Heather Ryan, who is working on a memoir about single parenthood, currently writes the blog Terrible Mother for both Open Salon and Offsprung. She also teaches writing at the University of Oregon.

Heather Ryan's Salon stories

Monday, Aug 18, 2008 03:41 PDT

Our cupboard was bare

I had a master's degree. I had a job. But to feed my three children, I had to swallow my pride and go to a soup kitchen.

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