Ryder Spearmann
Aug 28, 2017 · 1 min read

I know it all too well.

I’ve never met anyone that had a more impoverished home than mine.

And… it was no biggie.

What problems are you assuming wrt poverty?

Growing up we had no electricity, no phone, no hot water (we had to heat on a stove). Certainly no TV. No indoor bathroom. No paved road for miles around.

Is all of that a problem?

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