How I woke Up Homeless

  During a conversation with a friend of mine, I had an idea, his family needed shelter and I had a mobile home empty that no one was living in so I suggested he move his family to Louisiana and they could live rent free, untill they could get on their feet. He said "are you sure" I said "yes, it`s empty no problem, it`s settled bring your family."

  Later on in the week I`m talking to my oldest daughter and I tell her of the arrangement I`ve made with my friends. Mom, you know I`m moving in the trailor she said. "You asked me 8 months ago if you could move in and I said yes, and you haven`t even brought it up in conversation again". Well you said I can move in and I`m moving in today. The conversation was getting heated so I left it at that. Sure enough I saw my daughter and several of her friends moving things into the trailor, that very evening.

  I called my other daughter, the youngest, and tell her about everything thats going on. I explained that I didn`t want to let my older daughter or my friends down. " You know I`ve wanted to go stay in Denver for a while, those brothers of mine have been asking me for years to move up there maybe now would be a good oppertunity for me to do that, I`ll just tell my friends they can stay in my house instead of the trailor, I only have one problem, I`m going to need a place to stay for a few days until I get all the arrangements made." My daughter assured me that would be no problem, I could stay with her and her husband in their condo as long as I needed. I also talked to a couple of my girl friends and one of my sister in laws about my concerns and they all said if I needed a place to lay my head I was welcome at their place.  With all the reassurances, I wouldn`t have any trouble having a place to stay.

  My oldest daughter moved in the trailor and I started packing up my stuff. A week into my packing I developed a infection in my lungs ( I had just stopped smoking ) It had me ill for about a week, then I was good all of about 3 days and got a relaspe, it put me in bed for another week. My friends come in from out of town. They do their best to finish my packing and child proofing my home. In the meantime my car breaks down, I have two, but I had already promised the use of one to my friends that are now occupying my home. I do my best to get well, get the car fixed and get myself moved out of my house and my travel arrangements made. I end up staying with my oldest daughter in the trailor for a few days, she has indoor pets, everything is in disarray, she has company all hours and I`m getting sicker every minute I stay there. The car is fixed, I`m over the lung infection, now I have developed eye allergies and infection in my left eye, I call my other daughter and tell her that I desperately need her to come get me because I can`t drive and I need to get out of the enviroment that I`m in, if I have any hope of living. To my surprise she started making excuses, why she couldn`t come get me. I told her I`d get her sister to drop me off before she went to work, eventually she came out right and said mom you can`t stay here. Ok, so I get on the phone I call my girlfriends, one is out of town and the other is babysitting her great grandbaby, my brother and sister in law is in South Dakota for the Sturgis bike rally, I start getting worried.

  My closest cousin lives in Arkansas, she and her husband drove to Louisiana and picked me up, they drove me and my car back to Arkansas and told me not to worry about anything but getting myself well right now. It`s really beautiful here, quite to. I visit often and may one day move here. I love the country and simple living here. I hope I never get myself into this kind of situation again, I never imagined I would wake up and find myself homeless.