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[quote=Anonymous]*I grew up in Northern Michigan and remember my mother not being able to refill the propane tank.  We had no heat in the dead of winter.  My sister and I would use a blow dryer to keep ourselves warm.

*I recall mold growing in our bathroom because of a slow leak in our toilet that we couldn't afford to have fixed.

*I remember going to a food bank with my mother one weekend to pick up food, only to find that an entire Brownie troop (that I couldn't afford to join) made up of girls from my class was volunteering that day.  They made fun of me for weeks.

*I often had to wear dirty clothes to school because we didn't have a washing machine.  A lot of times we didn't have money for the laundromat.  If we did wash clothes at home, it was in the bathtub.  We hung them up to drip dry in the house.  The next morning, I'd put on damp clothes and go to the bus stop.  My clothes would be frozen to my body.

Being poor is humiliating.  I do have to say that it has taught me to handle stressful situations very well.  I'm able to think on my feet.  It also taught me to care for the things that I have.
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