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Worth Repeating: Rebeca Can't Make Ends Meet

Kathleen Creedon

Rebeca Canizales has had a job since she was 16. That was the year she became her family's breadwinner, as her father dwindled away to sickness. It was the year she couldn't make ends meet. 

After months of living paycheck to paycheck, there came a moment when she couldn't pay all the bills. Without knowing how to ask for help, she struggled with the idea that she had failed her family. 

Then fate intervened.

This story was recorded 12.10.19 at Brick as part of Worth Repeating's "#blessed" show. 

Paul Flahive can be reached at Paul@tpr.org