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  • "Grippers" (how to get homeless without even trying #18)

    Episode #18 “Christmas” (click on the “Grippers tab for previous episodes) A year earlier Bob and Tracey Slider both had full-time jobs, health insurance, two vehicles, a nice house, and were bringing home over $4300.00 a month. Their success as an average American family was obvious as the twinkling lights from the Christmas tree sent… Read more

  • "Food: Give Us the Info—We Can Decide"

    It seems that the war on childhood obesity has some new commandos entering the fray. Their purpose—to protect us and our kids and grandkids from sugar, fat and sodium, those little monsters that seem to get into most everything we eat and drink. Then these little demons trick us into thinking that what we are… Read more

  • "Grippers" (how to get homeless without even trying #17)

    Episode #17  “Here comes Christmas” (Click on “the “Grippers tab for previous episodes) It was almost noon and Bob was just sitting in the lounge chair, feet up, heating pad on his lower back and eyes closed. Tracey had come to a point where she did not believe his condition was nearly as serious as… Read more

  • "The Kids Need a Bed Tonight"

    Three days a week from 9 a.m to noon they come and they wait. Three days a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday they come just to get a drop of  reprieve from the outreach hose bib. A bus pass to the VA or to get to a job interview, a bag of groceries, a voucher… Read more

  • Being a Parent REQUIRES Saying "NO"

    The other day I picked up my four year old grandson, Tyler, from “Kid’s Planet”, one of the millions of day-care, pre-school, baby sitting centers that are spread out across the country. As Tyler and I were leaving we passed a young mom who was pleading with her three year old, “Please Jessica, Please. Do… Read more

  • 'Grippers" (how to get homeless without even trying #16)

    Episode #16 “Thanksgiving” (click on the “Grippers” tab for previous 15 episodes) Tracey was standing in her own living room feeling completely lost and helpless. She had managed their meager finances with painstaking care and just like that there was no money, no food and she could not follow through on making her agreed payment with… Read more