I am from New Jersey,USA,the state in yellow.
I am mostly a shopper on ebay and only sell from my private collections on ebay when downsizing my years of collecting or if I go on a whim and decide to clean out closets and the ole attic. Basically I am a baby boomer downsizing my years of collecting, I call it decluttering my life.
I worked for many years carrying two jobs usually ( Yes I am a workaholic), as was my husband,but one day our life changed forever. So if you are healthy and happy now-enjoy every moment, because your life can change in the blink of an eye, as did our's when my husband was strikened with a serious illness. Enjoy life to it's fullest, everyday is a given day!
If you know someone who is a caregiver who cares for an ill spouse or a beloved friend or partner, lend him or her a helping hand and support them in some small way. A flower from your garden, to let them know your thinking of them, mow their lawn, run an errand, bake them a cake, or just stop by and visit them. Caregiving is not an easy job and being ill is no picnic either, the ill partner or spouse feels useless and if someone helped them with something showing them compassion in some way it makes them very happy. If you are a well spouse caregiving for your ill spouse, beloved friend or partner I highly recommend going to www.wellspouse.org there you will find support and meet people that are walking the same walk that you are. Please Tell others about the Well Spouse Association so more well spouses and life partners can find support, and comfort.
Since I started caregiving and working at the same time it can become overwhelming. My heart starting yearning to start a foundation to help other caregivers. Nobody has any idea until you walked the walk of a caregiver.
Until I start a foundation I want to spread the word to other's who are caregivers of their ill spouse and/or friend or partner showing them where they can go for support.
There are many people in the USA that need help as well, Single Parents, even families that together with mom and dad both working it is still hard these days. Remember the Military Families, and Disabled Veterans. Remember the families waiting for their loved one to come home from serving their country who are protecting our freedom and pray that the war ends soon. Remember the vet's that are disabled and in nursing homes who have no family or families that have forgotten them, they still wait by their phone hoping it will ring. The 2008 depression is hurting a lot of families; remember to help your friends and family, your neighbors, stick together helping one another because we are in for a long haul. If you have older neighbors living by their self or single parents or anyone especially living by theirself make an extra plate before you sit down to the dinner table and take a plate over to your neighbor.
We are in a recession one phone call away from a depression people and we are in for a long haul. Read all about The Great Depression in the 1920s.
http://www.shambhala.org/business/goldocean/causdep.html
and here….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
and here....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_the_Great_Depression
more here...
http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2005_03/formaini-depression.html
and here..
http://www.gusmorino.com/pag3/greatdepression/
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/6854/greatdep.html
http://www.bigissueground.com/history/blair-greatdepression.shtml
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/depression.htm
Pay it Forward, if someone helps you , turn around and help someone else.
Spread the giving! Help someone today!
TRIPLES with EMMA
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