I Would Have Starved Without the Food Bank
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Canadian Acts of Kindness
By Jennifer Bly

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
~W.T. Purkiser

I stood there shocked. It was the day after my roommates and I had thrown a huge party. I had just opened the cupboards and realized that we had no food left.

When I first moved out on my own there was a tremendous amount of adjustment time. I was young, foolish and kept bad company. To make matters worse, I didn’t know how to budget, I had bills to pay, I had to finish my schooling, and I couldn’t find a job better than a counter attendant/bakery assistant at a donut shop. I worked graveyard shifts for over a year at the wage of $6.10/hour and I did this while attending high school. How I did it, I really don’t know. Those were not the best times in my life. (Keep reading)