I spent my life doing what I had to do to leave the shelter." I went to school and I did what I had to do. "I told myself one day I will leave my situation. Although she felt like her "education was delayed by constantly moving," Saunders was able to use her experience and talents to gain scholarships to assure that for the next four years, she has a place to call home. My mom made it hard for me to make friends or have an education." Saunders knew that her only hope would be getting into college. "My mom is abusive because she was severely abused in her life. For Alyssa Saunders, it was a combination of all three, specifically her mother's mental instability. They become displaced due to familial, residential or financial instability. Homeless youths face sexual and physical abuse, addiction or neglect.
Homeless youths often leave their homes due to emotionally or physically unsafe homes. She can finally sleep certain of where she will lay her head the next day.Īccording to the National Center for Housing and Child Welfare, five to seven percent of American youth face homelessness. Living in her college dormitory provides a serenity that has been foreign to her since birth. Being a freshman in college is a completely new and exciting experience for reasons other than independence or freedom.
#NOSTALGIA DISCONTINUED 90S SNACKS CRACKER#
Whether you tried to see how high you could pile the cheese whiz on your cracker or you spent your time making little cheese cracker sandwiches for your whole family – this snack was awesome.From birth, Alyssa Saunders and her family of five moved from shelter to shelter. If your parents let you have ritz crackers and cheese whiz in the car, you were one of the lucky ones! This snack combo was delicious, filling, and could keep you entertained for hours. Sometimes hard as a rock, sometimes covered in grease, and sometimes hours old… but few road trip snacks could beat that slice of gas station pizza! Every 90’s kid knows that even when pizza is bad, it’s still good. A pack of candy cigarettes could keep a kid entertained on even the longest road trip! 9. You can still purchase them today, although they are harder to find. My… how times have changed! Candy cigarettes are one of the wildest candies to ever exist, simply for the fact that they had young children pretending to smoke. Whether you opted for the tangy taste or the sweet taste, Sunny D was an excellent road trip refreshment and had all 90’s kids dreaming about that coastal life. Sunny D is a quintessential 90’s kid drink – and there were even 2 flavors to choose from: Florida or California. Sunny D: the best tasting orange juice that your parents thought was healthy that was actually nothing like orange juice at all. These soft, sugary pies were definitely never a health food – but likely because of the oatmeal, moms sure seemed to think so!Ī post shared by Cassandra Lee 7.
Oatmeal creme pies… you either love them or you hate them, but one thing is for certain: if you’re a 90’s kid, you definitely had them. Little Debbie Oatmeal Pie (That mom thought was healthy) Of course, everyone knows the best flavor was pepperoni pizza! 6. CombosĪ perfect solution to a 90’s road trip snack attack: Combos! Combos combined either a cracker or a pretzel with a filling of… stuff? A flavored filling ranging from cheddar cheese, to salsa, to pizza. Even though they were discontinued for years, you can now score them for a limited time. Planters cheese balls were not only fun to eat – they were fun to throw at your siblings too! Addictive and cheesy, cheese balls were one of the best snacks of the ’90s. Whether it was baby carrots or celery and peanut butter… no thanks! But, if your experience was anything like mine, this line might be familiar: “You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit.” Now, eat your veggies! 4. The most boring road trip snack of all time… veggies mom brought from home.
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