Just read an inspiring article about Liz Murray, author of Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard.
She describes the days when she and her sister were starving.
"We ate ice cubes because it felt like eating. We split a tube of toothpaste between us for dinner."
It is an amazing story of perseverance and she urges people not to "use childhood hardship as an excuse not to take opportunities."
Read full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/26/liz-murray-bronx-harvard
Wow, thank you for that post - and all your posts.
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