Mary Anna (24 Aug 2012)
"Going hungry in America: Distressing,¹ humbling¹ and scary¹"

 

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/going-hungry-america-distressing-humbling-scary-011618014.html

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Cheryl Preston knows that others are worse off. But she's still hungry.

As grocery prices creep higher and her income sags, rationing her family's food is a daily task. The 54-year-old mother of three and grandmother of three in Roanoke, Va., says there are days she skips meals so her husband and son can eat. If they notice, she says, she'll let them think she's fasting. She waters down the milk and juice to make it last longer. She visits food pantries, but it's not enough.

"Who would think that in the land of plenty, hard-working families would go hungry? But I am living proof it is true," Preston writes in a first-person account for Yahoo!.