Hope, Faith, Inspiration, Courage, Strength

You have to have HOPE to get though your difficult times in life.

FAITH To believe you will make it

You need INSPIRATION to find HOPE, FAITH, COURAGE and STRENGTH

You need COURAGE to deal with what life is throwing at you.

STRENGTH will get you through another day.

We all have these things in ourselves, we just need to find it. You are not alone and as long as you are here you will never be alone. There are people here who will pray for you, who will point you in the right direction and who will stand by your side helping you every step of the way.

There are wonderful people here

Elaine of TSA, Who ~ Knew, Ekikaseven, and Soulight 

are the most helpful and wonderful people. Together we can help you find the assistance you need, pray you have the strength and courage to make it another day, and encourage you to take the steps to help yourself.

I can not help you financially, I can not do what these wonderful people do everyday. But I can help you learn to be more self sufficient, and I can help you find the HOPE, FAITH, INSPIRATION, COURAGE, and STRENGTH that you will need to climb the mountain in front of you.

With Love in my heart,

Lady Christie

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To start learning how to be more self sufficient go to Poorly Living

The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. ~ Author Unknown

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. ~ John Wesley

Empty pockets never held anyone back.  Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.  ~ Norman Vincent Peale

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.  ~ W.C. Fields

The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved. ~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta quotes

You have succeeded in life when all you really want
is only what you really need. 
-   Vernon Howard

Too many people spend money they haven't earned,
to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.
-  Will Rogers

If you want to feel rich,
just count all the things you have
that money can't buy.

He who buys what he does not need steals from himself.
-  Author Unknown

To know you have enough is to be rich.
-  Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching

That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
-   Henry David Thoreau, 1856

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I have looked at the freewebs site helping needy families and I am a bit uneasy about them asking people to pay $2.99 to recieve help. They don't have any information about them that I could see, I don't know but my gut says something doesn't seem right.

Not only that I just read that the $2.99 is said to keep the site up and running. How much does it cost to keep a free website going

I have looked at the freewebs site helping needy families and I am a bit uneasy about them asking people to pay $2.99 to recieve help. They don't have any information about them that I could see, I don't know but my gut says something doesn't seem right.

never mind

there was a space in the address when it was pasted
http://www.freewebs.com/helpin gneedyfamilies/

Thank you for your kind prayers ekikaseven they are always comforting to read. Christie

Ok well my day of course started out bad I had to take my youngest to the hospital because her eye was almost swelled completely shut. Now Yesterday and the day before she had a little rash on her face, and her eye was a little swelled but I said it was an allergic reaction and kept her on benadryl, which sorta kinda worked. From experience I knew not to rush the kids to the doctor right away for a rash because chances are they'll go away. Well this morning her eye looked so terrible and my gut said it's something she came in contact with but my brain said go to the hospital. I did and it was an allergic reaction to something, the only two things we could pinpoint was chickens or poison ivy. But I feel better about that. Now with this whole car thing have I ever said how much I hate echecks, if not I hate echecks. Well this gets me; in Feb. we knew we needed a new egr valve if not we wouldn't pass the echeck so we had it done spent $300 but the problem wasn't fixed. This time we spent $200 or close to it and still didn't fix the problem. Now if you spend $350 to fix your car and it doesn't get fixed you can get a waiver but only if you spend that amount 60 days prior to getting echecked or after it has failed. So you screw yourself for trying to prepare. Then I had the bright idea we'll just buy the $100 part show the reciept and then take the part back, wrong they look for the part. Yes that was dishonest of me but hey I'm human. So then my gut was hurting, I'm having a panic attack and my sister in law called. She has a few acres of land and sectioned off a few pieces for her kids for when they became adults they could just put houses on it. Well she had the idea to figure out what needs to be done to a piece of land in order to get an address, turns out only the desire to build and you can have an address, it doesn't matter when you just have to want to build on it. So she said we could use that address and register our car and we won't need to worry about the echeck or getting the car fixed immediately. Talk about a load off my shoulders. Ok so now I got through one obstacle I wonder what the next one will be.

Ok let's keep our fingers crossed but I was thinking lastnight when I was trying to go to sleep. If I am not mistaken in order to get through the echeck without passing you have to make $350 in repairs to your car we have done that between feb and now we have actually put in $500 if you count the $50 diagnostic test. This will only hold us for a year but it will be good enough for me. Lets keep our fingers crossed, my husband is going up there right now to get it checked, why he didn't call first I don't know. So please don't pledge any money I am so greatful and it is so wonderful to know that you guys care about me and I love you dearly for that, it's wonderful to have a place to go where people care about you.

