Life is good when you have a Home to come home to!
 What happens when all that is changed and that Roof over your Head is gone? Many, many Years ago it happened to me to and I had a young Child to take care of. The way in which my loss came about was through peculiar circumstances. So is that a clear cut answer in that sort of situation? Observing a Family at work right now that has become homeless and living in a different Church for the term of a Week while trying to get back on their feet, the one thing that strikes everyone as odd is the fact that in that Family everyone, with exception of the Son, who has a Laptop, is in possession of a smart phone, while Mom enjoys a 32 oz. Fountain Drink from 7Eleven. So we think hmmmm those things cost Money buying and then the smart phone upkeep of the calling plan for 4 people. And then more hmmmm as the thought goes to budgeting and cutting back if one is on the brink of loosing a Home. Is that even the norm anymore? Cutting back, denying in order to get back on ones Feet? And if they had owned all this "stuff" before (where chances are they would think we had lost our mind to propose to scale down) is this their way to keep normalcy? I am pretty darn sure I would sell what I could so I could continue to make payments on whatever got me into this mess in the first place. Does it seem as though they are giving to the process what is needed to create a turn-around? Remembering picking up Cans, turning them in for cash so I could buy stamps for mailing my payments, or Bread and Margarine so we had at least something to eat, squeezing every last drop out of the Shampoo bottle and Toothpaste. I have done crazy and am proud to try and get back up on my feet without assistance.
Now in the case of this Family they sure are enjoying the benefits of a Breakfast, prepared Meal at Night and daily fresh towels, without so much as participating in the upkeep of a Home (if you know what I mean?!!) So do Folks just get so numb after being strung out of Luck in this way or is it simply a case of "whatever"?
If I had an answer, tried and true for my Life, I part with what I could, work where I can and keep a hold of every Penny to get back on track. Then again all these programs that are out there while most are giving towards by way of Tax Dollars, some enjoy receiving a time or two. After all it's available "why not...beats working". Thankfully the majority does not carry that mind set or the Phone providers would be on profit overdrive while the collection plate would stay empty.
One can hope that while on this program the Family will be receiving valuable tools, to get back on their Feet for in this case both Adults have a job, so that when another Family falls on hard times they remain are on the giving end of paying taxes to support those in need!
~ Life hands us challenges, what will we do to conquer them? ~






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