Today's Beacon had a front page story about residents in Summit County losing their welfare benefits. Very sad stories, but the first story opened with a quote that has stuck with me all day.
“I had a job at McDonald’s for five years. I had a car. I was doing good,” she said. “But the day before my maternity leave was up, my car was stolen and it was totaled. I had no way to get to work, so I lost my job.”
Such a razor sharp line between doing good and collapse. Such a diminished sense of what doing good looks like. Maybe I am being insensitive, but that is what struck me and I can't shake it.
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