Broke But Not Broken

So I was in Home Depot with my boys. I always start off by letting them play on the mowers. They’re right in the front of the store, so it’s hard not to. Finally, my oldest asks if we can buy this big new mower because it was so awesome. I said no, because we don’t need it…and we’re broke.

Eventually, we left the mowers and began getting what we needed at the store. My kids kept asking if we could buy this or that new thing. I kept saying we don’t need it….and we’re broke.

Finally my 5-yr-old asks, “Daddy, what does it mean to be broke?” I chuckled and told him it meant we don’t have any money to spend on things we don’t need. He responded, “Oh, so it doesn’t mean we’re in a bunch of little pieces?”

Hilarious! Although it is not technically accurate, he describe how it feels…to be broke.