Interesting perspectives!

....the creativity of managing resources. My father used to say that he would die if he had to become poor, because he had no clue how to do it, and yet many of the local 'colored' people lived well with much, much less than what we had. He was secure enough in himself as a white man and true blue-blood to admire it, and allow me to admire it.”

Sgt. Trent thought about that for a long time … no, he had never known he was poor in the Trent household until he had grown up, and that was a common occurrence in Lofton County.

It seems we tend to believe, growing up, that other families suffer the same problems and enjoy the same blessings we do. Then we get out more and see the world, and what an eye opener it can be!