On Being Poor
This touching and hurtful piece is from scalzi.com.
If you have been poor you will recognize a lot of your life in it.
If you have had a blessed enough life to have never been poor, read it. It will give you an idea of the little stuff that makes up the life of the millions and millions of impoverished Americans and maybe remind you why we need to look out for each other to reduce the suffering in this world.