Wow, I felt a little heartbroken reading this, Elizabeth. What a fantastic mother you are :) I'm so glad you no longer have to worry about your card declining. I've been there more than once in my life. I've gone without food to put petrol (gas) in my car. Ugh. The lessons of life :)
Whew… I just realized I held my breath as I read this, tallying the times I went without so my growing young teens had enough nourishment. Between my own cancer and food insecurity, lentils became my most detested food for years. I can eat them now, but they still taste like struggle.
Thanks for sharing your story and highlighting the psychological and long-term/post effects of food insecurity. It was really interesting to hear the rules that you made out of necessity that became ingrained. I was happy that the piece ended with you and the soup.
She's not a very intelligent lady, she's just an idiot who lives mostly on snacks and is a glutton. I'm poor and yet I eat enough meat, fruit, vegetables, pasta, legumes, rice, potatoes, dairy products without snacks.
Wow, I felt a little heartbroken reading this, Elizabeth. What a fantastic mother you are :) I'm so glad you no longer have to worry about your card declining. I've been there more than once in my life. I've gone without food to put petrol (gas) in my car. Ugh. The lessons of life :)
Whew… I just realized I held my breath as I read this, tallying the times I went without so my growing young teens had enough nourishment. Between my own cancer and food insecurity, lentils became my most detested food for years. I can eat them now, but they still taste like struggle.
Thanks for sharing your story and highlighting the psychological and long-term/post effects of food insecurity. It was really interesting to hear the rules that you made out of necessity that became ingrained. I was happy that the piece ended with you and the soup.
Really good writing.
The specter of hunger.
Nonsense, just her presence of stupidity.
Are you poor and living with children?
She's not a very intelligent lady, she's just an idiot who lives mostly on snacks and is a glutton. I'm poor and yet I eat enough meat, fruit, vegetables, pasta, legumes, rice, potatoes, dairy products without snacks.
oh Earl, let me make you some black eyed peas.