I can relate to some of this

4:47 pm 16 January 2016
Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America - Linda Tirado

I too grew up living in poverty. I can identify with some of the struggles she went through and remember the feelings she too had.  It was never easy and always an uphill battle.  I connect with her on the levels of government assitance and frustration of as well as being so broke that the mindless things you did for entertainment.