, NEEDED was definitely in all caps. Emily looked him square in the eye and said, “Isaac. In life there are needs and there are wants. What you have is a want, not a need. You need to learn the difference.” Um. Wow kid! (Did Isaac respond well to that? Well, that’s another story.) As cute a truth as it is coming from an eight year old, it’s something that I’ve been forced to think about a ton these days. It’s been six months since Josh lost his job and two months of living beyond the bottom of the barrel. I’ve never considered myself materialistic or a shopaholic. Most of what we have is discounted or second hand. But I am used to living in the luxury of many wants being met. If I have an itch to go shopping, I just pop on into Value Village and fill it. If I am stressed or it’s a hot day, I zip through the drive thru of McD’s an...