Those Less Fortunate

Let me preface this with a disclaimer, I'm not trying to be a jerk and I'm not trying to be holier than thou.

Sometimes people get dealt bad hands, not in poker, but in life. Not only do some people get dealt bad hands, but some people often make bad choices that lead to it. The woman in front of me in line at Wal-Mart tonight. She couldn't have been more than 25. She had an infant in the buggy, and paid for her food in 4 transactions of food stamps. I don't know what chances her son has in life of growing up and breaking free of his parents current lifestyles. I stood there in line behind her, and watched as she broke all of her items down so they would be covered by the food stamps. I couldn't help but wonder what life choices she had made to wind up a mother (single mother from what I could gather) and on food stamps.

I've been thinking about it all evening. I cooked dinner, sat at my table, looked around and thought of how fortunate I am.