tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post2516074071747665741..comments2023-12-19T05:15:27.114-05:00Comments on Liana Brooks: The Homeless Girl Next DoorLiana Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587774916354749190noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post-22537984676980287562013-08-16T09:00:38.803-04:002013-08-16T09:00:38.803-04:00While we never were in the situation of not having...While we never were in the situation of not having a roof over our heads, we have been in some pretty tight times where we literally counted pennies and tried to figure out how to stretch what little money we had to cover everything.<br /><br />Things are better overall, even though we're in a period of low income until next month, but we're still paying off debts incurred years ago and trying to keep our current bills from slipping into past due status more than once a year. We expect it to take a couple more years before we will see ourselves on the positive side of our finances.<br /><br />We've known people worse off than we've been and we help where and however we can. We've passed on clothes our daughter outgrew or we no longer wished to wear, always in good condition of course. I've fed the neighbourhood kids whether we were in a good financial period or not. I've made hats, scarves, and mittens for the kids down the street or simply seen on the playground shivering because they don't have any.<br /><br />My daughter doesn't go to school any more, She graduated several years ago. Yet I still drop off school supplies in the donation boxes at the grocery store and at some malls. It costs me a dollar or so and will provide several kids with much needed supplies. Our last major cleanup at home had us taking a couple of boxes of books and cds and dvds to the nearest library as a donation.<br /><br />We don't forget what it was like to live near the edge. Although we also know how lucky we've been to never be on the actual sharp edge. So we help, in whatever way we can. Ilnara Heskenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18299242041768818364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post-55765057090997577322013-08-15T22:08:35.397-04:002013-08-15T22:08:35.397-04:00Wow, that's rough. I was very afraid that my d...Wow, that's rough. I was very afraid that my decision to return to school recently would land our family in a similar spot, and I shudder to think how close we came. It's a frightening reality, though, because, no matter how "well off" we are, our culture is structured in such a way that any of us are only one bad accident or one poor decision away from being that family down the road, no matter how much we have today. <br /><br />Good post. Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228237190423435197noreply@blogger.com