Tag: homelessness
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May 17, 2009 06:47 PM EDT --
There's an older guy who hangs out at the shopping center with a cardboard sign. His sign says,
Help the Homeless
Please buy a paper
$1 or donation
In the pocket of his . . .
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July 28, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
My friend, Lyn, who has been homeless for a few months called me yesterday from West Virginia. She's been living in a tent up in the hills, hiding in the forest. Her parents died in a car accident . . .
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September 20, 2008 04:09 PM EDT --
It's been quite a while since I wrote about my friend, Lyn, and her new homeless lifestyle. So much has happened in just a few months. She has had 3 operations for kidney stones at a hospital in West . . .
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January 09, 2009 01:27 PM EST --
My job is so interesting and I really enjoy it. I love helping people, knowing that I am making a difference in their lives.
I work in a maternity home. Most of the clients are between . . .
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April 24, 2009 11:40 AM EDT --
First of all, I want to apologize for not being able to comment on everyone's work for the past few days. I have had no computer access since our internet was down at my job. I plan on . . .
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February 11, 2009 08:57 AM EST --
As I listened to President Obama's town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Florida I wasn't prepared for the comments by a homeless woman named Henrietta . . .
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July 09, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
Myth: Establishing services for homeless people will cause homeless people from all around to migrate to a city.
Fact: Homeless people who move to new areas do so because they are searching for work, . . .
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November 06, 2007 02:31 PM EST --
Nobody knows how a homeless person feels exept another person in the same situation. I've been on both sides of the coin. I've had and lost money. What I've found is it's better to be . . .
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July 09, 2009 11:09 AM EDT --
Jesse turned thirty, yesterday. A year ago, it was hard to believe that he was twenty-nine, but thirty wasn’t so hard. We have both aged so much in this past year that it’s hard to . . .
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December 04, 2006 10:36 AM EST --
I made a new friend the other day.
I had walked to the drugstore. I always walk, if I can avoid driving. I don't like to give my money to the oil companies and I can use the exercise. . . .
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May 23, 2008 03:28 AM EDT --
I sometimes watch Seventh Heaven. When it was in it's original run, there were many episodes that I missed. If you missed one, a lot of things happened. If you watched everyone, it was the same old . . .
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June 04, 2008 10:02 AM EDT --
This is one of the first items I published on Gather.
My friend has been in the process of becoming homeless since March. That's when she was evicted from her home of 13 years. She was supposed . . .
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June 25, 2008 11:30 AM EDT --
Wonderful news! Since I wrote this article this morning, I've heard from my friend. She left a voice message and a phone number and I've been able to leave her a message. There must be some magic . . .
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September 05, 2008 04:29 PM EDT --
Red Light
I hit the power locks on the door with my elbow. All four responded with a reassuring thunk.
"Mom, that's so rude!" Even my husband gives me funny looks when . . .
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May 27, 2009 03:06 PM EDT --
So many things are happening around me. Some things good, some less good.
Some are downright terrifying.
I keep getting up in the morning, and I keep fighting the fight, but from . . .
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June 13, 2009 11:00 AM EDT --
Where to begin…
With the frustration of my son and his struggles, which have so deeply impacted my life and my marriage..?
With the might-have-been-a-catastrophe accident my husband . . .
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June 26, 2009 10:11 PM EDT --
After a horrible two days of airport delays, Jesse has arrived in Montana. He called forty-five minutes ago, to let me know he had arrived safely. He left Orlando at 10:42 a.m. yesterday, so it was nearly . . .
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May 21, 2006 10:08 AM EDT --
He stands on the corner,
holding up a sign;
"I will work for food,"
is the only design;
Busy people stop,
but look the other way;
"He is just a panhandler,
it's probably . . .
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January 05, 2008 08:45 PM EST --
Yesterday Northern California experienced a wild wet winter storm. Barreling straight out off the Pacific Ocean it brought over 3 inches of rain and winds that topped 65 mph in Sacramento. The news . . .
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January 24, 2009 10:31 PM EST --
Cold and Wet
The hardest nights are
the ones that are cold and wet.
The cold alone is bad,
but bearable.
Your joints ache and stiffen . . .
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