“Going to play with the kids. Leaving my phone at the house.”. Lee texted that July 18, 2019. It’s such an ordinary text. His beautifully ordinary last words to me. A freak accident. Those happen to other people, not you. Until they do. ___.Our story.

One girl moves into her dorm in six days and the other in seven. (And I'm still looking for a job, but that's a different post for a different day. ). If you want to help with anything on their wishlist for college, here it is: Thank you!.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner was swimming with his eight year old daughter when he died. (A surfer was able to save her.). The similarities hurt. (Three of our kids were in the water with Lee.).

Can you help my daughters get off to strong starts at college? Both Jocie and Patience are freshmen this year!.

I had a job interview today, and I think it went well. It's *terrifying* being a single mom of six without a job. To help with that terror, please consider giving:

I'm so discouraged by our government representatives in the House and Senate. Tax cuts for billionaires aren't more important than Medicaid and SNAP and other benefits for the most vulnerable among us.

Today in church, we talked about the practice of gratitude, because we're not always grateful on our own. And right now? It's hard to be grateful and unemployed, with large medical bills looming. Thank you for your help that keeps us grateful.

The lies behind the fallacy that vaccines cause autism, by @ShannonDingle

RT @nckhui: I’m not sure what’s sadder. The person’s racist remarks, that 3 people liked his reply or that the person couldn’t figure out I….

Here's the question for Republicans right now: ."Can you explain to me how the $800billion in mandatory spending cuts asked of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which controls Medicaid, will be possible without cuts to Medicaid?". The math doesn't work unless Medicaid is cut.

I want to share my new job with you, the one I started TODAY. But I need to know we have enough money to make it to the end of the month. I hate having to ask. It feels like failure, which is hard to hold alongside celebration for a new job. PLEASE y'all.

Once I have enough to pay for what we need to get to my first paycheck, then is when I’ll stop asking for money, Delia. Friends, we just need a few thousand dollars (mortgage. bills.) to get there. Please. Help one last time?.

This is the face of someone who has accepted a job offer for the perfect position for me. I. Have. A. Job. 🎉 🎉🎉. Or I will, once I start on February 17th. So my last ask… help us make it to my first paycheck, if you can. And then? We celebrate. 🎉 .

RT @JamesMartinSJ: In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that help….

I was being considered for several federal positions, including this grant position for the Dept of Energy. Trump’s hiring freeze is hurting people like me and making the government less efficient . (If you’d like to help us through my unemployment,: )

Except you know your policy is to back your items for 30 days and then ignore customers after that. It looks like good customer service to reply like this, but you’re just performing and not actually doing anything.

Heads up: Don't order from @Wayfair. We have a couch that's two years old that's literally falling apart and almost unusable, but even in those circumstances, they won't stand by the product. On top of everything else, this is disheartening. I know it's just a couch. But still.

I’m hoping, praying, pleading that this will be the last month I need to ask for help. A few job offers look likely. I’m tired, y’all.

They say “raise up a child in the way he should go,” but it’s not a promise. Sometimes you might tell a child to put a few books on a shelf, and they do this. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I’m unemployed. Still. I am in the interview process for 4 places. But a start won’t come until January. We won’t have enough this month. And? I have 2 hand surgeries in Dec, & we’re talking about spine surgery. Please God, let this be the last month.

Here’s the Amazon wishlist many of y’all asked us to make and share, as I’m still unemployed. To those who have already given generously, thank you for your beauty and kindness in this dark season for us.