COVID-19 has caused all kinds of problems with the world. People dying all around us, losing friends and relatives. It’s a pretty hurtful thing. But it’s happening and there’s nothing we can do about it but pray for ourselves and others.
I just heard on the news this morning that people are stuck overseas and cannot return to the United States because their passports have expired. And the embassies are closed due to the pandemic. I surely feel sorry for people that want to go home and can’t get there.
Then we got the passengers on the airplanes that don’t want comply with the rules and regulations of flying. These people don’t want to wear their masks on a plane with others. I think that’s just crazy. Why wouldn’t you want to protect yourself? Then they have the nerve to fight and beat up on the flight attendants. Now we got people scared to go to work.
Then we got the schools that are using virtual classes that don’t really work for the families that are trying to use it. The Internet is always down and the kids can’t get no work done. They are only going to school for a couple of days a week.
Everybody is going through something during these troubling times including me. These are very hard times and it’s cause for us to be stronger than we ever thought that we could be. The hard part is almost over with. But returning to normal is nowhere in sight.
Me and my husband are really struggling. He hasn’t received an unemployment check in 5 months. He can’t find a job and all he has is side work. Me, I’m looking for a job but can’t find one, trying to get disability but can’t get no kind of help with that. And I’m a struggling alcoholic. But I got Street Sense, it always helped me out in times of need.
The things that we’re going through are very depressing and sometimes I just don’t wanna get out of bed to keep struggling so hard. But somehow I manage to get up and try again.
Applying for Social Security benefits is the hardest thing I ever went through besides getting off of crack cocaine. They don’t care if you can barely walk, are mentally disabled or nothing. And I have documents to prove this. It’s very frustrating but others keep telling me not to give up, to fight for my benefits because I earned them.
Unmanageable things keep on happening to me yet I keep fighting. I know there is someone out there that’s struggling with me. My advice to you is to hold on because help is on the way.
Somehow things seem to work out for me. It’s because I don’t give up. Sometimes I am so tired I just don’t feel like fighting anymore because it seems like I can’t win. But I say to myself, it’s not over till the fat lady sings.
There are times when I get mad and I take it out on my husband because he’s not helping as much as he used to because he’s unemployed too. But I realized he can’t make these people send him our money until they are ready to. It just don’t make no sense how they can hold someone’s money that long.
He never let me down no matter what kind of situation I’m in. If I continue to fight, he fights right with me.
It’s upsetting to keep fighting when you can see it’s not getting any easier or getting no better. But this is a world of wonder. We have to fight to survive in it. Somehow I feel I’m not alone in the hardship. All I can say is keep your head up and these days when you want to give up and throw in the towel, don’t. Because help is on the way. You’re not alone, you’re not the only one that’s struggling to get through this. I’m with you and believe me, we will make it through together one day at a time. So until next time, stay safe and stay clean.
