Dear Sir/Madam,
My husband is in dissability, and we cannot afford a safe vehicle. Were looking for someone who will help us buy a car that is safe for our seven year old son.
newly divorced from a very violent man. now trying to keep me and my daughter safe having difficulties getting her to school away from violence. We really need a car to help us continue on getting our lives back and to continue to be safe.
A national anthem is a patriotic song that honors the history, customs, and struggles of a country.
The National Anthem of the United States is The Star Spangled Banner.
The lyrics to The Star Spangled Banner were written by Francis Scott Key in 1814.
Key was a lawyer, author, district attorney, and amateur poet.
He wrote the words during the War of 1812.
The War of 1812 was between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Key wrote the words in response to seeing the bombing of American forces at Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore.
He wrote them in a poem called The Defense of Fort McHenry.
The Battle of Baltimore happened in Maryland.
The "star spangled banner" in the song refers to the American flag, which has stars.
The word "spangled" means twinkling and the word "banner" means flag.
The Star Spangled Banner was adopted in 1916 as the American National Anthem by an executive order from President Woodrow Wilson.
In 1934, it was adopted by a congressional resolution, which was signed by President Herbert Hoover.
Operation Red Friday..... Last week I was in Atlanta, Georgia attending a conference. While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed one of the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen.
Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camo's; as they began heading to their gate everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and cheering. When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and cheered for it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the only red blooded American who still loves this country and supports our troops and their families.
Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal. Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our service men and women a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said "hi," the little girl then she asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her. The young soldier, he didn’t look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her daddy. Then suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.
The mother of the little girl, who said her daughters name was Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Marine and had been in Iraq for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much her daughter, Courtney, missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up. When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military looking walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it.
After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, "I spoke to your daddy and he told me to give this to you." He then hugged this little girl that he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying "your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is coming home very soon."
The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet he saluted Courtney and her mom. I was standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event unfolded. As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause.
As I stood there applauding and looked around, there were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in one last act of selflessness turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek.
We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it's good to be an American.
Red Friday
Just keeping you "in the loop" so you'll know what's going on in case this takes off.
RED FRIDAYS ----- Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the "silent majority". We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing. We get no liberal media coverage on TV, to reflect our message or our opinions.
Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of America supports our troops.
Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday -and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that.. Every red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar will wear something red.
By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the United States on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers.
If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family. It will not be long before the USA is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once resilient" majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on.
The first thing a soldier says when asked "What can we do to make things better for you?" is...We need your support and your prayers.
Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example; and wear something red every Friday.
WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE. THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED---- SO WEAR RED! --- MAY GOD HELP AMERICA TO BECOME ONE NATION, UNDER GOD?
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
pass the word around let us all support our troops.
Well I think it time he cuts the cord between him and his mom we are all raised by are families that someday we can go out on are own to start are own families. I have always taking care of my mom but It was always understood that I may leave sometime down the road. Apparently you knew his relationship with his mom and somehow might of even known he would possibly go in this direction. If he insist on staying with his mom over you then he will have to make a choice you or his mother. It not a bad thing that he loves his mom but he married you and need to do the right thing for you. You might love him and he's a good father but he creating a bad influence for your duaghter. He showing that he can't give his all to the family he created he can't be there for you when you need him. He can still have his mom outside the home you can find another place for the 3 of you. For all that he is he still made a commitment to you and needs to start fullfilling his side of things. Sounds like his mom is killing the relationship by deciding the directions you both take that is not her decision it you and your husbands. I have a friend and ex love she recently began divorce precedings when she found her husband was cheating she has a 2 year old boy with him. She going through hell over this and it eats her up inside having the similar issues not so much with his mom as the feelings. But she getting through it barely I still love her and would try and help her any way I could. But you may have to make the decision between staying and being miserable or parting the way on good terms. If you chose to leave and he doesn't want to leave his mom for you then he hasn't grown up enough to be married to you. A suggestions is to have a separate account and if you decide to leave him put your money in another personel account. You might even think of a trust fund that he can't touch in your daughters name. If you have family in the area and account in one of your families name if you choose. Its not going to be a happy time in your life but when the smoke clears and you get past the pain you might find a better way. Your still young and have a long way to go take care of you and your daughter and let her be the force that drives you in the right direction.
