By: Elise O
Texas, Grade: 6

Every day i pray that things will only get better...but they don't. My heart is weighing heavy in my chest . I cook,clean,and work. This is to much for me to endure all at one time, on top of that my mom was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. As soon as i heard the news all i could do is break down and cry. I have come this far in my life and it goes in a downwards spiral. Not alot of water is coming in grape season is coming up and we all have to be ready. but we are in a major drought and we havn't had rain in the past year. Weather conditions are unbearable and are impossible to work in but, I cannot afford to loose my job.I have 7 hungry mouths to feed including my grandmother i only hope that we make it and all this will be over, my pay is only 4 coins and hour and i work five how is this possible? It's not but i have to make it work. My depression verses the Great Depression is no comparison. Thousands of homes have been foreclosed and people are left out on the street! Luckily we aren't there...yet