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I actually think that I would like to share a few pictures of me with you. The thing is... it's just you that I want to share them with. If you have an email addy you'd like to share, I'll send you a couple of my favorite picture.
I think that once winter comes around, I wouldn't be so averse to putting a picture up of myself... after all, I am in the snow, covered by hat, scarf, coat and gloves. That feels safer.View Thread

You are a beautiful woman. There is love and joy on your face, whether you see it or not. When I look at you, I see a kind, grandmother-figure who will hold me and wipe away my tears.
Don't ever be ashamed of who you are. We love you.View Thread

SSI is Supplemental Security Income. For people like myself, who don't even meet 1/3 of the poverty line on Disability alone, a determination is made to put you at 1/3 the poverty line. I think this is also contingent upon household size. So where I live alone, it just puts me over 1/3 the poverty line for the income of 1 person. I could be wrong, though. Getting SSI means you're "indigent."
Basically what it boils down to is that instead of one check a month, I get two smaller checks a month that add up to what the larger amount is. Of course, this may all be wrong, but I gave up trying to understand the government's fine print when I left law school.View Thread

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I had a psychiatrist tell me that what I experienced "wasn't rape" -- (his words) "It was just two kids playing around." And that was while in the hospital. I hit the roof, it earned me a one-to-one person monitoring me for a WEEK, and was in for 12 days.
Some of the nurses -- to this day -- have nicknamed him "Dr. Satan-berg." I thought that was quite appropriate.View Thread

It has helped. Although I do need a job to unburden myself of many, many debts, I don't have to worry about having a job versus having a roof over my head and food to eat. It would be nice to be able to buy myself the occasional meal at the Chinese restaurant and have more than $13 to my name every month, but ... with luck, it should happen next month, once my credit card is paid off. (Warning: if you have a penchant for jewelery, do NOT accept a jewelery store credit card.)
I agree with Mary -- I also had a very quick approval. I think mine was approximately 5 weeks, but I do think that at the time, we were both under the same Social Security office (Kansas City, MO) because we lived geographically close to each other. I think mine was actually sent to a smaller branch office first and then sent up to Kansas City, and that was probably what accounted for the extra two weeks between her approval and mine. It really depends on where you live as far as approval time, I think.View Thread

Hey bod, (H), how've you been? I've been thinking about you.
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