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Mom went Home to be with Jesus 2 years and 10 months ago. After taking care of her 24/7 for over 13 years, I was lost (I still am in many ways). Grief is something that never really goes away - it never gets better, it only gets different.
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In the first year after Mom passed, I struggled with everything... not having Mom to take care of, not having Mom to laugh with, argue with, watch TV with, talk with and pray with. Not being able to cook for her, do her laundry, make sure she did her treatments and took meds.
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People kept telling me that I needed to learn how to "take care of myself", and that did not help. I struggled and failed at everything I tried. I wrote a book about it and failed at that, too. Against everything in my nature and the way I was raised, I had to ask for help.
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Asking others to help was the hardest thing I've ever done. But, God sent a lot of very kind, generous and wonderful people to rescue me! More than the financial help, they PRAYED for me, and that gave me strength.
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When it became clear to me that the book was a failure, I started looking for a job. I filled out on-line applications, I asked managers of stores if they were hiring... I searched. Again, I failed.
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My age, lack of formal education and limited skills are a detriment. I worked for my Dad most of my life - he was a prototype engineer, but if you asked him, he'd tell you he was a blacksmith. I was his shop helper and parts runner.
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Working for my Dad was awesome! In my spare time I was able to practice writing (my passion). Anyway, last July I found a job - it was the first employment I could find and I took it!
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For the last 3 months, I have been stocking the beverage cooler at the local convenience store/gas station. Along with a few other duties around the store, my main job is to make sure the sodas, teas, water bottles and energy drinks are where the customers can get them.
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It is honorable work. It is hard work. I am old, but blessed to still be able to loft cases of bottles or cans onto a shelf. It is only part-time, so my body has the last half of the day to recover from the first half.
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Last winter, I was beginning to get my life in order and had a little saved up to work toward starting a new website. Then the StupidDamnedVirus hit! Everything got locked down and I had to use my reserves to survive. I was on my way to doing something meaningful!
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In the last several months, there have been many times when I just wanted to give up. Forget about trying to be a better person and forget about trying to keep going on this tilted orb.
But people never stopped praying for me, and those prayers have given me strength.
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Now, I am beginning to see a few possibilities. I had given up on ever writing again, but maybe there is a way. I don't know, yet, but I am not giving up.
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I am down, but not out. Tired, but not done! There is a glimmer of hope on the horizon, and if I can reach it things will improve. Until then, I keep praying and I keep going.
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In 2016, I held my nose and cast my vote for President Trump. He wasn't who I wanted to hire for the job, but he was the only candidate viable. In the last 4 years he has done remarkable things and last week, I proudly voted for him.
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The anger and hatred spewed by leftist hacks has bounced right off of me. Some people I know and work with seem to get a kick out of trashing our President, but I just say, "The alternative is socialism and that is pure evil." then I walk away from the conversation.
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I am a Christian! I am a Conservative American! I know what hard times are, and I know what good times are - I am old enough to have lived through many of each. But, now we are in very precarious times and we must be willing to stand up and stand together for what is right.
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As I have learned in my personal tribulations, prayer is of utmost importance. The prayers of others gave me strength, how much more would the prayers of all Christian Americans give strength to our Nation? (see 2 Chronicles 7:14) God hears our prayers!

Anyway. There are some really wonderful people out there in the Twitterverse and a few on FB. People I have come to "know" and care for. I pray for them daily and I encourage ALL of you to pray for the United States of America - that God will heal our land.
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If a worthless nobody like me can see the value in our President's time in office and the hope in a second term, surely there are many others. So, let us pray for our President and his family - to be protected and to be strong in the fight against the evil that has invaded.
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Also, let's all pray for each other! Pray for wisdom to know what to do, strength to do it and courage to see it through. May God bless us all as He blesses our President and our nation.
Complacency is not an option.
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P.S. Thank you to all of you who have prayed for me and encouraged me. I thank God for you every day.

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