We have some good friends that I have known ever since I was a little kid, and we get together once a year to catch up.  Quite often, we all meet back in our hometown, as we have all left that small place on the prairies for bigger and better things.  This meeting not only gives us a chance to catch up, but we also have a chance to all visit our parents that are still in the town.

There has been a tradition in these meetings that we bring gifts for one another and this year was no different.  I brought some pies for them from my favorite bakery from home, and they were thankful for such a yummy treat.

But what I had not expected was the gift that Bruce had brought - he brought us all a copy of the book that had changed his life.  It was Stock Split Secrets, a book by Darlene Nelson, that showed how to trade on the stock market and become financially free.  He had used the same book to amass the wealth that he has today, and he thought that we should be given the same opportunity.

I now have some reading ahead of me with a purpose in mind - to become financially free.