I agree, wisewoman... 'white trash' isn't a term I should use to refer to anyone... let alone myself... I think I'm being funny when I say it, but feel the internal wounding deep inside each time...

And, hi, Malady. I don't see the quote as negatively as it appears. It is out of context.. a character in one of JCO's novels is thinking it right after he has been gunned down on his front porch (or something like that).. as he's dying, he realizes all the stuff he spent so much time worrying about, working on, etc., didn't mean a thing. I guess it tells me not to take all this too seriously...