~Giving Hope To The Hopeless~
By Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
Valdosta, Georgia
May 25, 2016 1:12pm CST
My husband's cousin is going to be homeless in 20 days. They got served yesterday about back taxes, they either have to pay thousands of dollars or leave their home.
For most people and even them this is horrifying news. But at the same time their living in a 450 sq. ft home with 7 people. Could it be a blessing in disguise? They have been wanting a different/bigger home for a long time now.
With mine and my husband's help they will get into another house-we will make sure of it. Our landlord has many properties so we are going to talk with him and see if anything is available. Plus I am going to be looking on Craigslist every day as well for them.
I told them yesterday that we have been homeless many times and every time we got through it with God's help and now we are better off than we were before!
Sometimes we go through terrible things so we can be the hope to the hopeless when they go through something hard...
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@vandana7 (100303)
• India
25 May 16
I don't like uprooting folks. Seriously some memories are hard to let go. Moreover, I love my home. I am going to be the best person to look after it rather than some tenant who feels anyway it is rented home. To me 450 sft is not small...I have lived in a house that small.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 May 16
@vandana7 They do have 7 people living in that much space-trust me it is very small for a family of that size. They cannot afford the taxes so they cannot stay there no matter what. Since they cannot stay we are helping them find another home.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 May 16
@Marcyaz Yeah it is easy to lose faith if you have no one to help or give you some hope. That is what we are doing for them. =) Yes I am very grateful we can now be a Blessing to others.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
26 May 16
@dodo19 No it isn't. I will definitely be working on finding them a home. And I hope we do find something for them.
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@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
26 May 16
@LovingMyBabies I hope you find something too. Good luck!
@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
25 May 16
Sounds like quite a wake up call. We are tested all of the time in this life. My daughter and I have been homeless before and it is scary. But, we made it through. I hope that they are able to get legal help and get through this.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 May 16
@celticeagle Yes we are all tested in many different ways. It is scary, I know it was for us too. Thank God we made it through as well and now we can help others in small ways which is amazing!
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@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
25 May 16
@LovingMyBabies ....I think this is how life should be lived.
@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
25 May 16
I agree on the point that we go through life challenges and difficult phases so that we could grow out stronger and help others in the same situation better.
Hopefully they will something to look up to soon!
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 May 16
@Daljinder I hope they find something soon as well. And I hope we can give them enough hope to get through the tough time they are going through right now.
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@sabashekh (1218)
• Bhopal, India
26 May 16
Yeah many a times we lose hope .. Life unfurls
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
26 May 16
@sabashekh Sometimes life is unfair but when we feel like that it always helps to give a helping hand to someone who has it worse than us.
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@sabashekh (1218)
• Bhopal, India
26 May 16
@LovingMyBabies I agree :)
Whenever we complain we should think about the person who can't even dream of it
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 May 16
@marguicha I hope so too, thank you.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
25 May 16
Though I must say, you are a great family and your last statement on this discussion -Sometimes we go through terrible things so we can be the hope to the hopeless when they go through something hard... is so very right, but there maybe another aspect that you should consider before asking your landlord for availability -
You mention they did not pay taxes. Though this is not a very big thing here in India (and maybe at your place too), still, I think it would be all good if you look at their capabilities to pay their rents on time. Maybe I am wrong here (more so because I do not know anything about them, beyond what you mention on this discussion), but if they fail, it may not be great for the relationships that you might have with your landlord.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 May 16
@thesids I have thought about that and that's the only thing that worries me a little bit about asking my landlord about homes. The thing is it's not that they just don't want to pay or don't care. It's that the husband only makes $600 every 2 weeks. That's not enough for their family. The wife doesn't work because she's waiting on disability to go through...
I will probably just keep searching on Craigslist for them, or explain to my landlord their situation as he is a wonderful person.
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@koopharper (7601)
• Canada
25 May 16
450 sq feet is tiny. We're seven people in a 700 sq foot hunt camp and we feel cramped. Glad they have you and your family to try and help.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 May 16
@koopharper Yeah it is extremely small for all of them. I hope and pray we find something that will be so much better for their family!
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
25 May 16
This is very good of you.People generally do not want to look back at the difficult times they had been through.But as you are willing to help them hopefully they can get a home.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 May 16
@silvermist Yeah, I always try to remember where we used to be so we can help others get to where they can be happy again.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
25 May 16
Hope you can help and all of this works out for them. No one wants to be homeless.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
26 May 16
@JudyEv Yeah I think it will be a blessing in disguise for them. =) Thanks, me too.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 May 16
@NJChicca Yeah I definitely think it is a blessing in disguise. =)
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 May 16
That is true, sometimes it takes sometimes terrible to make us move in, all gods plan.
