When I went home on winter break this past holiday, I started to see things a bit differently. It was odd but I didn’t realize how much of a bubble I live in when I am away at school. At school my life is revolved so much around class and work that I rarely get to pay attention to what is happening in the outside word. But going home really made me see how hard the times are right now. I mean, people are really struggling to make ends meet and so many families just don’t have the money. It was cold then, too and so many people take for granted the things they have. It broke my heart when my cousin asked my mom if she could buy her a nice jacket because she only has a couple sweaters that she still gets cold in, and her mom just couldn’t afford a jacket right now. It’s really hard for me to see my family struggle like that, and it makes me think about other people who are going through hard economic times.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Ana, thanks for sharing – you are so right!
March 18th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
right now my brother doesn’t have a job and I really worry about him. I know that he’s in school and he’ll probably be ok – but still, it’s so hard right now.
It’s easy to get caught up in our own lives and not see who is struggling. And sometimes, we just want to ignore it, I think.