I am terrified of the dentist also but let me tell you the way you feel afterwards is great. Just let them know upfront you are scared and they are normally very comforting. I cried during my whole visit and the woman held my hand and gave me a hug before I left. They really treated me great and made me feel comfortable. Even when the oral surgeon was doing the work on my mouth the original dentist who had seen me came in and held my hand part of the time. Here is a link to Soulights dental resources page, trust me on this nothing is worse then the pain you are going through now, it will be a relief to know that you will feel so much better once your work is all done.
Dental Assistance

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You are absolutely the greatest who~knew, but I know how each of us struggle everyday and my struggles are no differnt then anyone elses. I can't accept any money from anyone. I greatly appreciate it though and it brings tears to my eyes knowing how generous you are, but don't worry, I will figure this out one way or another. Thank you so much for caring it means more to me then you would ever know. Christie

Thanks for the prayers they are much appreciated. Unfortanetly for most assistance we make too much money, they don't consider the debts we are paying for from the past. I know there is a way to get through this and I always find my way, it just gets exhausting doing it over and over again.

Just when you think things can't get worse, they do. My husband got the car hooked up to a diagnostic thing. Well it could be numerous things that are throwing out this code, the most expensive being $300 and nothing under $100. We need to get the echeck by the end of this month or we won't have a car. Ugh I don't know why this is happening. We just don't have enough money to keep trying things until we fix the problem. I'm going to scream.

You know I have to wonder do I have more bad days then good? My husband took the car to his brother in law to get fixed, he fixed the problem, some processor thing I don't know all I know is the total came to $200, money we didn't have to begin with. Now the check engine light came back on again and we need to get it fixed because we have to get it echecked. This sucks. Everything was going as good as it could be, no major bumps in the road and now this. If it's the egr valve again like we suspect it's another $175. We have till the end of the month to do something. God I hate this, my gut is in knots. You know and I am not a selfish person, I give where and when I can, I help where and when I can. I just feel like saying what about me. When do I get a break. I like to know what I have done to deserve one bad thing after another, if I am being punished for something I wish I would know. I try and have hope, I try and have strength and courage but I can't keep doing this over and over again. I am tired, god am I so tired.

Thank you for sharing your story, I am sorry you have had to go through such an ordeal, I will be waiting to read the rest.

I can't even begin to find words...

My own father walked out of my life when I was 9 I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was waiting by the window with my bags packed and he never showed. At age 13 he stopped paying child support, then by age 14 when we could get him into court he wanted to be daddy all over again. I stood up and said forget you ever had a daughter and that was that. When I turned 22 I decided maybe I should make peace with him and I did which lasted 2 years. I gave it a good effort only to feel unwelcome. I have now once again cut off all ties with him, you can't have something that was never really there. Dads need to realize when they walk out they can never make up for lost time. They can never mend the broken hearts they leave behind.

Thank you Elaine! Well Who~Knew has researched non profits and found there's more work involved then thought of. As far as good folk helping others goes, that's the way I was raised. You never turn your back on anyone. Christie

You don't want to say that because I will have this whole page filled up with songs lol.

I just wanted to share myspace profile with you mainly just because I think the slideshow pictures are so cute
myspace.com/ladychristie

Ok I got another one My Wish Rascal Flatts I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow, And each road leads you where you want to go, And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose, I hope you choose the one that means the most to you. And if one door opens to another door closed, I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window, If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile, But more than anything, more than anything, My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, You never need to carry more than you can hold, And while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, Yeah, this, is my wish. I hope you never look back, but ya never forget, All the ones who love you, in the place you left, I hope you always forgive, and you never regret, And you help somebody every chance you get, Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake, And you always give more than you take. But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything, My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, You never need to carry more than you can hold, And while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything, My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, You never need to carry more than you can hold, And while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, This is my wish i hope you know somebody who loves you may all you dreams stay big

I'll put this here too Thank you Who~Knew and Soulight. I had to sit on my thoughts for a minute. I greatly appreciate Soulight and Who~Knew for standing up for me. We at Aidpage should look out for eachother. I also want to say I do not need an apology, I did what I felt was right and if I have to take a couple punches to help other people then that's fine by me. I am here to look out for people and to help people and no one will discourage me from doing just that. Christie

