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Tag Archives: poverty
When Do I Tell My Child We’re Poor?
As many know, chronic illness often brings about chronic poverty. My husband and I have been dealing with this since 2008, when I got laid off from work and found myself too sick to look for another position. We qualified … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Birds, Christmas, chronic illness, Emily, Food Bank, Grant, Halloween, Peter Parker. Aunt May, poverty, Santa, Social Worker, Spider-Man, Tyler, WIC
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Forgetting Everything I Knew
I read Expecting Adam as a member of the From Left to Write book club. I was given a free copy of this book. This post is inspired by the book. Welcome to all of my fellow book club members or anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k, bankruptcy, blogger, blogging, Book clubs, Books, career, chronic illness, Chronically Ill, college fund, credit rating, Disability, disabled, Down Syndrome, Expecting Adam, Food Stamps, From Left to Write Book Club, Lupus, Lupus With RA Overlap, Martha Beck, Mental Illness, poverty, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Social Security Disability, special needs children, WIC, writer, writing
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The School Called
Yesterday afternoon I woke up from my nap about half an hour before Tyler gets home from school. Grant was just sitting on the couch. “You better sit down”, he said. I didn’t get my disability, someone has died, are … Continue reading
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Tagged child psychologist, Consumer Advocate, disabilities, disabled, education, Emily, fine motor skills, God, Grant, gross motor skills, kindergarten, OCD, poverty, school, special education, Tourette's Syndrome, Tyler
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Sweating Stuff Big and Small
(After having just a precious 2 days with my beloved laptop, there is a problem with the new hard drive they put in, so once again, I must bring it to the shop this weekend, yeah, Happy Fathers Day to … Continue reading
