Christmas has rarely been a joyous time for me. I'm estranged from my family, and sometimes I don't have my oldest daughter… — Stephanie Land Children Copy Share Image
For me and other families struggling to make ends meet, paying for child care out of pocket is an impossible task. — Stephanie Land Care Copy Share Image
It shouldn't take a pandemic for us to take notice that millions of people can't afford a single sick day. — Stephanie Land Day Copy Share Image
It was interesting to be in a position where I got to know people through cleaning their houses, but I became disenchanted. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Sometimes you do not see white faces when you think of poverty. That leads to lots of stigmas, systemic racism and all… — Stephanie Land Poverty Copy Share Image
I am, by default, a healthy eater. I limit processed food, eat fresh ingredients, all of that. — Stephanie Land Food Copy Share Image
I'd worn the same Carhartts and hoodies for years, and only bought clothes when the ones I had tore too many holes. — Stephanie Land Clothes Copy Share Image
I, for the most part, subsist on very little, high-quality, dense-in-nutrition food. — Stephanie Land Food Copy Share Image
I see my self-identity in the same way I see most things: a list, in greatest to least importance. I've found I… — Stephanie Land Circles Copy Share Image
I graduated from college in 2014 and started freelance writing. I'd write anything that paid, including filling local events calendars for hourly rates. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I think people are fed up with struggling to make ends meet. It's so easy to find yourself in a position of… — Stephanie Land Americans Copy Share Image
Cleaning companies often pay their employees less than a living wage and offer no sick days or health insurance. My years of… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
As a poor person and someone who now writes extensively about social and economic justice, I've often noticed a lack of a… — Stephanie Land Economic justice Copy Share Image
While I'd been in school, I had a nagging thought that it'd be so much easier to quit all this higher education… — Stephanie Land Education Copy Share Image
Employers don't want to hire single moms with kids, because if the kid's sick then they can't work, and it goes on… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Single parents do not have the luxury of purchasing an abundance of healthy foods for their kids to try. I know this.… — Stephanie Land Abundance Copy Share Image
Over the years, as I lived in low-income housing, collected government assistance, and lived well under the poverty level as I put… — Stephanie Land Government Copy Share Image
I think especially in academia, we are coached to go the route of paying to submit our writing to small publications, like… — Stephanie Land Academia 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 Books Copy Share Image
I have what's known as a 'spirited' child. Mia has run me ragged since she knew how to walk. She'd run across… — Stephanie Land Children Copy Share Image
The poor, and especially poor people of color, don't have the luxury of raising 'free-range' children without risking severe consequences. Parents of… — Stephanie Land Alone Copy Share Image
I'm white. I have privileges as a parent that many others don't. Of not only teaching but expecting my daughter to stand… — Stephanie Land Children Copy Share Image
I'd had boyfriends berate me for not having dinner on the table, calling me lazy for sitting around with the grout in… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
It's unreasonable to expect people who scrape to get by to have emergency savings. — Stephanie Land Emergency Copy Share Image
My family, for generations, has struggled through the effects of working blue-collar jobs long past the age of retirement. — Stephanie Land Age Copy Share Image
If every parent knew that the best way to prevent lice from spreading is by looking for them, cases decrease dramatically. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
My second daughter's birth stopped time. My world lost its momentum in revolving towards goals and dreams. — Stephanie Land Children Copy Share Image
Since Mia, my eldest, was born, we've been through the gamut of shelters, transitional housing and even living in a camper in… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
We need leaders who are able to vividly remember how it feels to experience hardship, trauma and pain, who make us feel… — Stephanie Land Alone Copy Share Image
If parents know how many times others are finding lice on their kids' heads, maybe other parents will not hide their own… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I didn't always handle the stress of raising my kids on little money well. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
If we can at least make sure that our children are taken care of, that will ease the minds of their parents… — Stephanie Land Children Copy Share Image
We don't like to listen to people who are still angry, who are still in poverty, especially people of color. — Stephanie Land Angry Copy Share Image
There is no planning in a life of fighting to keep a roof over your head. It's pure survival. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
As a mom raising two kids on my own, my life requires a certain kind of constant juggling that is hard to… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
As a parent you know you want to provide safe, healthy environments for your children. — Stephanie Land Children Copy Share Image
As a low-income worker, my take-home pay, at best, was about $200 a week. — 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 had a crazy amount of success as a writer, which isn't normal by any means. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Keeping the magic alive can be as simple as going to the mall to sit on Santa's lap or reading special stories… — Stephanie Land Alive Copy Share Image
