u/Resident-Sympathy-82

I live in a very rural area and we don't have much in terms of assistance here. A church may give a few boxes away, but those are gonna be a few cans of food and maybe some stale bread from the local grocery store. The vast majority of the county is at poverty level or below. We are also very small. This sub gets more views a week than the population here.

For 59 years, an elderly neighbor put up a box for food donation in his front yard. After a bit, he added a cooler and added a coat rack. Periodically, people will put old clothes, baby formula, eggs, coupons, food, left overs... it isn't much, but you'll hear that someone say they put a whole lasagna and you'll know a family ate good. I've put fresh veggies from the garden and formula. You'll see toys, hygenie products, tools, books, and sometimes small furniture. Christmas or tax time it looks great.

It wasn't much and wasn't always containing things, but it was a good thing for the community. Everyone knew about it.

Our neighbor began to get sick and ended up selling the house 3 months ago. He moved out of the county and passed away not long after. New neighbor has been there for 3 weeks.

Yesterday, I drove back from a client's house and saw the box was gone when passing by. I talked to the new neighbor at the gas station this morning and asked him about it. He said he didn't want to continue on with it because he didn't have time to sort through the junk and deal with insurance if something happens. Flowers are gone as well.

It went on the county Facebook that he tore it down and you can feel the hurt and anger the community has. For many, this is something that's just always been there and it was a piece of the town's history. Other people are worried about emergencies arising. There's people pissed because he didn't let the community know. Lots of anger since people JUST dropped off school supplies, food, and toiletries.

People largely feel like it was disrespectful and NOT what the elderly neighbor would've wanted. That man would sit and watch on his front porch to wave and thank people. The neighbor was barely out of his teen years when he made that and took pride in it. It's been painted, little flower bed around it, and he pays some of the kids to make sure it gets shoveled out the few times a century we get snow.

I get that some won't understand this because we can build another once it gets decided where to put another and getting supplies, but this was genuine a piece of the community. Everyone knew where it was, people drove out of their way for it, and it even shows up on Google maps.

Just damn.

Hello!

I have a 7 year old in the hospital that has developed a fear of food due to his condition. He has thrown up in fear because he thought the leaves on his gown looked too much like "salad" (read: lettuce) and we are hiding his feeding tube mix because it looks too much like milk. The resident had a donut themed scrub cap and he burst into tears. We are spelling certain things backwards to lessen the anxiety.

So, we are trying to avoid continuing to subject him to this. We have no discharge date in sight and really struggling to do much of anything because food is so abundant in most things. Which is awful because he is unable to walk and not enough energy to play games. His favorite game, Plants vs Zombie, has too many food items and triggers him. :( We have been here over a week and he is spending most of it bored, waiting for meds to help the pain, child life specialist to come by with bed games, or sleeping.

Likes:

superhero movies

adventure

animated movies

comedies

age based scary movies (like monster house, coraline, gremlins)

dislikes:

sad

babies or animals dying/getting hurt

romance

Thank you everyone!

Hello,

I replied to someone about awful trauma I endured and it brought up a memory I'd love to have clarification about.

In short, parents were neglectful and abusive. They had so many CPS calls and visits. Due to the disgusting conditions, they were told we had to live with our grandmother (who was worse, but has a good front) and clean. They chose to move and that was apparently good enough.

Shortly later, after pulling us from school because they were tired of the calls, CPS came again because they did not do it legally and my sister (20 years older than us) was concerned about the abuse. The worker who came out promptly threw up upon leaving the house because of the conditions and the same situation occured. They had to clean or else we would not be allowed to live with them. At the same time, my dad was required to see a psychologist by his work and was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

So... they chose to flee the state with a few days of the order ending. We would never see the inside of a textbook or do school work again. My sister did not learn to read until she was 10. They did not register us with the state (Florida), they did not change licenses addresses until they expired multiple years later, and no one allowed to attend doctor appointments until we all became legal adults.

A handful of years later, in my teens, a home health nurse came by due to my grandmother beating our dog and getting bit. The house was worse because now we had dogs that peed everywhere and it resulted in CPS being called again. They came twice and each time, the worker wasn't allowed in the house.

I have been really curious about the legalities of this. I know state communication is awful, especially almost 20 years ago. Would there have been arrests made in this case if they had been caught?

Just wondering how your first appointment went, especially for those that have cerebellar tonsil ectopia of 4 mm. I am still waiting for my cervical MRI (CINE) because of Cigna because POS, but we've confirmed the CTE. Starting botox this week as well! Very symptomatic and not responding well to standard meds.

Howdy, future nurse in. Very close to the end! Starting to pay now.

I know about a few different strategies like the snow ball or paying off the highest amount due. Currently I've been doing smallest amount to highest, but would love advice if I should switch to something different.

Here's what I have:

Subsidized Current Balance $3,500.00 Interest Rate 4.990%

Unsubsidized Current Balance $1,079.12 Interest Rate 4.990%

Subsidized Current Balance $3,500.00 Interest Rate 5.500%

Unsubsidized Current Balance $5,072.38 Interest Rate 5.500%

Subsidized Current Balance $4,500.00 Interest Rate 6.530%

Subsidized (paid down from 2k) Current Balance $600.00 Interest Rate 6.390%