Luckily I never shared hand-me-downs within the immediate family because my only sibling was my sister that was 13 years older than me! But I did have cousins close to my age and wore hand-me-downs from them. I also remember a number of times shoe life was extended with cardboard insoles so I didn't wear out socks because of the holes in the bottom of our shoes. Although I didn't fully realize it at the time, there were some very lean years after my dad unexpectedly died when I was 7 years old.
