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A Couch Is Not A Home
15 years ago
I went with my non-biological brother’s wife (which, I suppose, makes her my non-bio sister-in-law) to the welfare office on November 22. Currently, she and her daughter are homeless. I’m sure you’re asking yourself why she and her daughter are if my non-bio brother isn’t. That’s a long story better left for him to tell. Just suffice to say he’s been stiffed by the authorities and now he and his wife are paying for it.
In the long and short of it, they have to have two house-holds until his 'durpdurp' councilor gets off his special-ed ass (no offense to anyone who -is- handicapped) and writes the paperwork he’s supposed to do. Due to this, she and her daughter are currently homeless because they can’t afford to keep two house-holds.
Anyway, I went with her so she didn’t have to go by herself. She’s got a job cleaning hotel rooms and her daughter goes to school two towns over. Maybe three or four, in all reality. I’m not entirely sure. She was late by 3 minutes on the 22nd, by the way.
At the welfare office, we were informed that she makes too much money by $200 to get cash assistance. Mind you, I did say she’s homeless. She’s been sleeping on my couch for the past… few weeks. I couldn’t see them sleeping in their car.
Speaking of car, their insurance ran out on the 19th because it’s 3 months over-due. Why? Because she can’t pay for it. They said they’d do a deferment on that, though. Bully for them (which they have yet to do).
Then, about a week ago, we had ice on the roads and she was on her way to work. She got into an accident and pretty much totaled her car, so now she doesn't even have that.
She gets food stamps (which they're screwing around with now), so they’re not starving, but that doesn’t really help when they don’t have a roof over their heads. She also has to see a mental health counselor because she suffers from depression. Hmm… Can’t imagine why.
And now they've taken her daughter away due to the fact that she has no stable home. My husband and I are willing to do the renovations to our storage room that need to be done to turn it into another bedroom, but we don't have the money to do so. As it is, we're having a hard time keeping afloat.
What I'm asking of you is to order a stuffed star from me for $10 (including shipping) each. The star will be made either by me, or by my sister-in-law. The money will go to help fix our home to give her a stable place to live, and by doing so allowing her to get her daughter back.
The pattern on, and of, the material used will be randomly chosen, so your star design will be a surprise!
I can accept Paypal and money orders. If you want to send cash through the mail, that's on you. We have no control over whether or not it will make it to us or not. I'm willing to ship internationally as well.
If you're able to help, and want a star, send me a note!
If you're unable to help monetarily, re-posting this is also a -huge- help!
In the long and short of it, they have to have two house-holds until his 'durpdurp' councilor gets off his special-ed ass (no offense to anyone who -is- handicapped) and writes the paperwork he’s supposed to do. Due to this, she and her daughter are currently homeless because they can’t afford to keep two house-holds.
Anyway, I went with her so she didn’t have to go by herself. She’s got a job cleaning hotel rooms and her daughter goes to school two towns over. Maybe three or four, in all reality. I’m not entirely sure. She was late by 3 minutes on the 22nd, by the way.
At the welfare office, we were informed that she makes too much money by $200 to get cash assistance. Mind you, I did say she’s homeless. She’s been sleeping on my couch for the past… few weeks. I couldn’t see them sleeping in their car.
Speaking of car, their insurance ran out on the 19th because it’s 3 months over-due. Why? Because she can’t pay for it. They said they’d do a deferment on that, though. Bully for them (which they have yet to do).
Then, about a week ago, we had ice on the roads and she was on her way to work. She got into an accident and pretty much totaled her car, so now she doesn't even have that.
She gets food stamps (which they're screwing around with now), so they’re not starving, but that doesn’t really help when they don’t have a roof over their heads. She also has to see a mental health counselor because she suffers from depression. Hmm… Can’t imagine why.
And now they've taken her daughter away due to the fact that she has no stable home. My husband and I are willing to do the renovations to our storage room that need to be done to turn it into another bedroom, but we don't have the money to do so. As it is, we're having a hard time keeping afloat.
What I'm asking of you is to order a stuffed star from me for $10 (including shipping) each. The star will be made either by me, or by my sister-in-law. The money will go to help fix our home to give her a stable place to live, and by doing so allowing her to get her daughter back.
The pattern on, and of, the material used will be randomly chosen, so your star design will be a surprise!
I can accept Paypal and money orders. If you want to send cash through the mail, that's on you. We have no control over whether or not it will make it to us or not. I'm willing to ship internationally as well.
If you're able to help, and want a star, send me a note!
If you're unable to help monetarily, re-posting this is also a -huge- help!
