Fellow greekchatters!
These stories amaze me!
My story: I never had to want for nothing... My folks made it their life's mission to make sure my brother and I had all we desired. While growing up, as a teen, my father provided me with things where I had to tell him to STOP! He still tries to provide me with "gifts"--these gifts are like a "Trojan horse"
However, my mother did grow up very poor. Outhouses, no way of warmth in the winter. Only had an icebox after she left the house. Sometime starved. So, she taught me how to maintain and keep the toys and things that I was given. Because she had older sisters and brothers, they did things for her so that she could get an education. She got an college degree at a time that she should not have been anything. And she made sure that my brother and I would not suffer the pangs of poverty.
That is the one thing I admire about my folks, then did not forget their roots. My father's dental office is in a very poor area town. He actually barters for dental work.
However, please refrain for asking for his assistance... My mother, retired as a principal of an inner city elementary school. She made sure those students in less than favorable homes excelled in their education while she worked at that school.
As a result, I serve those who are less fortunate than me. I strongly believe that through Church and my Sorority. I think it sucks when those who actually have been given an abundant life do not step up and make things happen. Even if it is spending time with the elderly to tutoring students, no matter, there is no excuse when God had given one plenty to hoard it all for himself or herself...