Reply #41: Never had much. [View All]

Weird dichotomy though because my parents were very educated (dad's a lawyer, mom's an RN), but my dad always worked in legal areas relating to human services and advocacy in the public sector and my mom stayed home to care for my brother (multiply disabled) for many years, then they were divorced (we even went through a WIC and food stamps period for awhile). I was exposed to a lot of culture and opportunities though, but we never had much ourselves. Once, I got to see the Bolshoi Ballet perform while wearing a Goodwill dress.

I learned life is about more things than money, yet people with money never intimidated me, nor did I ever see anyone as inferior or superior based on that factor. It's just a "thing" or a "tool", not something defining more important things.