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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]- I remember getting 5 pairs of white underwear a yr. From this local place called the wardrobe. They gave out these vouchers for the school year.
My mother would make several copies of the empty form, so we could all get underwear.
Those 5 pair had to last me everyday for the whole year. I now hate white underwear.

- I had one pair of tennis shoes with a hole in the bottom, and no socks. The socks I got from the wardrobe my step dad would take because he needed to double up while wearing his boots. My feet are bad to this day. Missouri has some brutal winters.

- Before my mom got married 3 times it was just us and my little sister. WE would jump in the shower with our clothes on, and lay in front of the fan to keep cool in the hot Arizona heat.

- When I was 8 I remember my mom being gone often, her husband drunk/ high in violent rage and gone for days. Me and my sister ate a lot of pork and beans, apple sauce from a can, and yogurt. To this day I can't stomach any of the above. Sometimes we didn't have those, and I became creative. My sister loved when I would fry corn tortillas stuffed with govt cheese. When the cheese was gone I'd spread cold butter in them and sugar. I am 28 now and my sister still calls me mom.

- When I was 12 I remember doing the dishes by water hose. We hooked it up to the neighbors trailer and put the hose in through the kitchen window. My brothers were small. One was less than a year and one was about three. I would heat water in stock pots on the stove, and pour it in the bath, then get cold water. So they could be warm when I bathed them.
- Some days I couldn't find a sitter, and I had to stay home to take care of the younger children. I missed a lot of school.

- When I was 16 and finally got a job I had to contribute to bills. We had a little more money, my mom remarried a factory worker. My mother was selfish. I had to buy the baby diapers when I was 16 because she only had 30 dollars. She needed to get acrylics on. she said if she didn't fungus would develop and she would die.

- As a teen my mom discovered the church food banks. After that we ate pretty well when the food stamps ran out.

Sometimes I don't know whether to feel bad for my mother, or to hate her.[/quote]

I'm truly sorry for what you experienced as a child. No kid should have to deal with these things. If you are a mom today I'm sure you're a much better one than your mom was to you.[/quote]
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