Thank you Who~Knew and Soulight. I had to sit on my thoughts for a minute. I greatly appreciate Soulight and Who~Knew for standing up for me. We at Aidpage should look out for eachother. I also want to say I do not need an apology, I did what I felt was right and if I have to take a couple punches to help other people then that's fine by me. I am here to look out for people and to help people and no one will discourage me from doing just that. Christie

I want to clarify for everyone I did not email Hondamatic numerous times (Isent him one message and then replied to his message) also just so everyone knows I was not rude to this person. If this person wouldn't have deleted my messages everyone would see that I had only mentioned the only way to make money with programs such as the one this person was promoting was to build a downline. At this time it was not mentioned in their ad that you needed a downline to make $50 a week. Nothing is clearly stated on the frontpage of the website this person is promoting you have to go to another page which explains about referral bonuses. Like I said before I am not putting down the program, it is a very nice program and I have only heard good things about this program. I just don't think it should be advertised in a misleading way.

For one thing it is my business to make sure people here are well informed, I am here to help people and therefore I will inform people of things they may or may not understand. Well if everything I said is untrue then I guess me saying your program pays is untrue and that it is a good site to be a member of is untrue. Not once did I put you down so don't put me down. I only want people here to understand what they may not understand. If they are better informed then they can make wise decisions. And one last thing you may not lie to people but you mislead them to me there is no difference.

You have probably noticed one PTR site on here. Now I am not putting this site down, it has a reputation of paying members and from what I have read is a good site to be a part of. This is not what I want to talk about.

First off I was naïve and joined quite a few PTR’s in the past; low $5 payouts, high $35 payouts, sign up bonuses and payouts weekly I thought wow I could join this many and make this much a week all by reading my emails. Let me tell you it’s not that easy, yes I did make an income, it was enough to cover my internet and it was hard work. You see what these programs don’t tell you and what the people who want you to sign up under them don’t tell you is that the only way to make money doing these is to have referrals. Now getting referrals isn’t an easy task. You have to be active anywhere that gives you an opportunity to promote your link, sometimes you join other ptr programs just to promote your links and it goes on and on. It is hard work until you build a nice downline.

I would spend 12 hours on the computer a day just reading emails, then time and time again I was fighting spyware and viruses I would pick up from these programs. To me it wasn’t worth the hassle.

My advice to you if you join any paid to read email programs know what you are getting into. There are many legit programs who will pay you just realize the work that has to be put into getting paid.

Lady Christie

You know day in and day out I do everything I can to save a penny and to make a penny only to feel hopeless, and useless. There are times of the year when it just gets to me and school is just right around the corner and now it is getting to me. I hate just barely making it, I hate taking water out of my washer to flush my toilet to save money on water, it's ridiculous and it is a pain in my hiney. I use the rinse water from washing dishes to water my garden as well as using bathwater. I think I spend more time hauling water to different parts of my house then anything else.

My house is so cramped with people and mostly necessary stuff that it just always looks dirty and cluttered. God knows I tried having a garage sale a month ago only to not do well. I have thought about ebay but I just don't have the time for it. I have three kids, babysit three kids and my house has turned into the neighborhood hangout for my kids friends.

I just feel like I am going crazy, just once I don't want to worry about money, just once I would like to say I have enough, I just want to catch up on all my debts from years ago and just not worry. I get the aching feeling in my gut all the time, it won't go away. I look at my bills day in and day out trying to figure out where I could save a dollar.

I have done all that I could to make money, I have sold cheesecakes, I have done odd jobs, now I have a website ( which isn't exactly rollin in any money). I'm not poor from lack of trying, we try all the time.

To make my problems worse I have to look at my neighborhood I live in, there is a nine year old girl taking her parents crack and giving it to her little friends. Kids bikes are getting stolen on a daily basis. A drug dealer has been shot and another one was hauled off to prison and he lived right across the street from the playground. People are breaking in to other peoples houses now a rapist moves in. But I have learned how to keep my family safe from the bad things but my stepdad is part of the drug task force who is hauling these drug dealers off to jail, it's no secret who my stepdad is almost everybody knows it so now I have to worry about retaliation on my family.

God knows I'd love to move, If I could I'd move in a heartbeat, I just can't afford too. I have always said I never wanted a lot out of life I just want to be happy.

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Association of Arizona food banks
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