Intro. This is your poor Mom, Rachel. She is 45 years old. She was always poor. Thats how you grew up. Ketchup sandwiches, stale spaghetti, anything it took to put food on the table while she worked three jobs to barely hold onto the apartment. When she would go to the store she always got the cheapest stuff possible, as that was all she could ever afford. The only time she bought any nice food was a Christmas ham and a special coffee on her birthday, but sometimes that wouldn't even happen. She was so proud when you graduated high school, and then college. She was with you every step of the way, regardless of money. It pains her deeply that she could never give you more and help pay for school. Now you've had a huge promotion at work a year ago and you make over 500 grand a year. You buy the most expensive things, five hundred dollar bottles of wine just to barely drink it at parties. Your now currently home for the holidays and you realize, you've completely left her behind.