These posts are written by real people that have real perspective on what it is or was like to need public assistance. If you would like to submit a guest post please let me know.
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In everyone’s heart there is an ugliness. The ugly sleeps deep, where some of us might not know it exists. More often than not, we know of the ugliness and we keep it hidden, secret. The ugly is a part of us many are not proud of, or try to convince ourselves is not true. [...]
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I grew up in a very affluent community outside of Manhattan, attending private school with the filthy rich. My family was not rich. We were comfortable. When I started high school, I was a small, awkward kid with the looks and maturity of a 12 year old. I wasn’t unhappy when I got there. Merely [...]
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I have learned through various news outlets and her recent Today Show appearance that Nadya Suleman needs public assistance. At once the flood gates of judgement opened up online and an angry mob got to typing away about how angry and pissed off they were that Nadya is using food stamps. BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE [...]
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I walked into medical casualty. The intake area was overflowing. There were crying mothers. Fragile old people clinging to oxygen canisters. Drunk men slinging sexist slurs. Beggars wearing all their belongings. As I walk by, a young woman approaches me. She has been waiting since this morning. She needs to be seen. She has come [...]
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I was about 10 years old when my family applied & was accepted to the reduced lunch program. I remember my dad telling me that we had been approved. I knew, I should be grateful but instead, feeling a pit in my stomach-the dread of going to school & worrying about what my friends would [...]
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I still remember that day perfectly. It was spring in Albuquerque, the days were getting longer, and it was my birthday week so my mother decided to get us a treat: a small steak for my birthday dinner. It wasn’t much; it was a day past it’s “best by” date and a low-quality cut – but for us, it [...]
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I woke up with the realization that I had not ironed the blazer that would magically make my outfit “business casual”. Thankfully the room I am staying in came stocked for idiots like me and I spent a good bit of the morning cursing that I had no idea how to iron but certain those [...]
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Sharing a post that captures so much of the stress and angst that my family went through when we were going through some of our hardest times. {I am speaking on my panel later this morning. You can follow the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference tweets using the #hungerpc2012 hashtag on twitter.} Independence day for the [...]
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From the outside we look like a normal urban family. A Dad who works long hours, a Mom who works odd jobs to help the family, and two adorable, active, redhead boys. My oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD at four years old. We immediately tried alternative treatments for his ADHD not wanting to put [...]
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