How bad things can be

One photo of a bowl of white rice, vegetable salad (lecho), and a cup of black tea from 2022.

It was breakfast.

My brother was still alive then (he had 5 days left until his death). And despite the war and the fact that I was in an unfamiliar country with a few hundred dollars in my pocket, there was still some hope that I would soon be home.

How bad was it? I could only spend $4 a day on food. I only had a small space in the refrigerator for my groceries.

This picture fully demonstrates everything.

Everyone has bad times. But then, when things get even worse... you remember that those times weren't so bad after all.