Facing Adversity

Grande, R. (2012). The Distance Between Us: A Memoir. New York, NY: Washington Square Press. 

Throughout this book, we are opened into the life of poverty from the veryhcorpions crawling on the wall, it pits it in perspective of how blessed we are to be in the situation we are in right now. Reading everything they had to go through really made me think about lucky we are and all the things we take for granted. It's so easy for us to take the small things in life like a shower, coke, candy bar, things like that and just go grab one when we want it. This family had to sacrifice time with their family so that way they could have the absolute necessities. Not only did they have to sacrifice time with each other, but they were faced with discrimination in the classroom and physical abuse when they come home to their father. Being able to have a safe place to sleep when we come home and able to communicate with others without the aid of a translator is truly a blessing that not everyone gets to receive everyday and the seer determination of this family really impacts me.