The first of August my bucket finally went empty! I couldn't pay my rent nor could I pay the light bill that was due! I went through a huge change. Never have I ever been homeless, nor did I think I would be if I had to move out of my apartment. So I had a number of places I just KNEW I could go. I mean, I've always been a person to help an individual out. I've always done my best to give when I had it, not expecting anything in return. My health is failing, I can't work, and I still haven't been able to get SSI and Disability. This 18 month wait was beginning to be just that. So the Ex and I agreed to let the boys stay with him. I would keep the child support, but help out with groceries since I got food stamps. I knew I would be able to get them from him for school and back. So that's what we did. My youngest sister said I could come and stay with them for a while, but my second to the youngest sister was there too. Well I get there, and then am told that I could only be there for two weeks. Two weeks? Yep! Ok. So two weeks came and I still had nowhere to go so I ended up sleeping in my car for a night.
It was the worst feeling EVER!!! I could barely sleep. I was parked in a parking lot of a Wal Mart. Plenty of light, but I couldn't sleep. My legs got really swollen because of the Congestive Heart Failure. It was a mess. So I ended up at a friend's house. Someone I've known and had a close friendship with for over 15yrs. But I couldn't stay there for long, because she was a Foster Parent and I didn't want her to lose her license. Then Hurricane Harvey hit! If I hadn't gotten evicted from that apartment and stayed there I would have lost everything! The entire complex was flooded up to the second floors. I would have lost all belongings including my car. So maybe being evicted wasn't the worst thing?
I then reached out to acquaintances in a Facebook group I belonged to. There I met someone, who knew someone, who knew someone that had a boarding home. So after the flooding went down and things started to get back to normal as they could I had somewhere to lay my head. This person never asked me for any money, nothing. I had a room to myself. There's three rooms in the house. The other rooms were occupied by an older white woman and an older black man. They both I believe are in their eighties. I've been here for almost two months now. Not where I want to be, but thank Heavenly Father it's not on the streets!!!
I now have a roommate. The little old white lady had left, but has since returned. Today is the second day we've shared a room. Again it hasn't been bad and I won't complain not one bit. I had planned to be in my own spot by October 1st, but that deadline has since passed. I won't let it get me down though. I've seen people lose their mind over the situation I'm in, so I consider myself very and extremely lucky. I'm grateful I shall say. I have to remind myself that God is intentional, and He's working it out for me!
This month that 16yr tight friendship I had came to an end. Why? I have no earthly idea! I didn't do anything to this person. They had been acting very ugly to me over the past three weeks and talked to me real rudely one day. I tried to talk to them about it and they said "I don't care", about it to someone else. So I respectfully walked away. I've got too much going on in my life to worry about why someone is treating me so wrong when I know I've done nothing to them. I believe that person thinks that they're the only person I've got to fall back on. Well, I'm not sorry to say that that can be so far from the truth. I've had people from other states blessing me out of nowhere. He will make a way. I just have to remain strong and prayerful.
I've encountered quite a bit of opportunities of the late. Hopefully this is a sign that things are about to change for me. So I'll stay committed and strong towards the goals I've set out and the things I've got planned. I did get paperwork that my courtdate will be scheduled soon for my SSI. Yessss!!! God knows I've been diligent and patiently waiting!
Ok. Well I must get some rest. I have to get up early in the morning and go get my boys and get them started on their day!!
Here's a little something I'll leave you with and don't forget to check out my website!!
http://mochahighness.weebly.com/
https://youtu.be/L3wKzyIN1yk
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