its a WIC night

its 100% whole wheat bread.

tomatoes.

Mild cheddar cheese.

lettuce.

the cheap Buddig turkey.

and off brand wheat thins.

complete with Apple Juice.

(Tree Top Holla!)

it makes me realize how awesome WIC is.

i can feed my son healthy foods. just the right amount.

while i make sure that i have money for bills. soon the money will roll in, but until then, there is wic. and i am SO SO thankful.

flashback to 1994:

im 8.

we lived in a motel room. for months.

lived on welfare. for years.

parents did drugs. for god knows how long.

i promised myself i would never use welfare.

fast forward to 2008: i have my son.

i promise myself, i will do anything to make sure he is happy healthy and taken care of.

this trumps first promise.

im not a drug user.

im a hardworking dedicated mother.

welfare did not make my mother parent the way she did. nor my father the way he didnt.

its structured and while some take advantage of it in a bad way, i use it like a lot of mothers, to make ends meet, and NEVER let their child know anything but happiness.

check out your local programs if you need them.

Asking for help does NOT make you weak, but to ask for help a good parent makes.

it takes a village.

ad this too shall pass.

remember those things.

and thank you wic. my child never knew i was broke tonight.

love you J.

and taxpayers....thank you.