A lot of immigrants used to have their 2 or 3 kids in a two room apartment and eating wholesome, but bare quality, food and both parents each worked 60 hours a week to create a life for their kids.
“A lot of immigrants used to have their 2 or 3 kids in a two room apartment and eating wholesome, but bare quality, food and both parents each worked 60 hours a week to create a life for their kids.”
Exactly. There’s something wrong with this story. Where’s the father of her son? Are there other children who could take her in? If she has an adult son, doesn’t that mean that she has been an adult herself for 20 or more years most likely? What did she do in that time to improve her lot? Did she go to school? Did she learn a trade? One week of illness and a handful of medical tests rendered her homeless? She saved no money over the last 20 or 30 years? She had no family member who could have helped her with one month’s bills? Did she ask her church for help? I feel sorry for this lady, but mostly because she is so helpless in a world where you have to make your own way. She is simply not equipped to do that apparently.