By Anonymous - on Mar 12, 2009
Posted in MissGordon
I COMPLETELY AGREE with Ekikaseven! Start planning to rescue yourself and your daughter as soon as possible. This situation is not going to change - EVER!
Even if you AND hubby leave, mommy dearest will still be there with baby boy tied to her apron strings. She is a bully - nothing more. She will continue this behavior as long as you allow it.
As for hubby - his is anything but a man. If he were a MAN he would deal with this situation as a MAN and tell mommy to shut the hell up. Instead, like the little boy that he is, he goes running to mommy to kiss his boo-boos and make it all better. He needs to cut the apron strings and start acting like a MAN. HE wants what HE wants, when HE wants it - sounds like a very spoiled little boy to me.
Do yourself and your daughter a favor - rescue yourselves now.
Only you can decide for this is a matter of the 'heart'.
With that said, start saving your money & start planning. If you don't have one already, get you own bank account 'without' his name on it, without him knowing about it. Have statements sent to a friend's, relative house or a P O Box. Make sure you have your own credit in your own name.
For my dear, it may be just a matter of time that you will get tired of living with such crap!
We live with his mom, and she runs the show, and even interferes with our relationship
He doesn't meet my needs.......And I need certain things, So that I can get help finding a job and daycare......
I'm constantly looking over my shoulder, stressed out about what am I doing wrong this time!!!
I can't clean.....cook......or even go to the bathroom(literally)....without His Mom Complaining, Picking at Me.....Or finding something that she disapproves of..........
He's already made it clear......That If I leave this house.......My Daughter and I leave without him......That makes things all too clear.....
He doesn't even talk to me anymore........Any time He has something deep in his heart or on his mind.........He goes straight to his Mom.......I might get an update sometimes, if I'm lucky
He wants sex........without taking care of my heart first.
Reasons to Stay:
I Love Him........
My Daughter Loves Him......He is the only Father she has ever known...
Hi, I am a single Mom of 2 Daugther's. I have a 6 year old and a 1 year old. I am currently unemployeed becuase as per my 1 year old's condition. My Baby just had heart surgery. My home was just condemned by the Health Department and I have 10 days to find a new home (because there is mold and mushrooms growing in my home). I am NOT living in any State funded or Goverment housing. I am living on a very limited income I live on Child support payments $500 per month. I have been attempting to get help for over 3 month and have been getting rejected. It is very frustrating because I have never asked for help before (always had a good job) and I really really need help but I cannot get help. I don't know what to do.
Im a single mom of 2 wonderful boys. I am currently living in CT and have been struggling to keep a roof over our heads for the last few years. I need to move out of CT soon. I am living in a bad area because it is all i can afford right now. My oldest son is a follower and im worried he will head down the wrong path if i stay here. I have 5 year old also who has a learning disability and needs special education. I have no family or friends in the area to help with childcare and cant afford to send them both while I work. I need to be able to spend more time with my kid before they are all grown up. I cant stand to see them unhappy anymore. I want them to grow up as happy functioning adults and blame myself because I can not be here with them more. My dad lives in PA and we never had a close relationship for whatever reason. My mom and dad were divorced when i was 2 and my father remarried and moved away. We are now trying to repair our relationship. He is helping to find a place for me to move in PA but is disabled and can not help me monetarily. I have found a few places that I am going to look at this weekend. I can buy a nice house out there for about half of what i pay here for rent. I was told today that I would need 3,000 including closing costs to buy a nice home for me and my 2 children. The mortgage payments will not be a problem because I have a support order from their dad who is very helpful to us. He and I are trying to work on our relationship also and he may join us in PA eventually if he can find suitable work out there. I have not been able to save because I was making just enough money to cover the rent and utilities here. I plan to attend community college in PA to finish my degree. I started a few years ago but was bedriddedn when I got pregnant with my son. I had a 4.0 GPA and was on the Presidents list. I will pay back anyone who chooses to help me as soon as I get settled. I will make a payment plan or whatever it takes to pay you back. If anyone here is in the situation to help my family I will appreciate it greatly. I just really want my kids to have a nice house in a safe neighborhood that I can afford. I dont mind working and attending school to better myself. I just need a little help to get me started. Thank you for reading my story and thank you to anyone who decides to help our family I will never forget and will definitely pay it forward as soon as im on my feet.
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pass the word around let us all support our troops. 
