Re: I'm just a common man,
Most here know from my past posts until last year we were also relying on government assistance. I missed many meals, sometimes going 2 days without eating so I could feed my children. I found I can definately survive 2 days on 1 PB&J sammich. My only luxury is my old boat I got cheap because it was broken and my old car I have had since high school. <br />Slowly we are gaining ground, and actually have not had an overdraft from the bank in 3 months! <br />I have lived many different lifestyles, none of them being rich. I grew up gardening hunting and fishing for a majority of our food. We rasied chickens and I spent many many winters eating nothing but eggs and chickens. I can't choke down a chicken meal now, but survived. Our only heat was an old wood stove because we couldn't afford to fix the gas furnace. We couldn't leave for more than a day in the winter without draining all of the pipes in the house for freezing. I have owned land and cattle and actually made a good comfortable living, but something was missing. <br />Now we are poor in terms of money. My children will know nothing but Wal Mart clothes and hard work. That is the way I want it. <br />I grew up dirt poor, but didn't know it until now when I look back. <br />Even though I am poor and scratching daily for everything, working 3 jobs, still skipping a few meals to feed my kids, I am rich beyond all of my dreams. I live in a nice small 2 bedroom house that I built mostly with my own 2 hands, I have 3 wonderful children that are the joy of my life, I have a great wife that never complains about anything. <br />I know exactly what you must be thinking. It makes you wonder when you see this if your doing enough for your children. It makes you think and hope that none of these other girls make fun of her for her dress or her home. <br />To my shock I have spoken with a person with the big home, the designer clothes, the fancy car. He looks and envies MY life because I am still real. His wife gets angry if he doesn't want her to go shopping. His daughter gets mad if she can't have the expensive clothes. He envies my happieness and if his family would allow it would trade it with me in an instant.<br />My aunt has re-married though, they built a large new house, the most expensive in town. They drive the best car in town, the dress the best all of the signs of wealth. BUT she remembers where she came from, and so does her new husband. They both are widowed so have been from bottom to top. The only sign talking to them that they have money is the outward appearance of the house and their possessions. But with them if anyone would ask for anything they would glandly hand it over.
