Hi Deb. sorry for not posting sooner...I really thought some one
would.Sorry to hear about the home stead. Its been pretty bad here
too ..well not for me but the people who have home on the Kankakee
river south of me. The river has beena t flood stage for so many
weeks now.. My girl friens house has done pretty good ..she had
trouble with some basement flooding. but its been doing pretty
good..Hang in there and remember this is a test..and you will get
thru it all right..Love ya and hang in there...Mike















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>
> I'm in the process of trying to keep my home - a single wide with an
> addition - from falling the rest of the way off it's piers - and the
> river will hit flood stage sometime this morning! Odd timing - but
in
> the last 2 weeks I've had an engineer and the local Weatherization
rep
> tell me that I should've called FEMA in 2006. I had to explain that
> since so many people lost everthing they had my problems seems like
> nothing. They told me me that once my home falls I, too, will have
> lost everything! I only need it stay up until April or May when it
> gets dry enough to have it jacked up and re-leveled. The only
reason I
> can afford to have that done is that one of the men has offered to
> work free because he says he owes my father at least that much (Good
> thing my Dad's a great guy!)
>
> It is so easy to be grateful and remember that while we don't always
> get what we want, we do get what we need. This past 2 years I've
been
> focused on the fact that, while my life has changed drastically, my
> needs are met. Will I be able to maintain such a noble attitude if
I
> lose everything? I don't know... Right now I'm busy praying that I
am
> not tested.
>
> My trailer isn't much, but its mine. It's paid for, and most
> importantly, I can afford to live there!
>
> Whatever happens, I always remember that nothing is so bad that a
> drink won't make it worse - so I'll be fine. NO - I be okay! (we
all
> know what FINE means!)
>
> Hope it's not raining where you are!
>
> ODAT
>
> Deb K
>