Submission:
You See Me A Poem
You see me there on the streets.
Down-trodden, in need of much needed care.
You don’t know how I got there, nor do you care.
As you see, I fought for your freedom in wars past,
When I returned from the latest mission,
My wife was gone, and so were my kids, as well as all the money.
The house was sold, and all I had was the clothes on my back.
Down the dwindling spiral of depression I sank.
I am now alone, looking for […]
My story of living in poverty is a long one. The factors that I would say contributed to our poverty are: Poor health.
Using the lens of family rather than income in determining supports. Poor transition between sources of support.
As a child, I was the oldest of 5 and our family was fairly traditional for that time. My mother was a stay at home mom and my dad worked two jobs to keep us going. We did without a lot of things, but […]
My Story by Erma Friesen
Back in 2000 I started my journey into depression. There was an occasion when I found myself in my car with no place to call home but, I had an Aunt, she had always said I could come and see her anytime. So I would go to her in Huntsville […]