http://www.theboxcarkids.net/wordpress/2012/02/lean-on-me-2/ One Family's Reflections on Being Part of the Great Recession Wed, 22 May 2013 07:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.theboxcarkids.net/wordpress/2012/02/lean-on-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3540 Michelle Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:26:59 +0000 http://www.theboxcarkids.net/wordpress/?p=817#comment-3540 I relate to this post so much. I often lament my lack of a “village”. My parents had to move out of state to care for their aging parents. My brother moved across the country for a job. Our closest relatives are still an hour away. It is really tough being a parent without family around. I have my husband, which makes me luckier than the single parents, but it is still tough. We both have to work full time to keep ourselves at a somewhat “middle class” standard of living. I worry constantly when I have to miss work for illness, snow days, etc. It is sad that communities support and family support isn’t available to so many nowadays.

]]> http://www.theboxcarkids.net/wordpress/2012/02/lean-on-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3524 boxcarkids Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:48:03 +0000 http://www.theboxcarkids.net/wordpress/?p=817#comment-3524 Thanks for asking – I sent you an email.

]]> http://www.theboxcarkids.net/wordpress/2012/02/lean-on-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3520 Linda Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:17:35 +0000 http://www.theboxcarkids.net/wordpress/?p=817#comment-3520 How can the SWT community help you?

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