Breaking the Cycle: Stories from the edgeThis book is my personal story about the struggles of growing up on welfare.supporting my family,and breaking the cycle of welfare through the faith and support of myself, my friends and my family. with that support I have been able to not only help myself but help others. |
Contents
Dedication | |
Foreword | |
The Early Years | |
The Papa Years | |
The High School Years | |
Senior Year | |
Jumping Around | |
Long Nights at the Bar | |
The Bartending Years | |
Growing Up | |
Women | |
Death of the Matriarch | |
Political Aspirations | |
Comparing Families | |
After Thoughts | |
A Message to Kids | |
Common terms and phrases
adult African American asked Aunt Bee awhile bartender Bill Brockton brother called Cape Cod cereal child clothes cocaine corn flakes couple door drink drive drove drug Eddie Edward Kennedy feeling felt food stamps friends Fruit Loops Gap Band gave girlfriend girls gotten grandmother happen hard husband Hyannis Kellie Kentucky kids knew ladies later learned leave lived looking married Middleboro minutes mom’s months mother move nana Nancy needed never nice Nicky night ofthe older once paint crew Papa parents person pick police remember Rodney Bell Section 8 housing seemed sister someone spend spent started stay story talked taxi tell things thought told took town walked wanted watched week weekend welfare West Yarmouth wife woman wooden spoon