“Well, if you don’t have anything, then you can’t bring anything.” The woman smiled. Larraine looked confused. “But will I still get my benefits?” “That’s why you have to come in for the appointment….I can give you a food pantry referral. Would you like to go to the food pantry?” Larraine took an escalator downstairs to the food pantry, walking out with two grocery bags filled with canned beef and kidney beans and other things she hated. Sometimes, family members who didn’t know any better would ask Larraine why she didn’t just call to schedule her appointments. Larraine would laugh and ask,
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