Tom and Marcella gave their three children each a bowl of rice and half an apple for supper last night. They both work at minimum wage jobs and payday is a few days away yet, so they are rationing food carefully. Audrey’s little girl … her name is Sarah, but they call her Muffin … is diabetic and almost out of insulin. Audrey is out of work, has no insurance, and no money to pay for Muffin’s insulin. Jeff’s wife died last month of Covid and he is struggling to raise their three children without her after losing his job because he missed so much time at work during her illness. He holds in his hand an eviction notice because he doesn’t have money to pay the rent. Robert, once a proud man with a job, a home, and a family now lives under a highway overpass, his few possessions…
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