{"id":788,"date":"2018-02-17T00:37:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T00:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidmeals.gllzc0ys-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=788"},"modified":"2025-07-09T13:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:51:40","slug":"bio-of-a-kids-meals-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsmealsinc.org\/fa\/bio-of-a-kids-meals-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio of a Kids\u2019 Meals Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji';\">Written by Senora De la Pena<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-when field-type-datetime field-label-inline clearfix\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWell, you don\u2019t understand because you\u2019ve never been at a point when you are barely scraping by. You have never been worried about losing everything. That is why I am grateful. When I didn\u2019t have anything, Kids\u2019 Meals came by like a ray of sunshine. This shows me that God never abandons anyone.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI have been in the program for two years, ever since I moved from Missouri.\u00a0 I had to leave everything behind and move here where we didn\u2019t know anyone.\u00a0 Someone in my neighborhood told me about Kids\u2019 Meals after she found out that I was going through a difficult time.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know that Houston offered this much help.\u00a0 She told me about this program, with a van that stops by every day with lunches for your children.\u00a0 Any money that my husband was making with several jobs was going just towards rent.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t have money to eat or any help from government, like food stamps.\u00a0 When I first heard about Kids\u2019 Meals it was a great help because I knew I would have food for my children to eat.\u00a0 I knew my older kids would have a meal at school, but what worried me is that there wouldn\u2019t be a meal to eat for my children at home.\u00a0 When I received the sandwiches, I tried my best to add whatever extra food I had, like lettuce.<\/p>\n<p>When he wasn\u2019t at a job, my husband would look through the trash for cans to sell to recycle. 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