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#43234 - 09/16/05 06:28 AM
Re: Friends Heal Strangers
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The Divine Ms M
Registered: 07/07/03
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Loc: Orange County, California
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My friend's So Cali church is adopting about 15 families I think. I have a GF who's from New Orleans. I called to see how her family was. Luckily, all family members have been found and are safe. Unfortunately, their houses are completely underwater. I told her to call me if there's anything I can do. My husband joked, half-seriously, that any day now her entire clan will arive on our doorstep!
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#43239 - 09/18/05 06:39 AM
Re: Friends Heal Strangers
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Registered: 08/25/05
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Loc: Ohio
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Smile, I would think being in New Orleans would be just as traumatic as war. I said a prayer to keep him safe and strong.
I heard that a Texas congressman gave his home to an evacuee to use while he and his family are in D.C. When they go home, they stay with his MIL. You have to admire a polititian who puts his words into personal action.
Daisygirl
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#43242 - 09/18/05 07:37 PM
Re: Friends Heal Strangers
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Dotsie, I have considered it, but just last year I had a bad experience with someone who moved in with me for a time. She was a woman I graduated with who was living in a very abusive situation - her husband actually put a gun to her head. So she moved in with me and I did not expect any rent or anything because she didn't have a job. Well, after several months, I realized she wasn't looking for a job and even though I didn't expect any money, I did expect her to at least TRY to stand on her own. But the proverbal straw was when she cut my phone line. My first thought was that Daisy, my Weim, did it, but after a few days it hit me that if a dog would've done it, the cord would've been mangled and the phone would've been on the floor. It was a clean cut on the cord from the wall. I expected her to disfunctional, but not dangerous. I asked her to leave immediately and she went to live with a sister.
Anyway, I didn't mean to change the subject, but I have thought about having a Katrina evacuee live with me, but I think I would feel more comfortable fostering a dog or 2 until the owners could reclaim them. Last year I had 3 different families live with me at different times....another abused wife, the crazy one and my son, his wife, son and 2 boxers. Daisygirl
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