Mary Ellen Hulburt

Challenges with Nothing

Moving myself and my children into an unknown town and unknown surroundings can make things difficult, but to move into a dwelling that would surely be unfit for any family was not my idea of a good time. Electric went out every time it stormed, tornadoes went overhead like butterflies on steroids, and the water stopped running from the well near the dwelling, so hand pump it turned out to be. I realize that this sounds like really unfit surroundings, and believe me when I say that now I would fully agree, but at that time there was no money, and no home to go to. Hopelessness can be a hard thing unless you have experienced it yourself. Its hard to drag yourself out of it.