a little choked up
I hadn’t heard about Oregon Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski’s decision to live on $3 a day in grocery money for a week until Meredith brought it to my attention.
It brought tears to my eyes. If you’ve never tried it, I don’t think you can know just how hard it is.
I have been that poor. Looking past the food I knew would nourish my family to the food I could afford. Trying to figure out ways for my kids not to notice just how bad it was. It sucks. I know that’s not even a little polite, but it’s true. It’s actually the nicest way I can say it.
I still have touches of that time. There are weeks I have to stretch my grocery budget a little farther, but I can do it for a week or two. It’s when it’s EVERY week that really drains you.
If you haven’t experienced it. I urge you to try it for a week or two. But don’t use what you have built up in your pantry. Because after you’ve been poor for a while, there’s nothing in there.
Now that things are better and I hear my children thank God for the food they are about to eat, I am truly grateful. Thankful that I can put fresh fruit and vegetables on our table. Because I know what it’s like to count tomato sauce as the vegetable.
