The Cost of Doing Business
![Mary Claire and George on the First Day of School](https://katrinawrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mc-and-geo-pjhs-e1603547219768.jpg)
August has become the new December around here. But instead of buying Christmas presents and wrapping paper and tree decorations, we’re shelling out cash for 8,423 (sharpened!) pencils; folders in green, purple, red, yellow, and blue — with pockets; 84 boxes of tissues; 28 book covers; all the paper in the world; pens in black, […]