The People Behind My Eyes

I’ve watched this family struggle for four months now. She’s a young mother of two who was recently diagnosed with Lupus. Because of the Lupus she was no longer able to work. This left them scraping for food. Our nice government gave her $90 a month for food stamps and gave her 6 months of unemployment income which came to about $500 a month. She went from pantry to pantry to bring food home to these two children. She cleans, cooks and thinks only of her children. I’m impressed at her dedication. Today she got a phone call from her case worker. The worker told her that if she could get up to see her TODAY and bring a copy of the paper that said her unemployment benefits ran out that she could give her a substantial food stamp increase. Well, we high tailed it up there and made it on time. Here’s the best part, they raised her stamps from $90 to $400 every month. I love it. This family deserves it. She’s not the take and take type. She’s not a user or a ghetto ho. She’s a 31 year old mother with 2 kids and a debilitating disorder. It’s about time she got a break. I’m so happy for her! When we walked back to the car her face was bright red. She was in shock. We were both in shock. She said quietly, “what am I going to do with all that food?” She couldn’t believe that her family wouldn’t be going from pantry to pantry and eating peanut butter, pasta and rice. I could tell she wanted to cry, a joyful cry mind you, but she wanted to cry. She was overwhelmed by the fact that she could choose what her family would eat. Today is her day! I’m so happy for her.

In this world it is hard to find good news. We hear too much tragedy and too little heart warming stories. This section of the blog is called A LITTLE GOOD NEWS TODAY and is for good news only. It was inspired by a reader named Maggie. If you have good news or know of someone that deserves to be recognized and appreciated please contact me at Austin and I will be sure to post it for all to see.

Sincerely,
Austin of Sundrip Journals