Bottles and cans.My mother did her best with what she could. It was just her trying to provide for my sister and I. There were times we didn't have a place to live or anything to eat. After school I would ride around on my bike and collect bottles and cans. I'd turn...See More »
I Grew Up Poor "You don't step on the threshold, you cross it" One of the first things Sis tells me about the house is that the wooden threshold on the floor to the main hall is not to be stepped on. It is four to five inches high. After having to take off my...See More »
I Grew Up PoorBeing Poor... Being poor is tough, no doubt about it. We struggle to pay bills, and we have few luxuries. But we always scrape by because people know we're the non trashy kind of poor people. We always pull through because...See More »
I Grew Up PoorMy parents divorced and my dad got custody of me, but still had to pay my mom child support (!). So for about 10 years we were pretty poor. Now we weren't as poor as most others' stories here, but poor nonetheless. I always had enough food to eat,...See More »
I Grew Up PoorPeople do not get it. I grew up poor, but my parents have taught me that American poverty equals being rich. They come from the 3rd world. They taught me the value of generosity, humility, and community, none of which applies to most Americans. I was...See More »
I Grew Up Poori grew up poor. my friend grew up poorer. recently there was an election in the housing estate i m living in regarding refurbishment of all the lifts, total 30 nos. in the residential buildings of the estate. the proposal was passed without much...See More »
I Grew Up Poorwhen i was young, my neighbours had a piano at home for their daughter, my kindergarten friend living in the same building had a violin. i was really interested but their parents wouldn't let me touch the instrument lest i would damage them. they...See More »
I Grew Up Poor Part 5 One batch of chickens arrive late one evening. It is a cold evening after a heavy rain. Mom mutters something under her breath. Towards the late evening, a few of them have died. The rest look sick. My father is cursing by now. In the dim...See More »
I Grew Up Poor Part 4 Mom never had a refrigerator to herself when we lived in that house with several other relatives' families. She stores the morning leftover lunch in a wooden cabinet so that mosquitoes and flies and cats would not get to them. And we have...See More »
I Grew Up Poor Part 3 I reach the main road. Teacher had asked us to grow some green beans in a bottle and I have mine in my hands. My cloth bag is so full of books, files, toothbrushing mug and umbrella it is tearing at the seams. I look at the little seedlings...See More »
I Grew Up PoorWhen I was a kid (about in my teens), I hadn't realized why we had to file for bankruptcy or why my mom got food out of the trash where she worked and that's what we were supposed to eat. Also, my clothes and shoes never fit, and teens can be such...See More »
I Grew Up PoorYeah i did Sometimes with electrity and running water. Trashed out place after trashed out place. But it could of been worse I could of been homeless well kinda was for a short while but I was so young I vaguely remember it. Lucky people felt sorry...See More »