My full name is
Marva-Lynne Jeanine
Nunu Walker-Evans.
Typical day is serving
other people,
like my grandkids,
you know,
going to help my daughter.
Wherever the need is, if
I can do it...
It's what I do.
I'm on a limited income,
$900, little over $900 a month.
I had a lot of struggles and barriers with affording food.
I would beat myself up when
I would watch people in stores,
when they could just go buy
what they wanted and not trip
because I couldn't do it.
And I was dealing with food banks but the food banks--
there'd be a lot of food and
I'm so picky that I didn't eat.
It impacted my health,
my well-being,
and then I deal with
my grandkids a lot.
So then, it impacted them.
I was down to 95 pounds
and I was terrified that,
you know,
I didn't want to keep
living like that.
So I made a goal that I would get off going to the food banks
but that didn't come about
even though I had the dream
until my Kaiser Permanente
homecare worker told me about
CalFresh food stamps and,
oh, it's just such a blessing.
They give me $200 a month
and I can go to the store.
I can live.
I can go in my refrigerator
and I have stuff in there
that I eat,
stuff that I want, instead of stuff that other people give me
and think
I should be happy with.
My health has improved
the last couple of months.
I put on weight because
I've been eating healthier
and eating better
and eating more often.
I'm better all the way around.
I'm in seventh heaven.
It's like a new beginning,
a new start.
It's like, I can't wait to
see where my place is in life.
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