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!.