Tag: motherhood

The War on Drugs

“What is it you’re reading?” asked the lady next to me on the bus stop bench. Her face was pale like a mushroom and unkempt black hair straggled down her back. She was morbidly obese, wearing a gray sweatsuit, and had a walker wedged between her legs. But despite all this, her face was friendly…
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June 22, 2011 2

Born Into Poverty

Lots of young mothers with babies ride the buses in Rochester.    It was different in San Francisco.   In SF, people from all walks of life would ride the bus; everyone from the crazy homeless man to the business executive in a crisp suit.    But in Rochester, you can tell that the people who ride the…
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December 9, 2010 0