My mother, Mysti, died while living on Section 8 and relying on food stamps. A result of generational poverty.
But if you only hear that sentence, you miss the most important part of the story.
My mother fought every day as a single mother to give her children a better life. She drove big rig trucks. She worked whatever jobs she could find. She had a criminal background. However, she shielded us from the worst parts of poverty whenever she could. It made her a powerful