Wednesday, January 11, 2006
the food pantry
good grief, how to start.....i just don't know. so this will come out all scrambled, i'm sure.
sean picked me up and off we headed. when we got there, there was no place to park. finally found a space and sean did her version of parallel parking. which means that she goes back and forth a lot but somehow doesn't get any closer to the curb.
so we went in and it was packed. and the room wasn't very large. first you have to fill out a form. the most stupid question being why do you want food today? then you get a number and when you're number is called you go into this little back room to this lady with a computer. she asks for ID. asks you a few questions, gives you lots of paperwork and two little slips of paper and then you go back to the crowded room and wait for your number to be called again. when it is, you go up to the counter and the guy (very nice, they all seemed very nice) starts giving you choices. i got a small box and two bags full of food. even got a bag of potatoes. where would i be without my potatoes?
i was ready to leave about five times while we were there. if sean hadn't been with me, i absolutely would have left. and i had all i could do not to cry on the way home, thinking, i used to put cans of food in the little boxes at the grocery store and now look what i've come down to. it was a very humbling experience to say the least. okay, now i'm crying. things weren't supposed to turn out this way...
Posted by Lisa ::
6:43 PM ::
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