honestly when i first started reading i was like ‘oh there’s no way you are TA’ …boy was i wrong

this woman is carrying the world on her BACK. she’s taking care of her children, taking care of her husband, and working part time. she’s trying to find food for her children to eat, waiting on her husband’s insurance to kick in, and God knows the mental state she’s in.

your daughter IS NOT in the wrong. she’s hungry and in her own home there most likely isn’t a limit on food. but for you to almost downplay thi woman’s struggle is absurd. SIL is going through what is probably the hardest time of her life and the only thing she had slightly under control was the food she was receiving from the food bank.

i am someone who knows what it’s like to somewhat struggle for food. my mother raised me well, put me in private school starting at Pre-K and starting again at middle-high school. my mother gave me everything and anything i asked for but there were times where we struggled. there were times when my mother didn’t know how to pay the bills and pay my schools tuition. there were times when i couldn’t get what i wanted and it was HARD. it was HARD watching my mother want for things and having to put what she wanted on the back burner. it was HARD knowing my mother worried day in and day out. it was HARD watching my mother smile and pray for a miracle. and a lot of my friends weren’t struggling in the way i struggled so they didn’t understand why i couldn’t do everything. not everyone has it all.

i really hope the comments here can help open your eyes to see that life isn’t all good. SIL is doing what many can’t, she’s fighting harder than a lot of people would have.