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Originally Posted by donquixote99
It's easy to question the 'false pride' in not taking the clothes, but pride is worth everything when you're struggling. It's what keeps you going.
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Yes. And us boys knew that dad was doing his best. It was real hard getting hired but he finally found work and things slowly got better. He bought a woodstove, and had enough money to drive to a place to wash and dry clothes. That was worth alot to us. I learned to run a chainsaw at age 12 and my job was keeping wood cut and carried out of the woods one trip at a time with a wheel barrow. And I didn't mind it one bit because I knew I wouldn't be cold.