I am, by default, a healthy eater. I limit processed food, eat fresh ingredients, all of that. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
My life as a mother had been one of skipping meals, always saving the 'good' food, like fresh fruit, for the kids… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I, for the most part, subsist on very little, high-quality, dense-in-nutrition food. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Many of my single mom friends and I had a fear of appearing poor, especially when we bought groceries with food stamps,… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I go through phases where all I want to eat are mashed potato patties with fried eggs, or pasta with meat sauce. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I would never want people to point at me and say, 'Well, she got herself off of food stamps, so anybody can… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
When I saw the letter of acceptance for Snap - the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, popularly known as food stamps - it… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Most people don't see themselves as sitting on that bottom rung as a defense mechanism. The more they blame poor people for… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I think there's a huge gap between no longer qualifying for benefits and being able to afford a life without benefits. When… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Hunger changes you. As your body begins to claw at you, your stomach churning in anger, every person who shares a photo… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Struggling to take care of my daughter on my own, I needed whatever government assistance I qualified for - a few hundred… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I expected college to feel like a major accomplishment. I walked across the stage, eight months pregnant with my almost seven-year-old daughter watching in… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
I signed my first book contract without paying much attention to what it said. I didn't know at the time that the book would… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
My family, for generations, has struggled through the effects of working blue-collar jobs long past the age of retirement. — Stephanie Land Copy Share
I've seen, and experienced, the anxiety of not being able to find work for months on end. — Stephanie Land Copy Share
Remember The Nothing? It was a gigantic, black storm from 'The Neverending Story' that fed on fear and doubt and sadness and hate and… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
There is no planning in a life of fighting to keep a roof over your head. It's pure survival. — Stephanie Land Copy Share
We need leaders who are able to vividly remember how it feels to experience hardship, trauma and pain, who make us feel less alone. — Stephanie Land Copy Share
I see my self-identity in the same way I see most things: a list, in greatest to least importance. I've found I can't use… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
As a mom raising two kids on my own, my life requires a certain kind of constant juggling that is hard to keep on… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
Tinder makes it obvious that I'm not alone in being single and that there are plenty of single parents looking for a partner. A… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
If you work a job outside of the hours a daycare that accepts government grants operates, if you are self-employed or you take classes… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
The small things that make Christmas magical are the things children will remember. It doesn't matter what they open on Christmas morning, I don't… — Stephanie Land Copy Share
We need to look marginalized people in our community in the eye and listen to their stories of struggle, heartache and impossibility. — Stephanie Land Copy Share
