Ziggy
Well-Known Member
Nobody ever said life was gonna be easy.True. In my state I can't work in my industry without submitting, so I left it all behind, my friends, my family, my belongings and a piece of my heart.
Iv had to move interstate in order to work. I'm prepared to loose my job and live like Tarzan if I have to, I will never subordinate myself their demands
I'm facing some interesting times ahead myself.
I'm not worried about it.
My dad gets on my case sometimes about getting a job. And believe me if I could I would.
I've always been a work-a-holic. But health issues got in the way.
I'm on Social Security Disability and because I worked my last husband over the road trucking, I didn't collect a paycheck for 10 years.
Because I'm not 62 I can't collect normal benefits.
So between the two, they allot me $500 a month for expenses and $120 for food.
My dad let me stay on his property when a hurricane wiped out where I lived in Florida.
He pays for the heat and electricity.
He is 87 and lives on Social Security too.
This winter with the price of fuel, I need to move into the shop. About 12 feet wide by maybe 30 feet long.
It's where the waterpump is and a small propane heater.
It will be cheaper heating that one room than the 3 bedroom mobile home I live in now.
So the water is getting turned off to the mobile so the pipes don't freeze.
I tell my dad, let me put the heat in my name so I can get fuel assistance.
Nope.
Now I have 7 cats. They aren't going to all fit in this shop. And I'm not leaving them in the mobile alone to freeze.
So I got me a small electric heater. I'm going to block off one room in the mobile and try to insulate it the best I can.
I have a porta potty and a microwave.
I got plenty of food.
There is no tv or internet connection in the shop. And I'm not sure if my phone will work out there.
So I don't have many choices.
I can't afford to leave. And I can't expect him to try and cover the heating costs this winter.
FJB, Let's Go Brandon.
But I been in similar circumstances, seems all my life sometimes. Always a mountain to climb to get to the next valley.
And I'm still here.
Life aint easy. But I know I'm not in this alone.
And every mountain climbed you get a bit stronger.
I have faith. It's never let me down.
Once upon a time there was no oil, no electricity, no refrigerators, no phones, no cars.
People travelled by horse and carriage across the wilderness facing heat and cold, wild animals and enemies.
And we're here today to tell their stories.
And our children will be here tomorrow to tell ours.
They had faith. And we are the evidence of that faith.
We don't know what living is, we've grown up spoiled.
We're about to find out though.
Just stay strong. Hold on to faith.
If you hold onto the Lord he will hold onto you.
We'll get through this.
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