Reply #25: Hmm.... [View All]

[democratreformed]

This is what I have to get around. I have a former employee who was also a friend. He stayed in my camper for about a year. I was hoping he would get his life together and do well. A couple of weeks ago, he went AWOL. He's now on meth and lord knows how he lives, eats, etc. He's no longer here, by the way. We haven't seen him - just heard about him. He took off with my quilts and a cell phone that we promptly had shut off but still have to pay the bill on until the contract is up.

I guess you could still say he has a right to food, clothing, and shelter. He needs treatment. Fact is, he has already been to prison (well, actually "boot camp") once and has gone back to the same old thing. I have an ex sister-in-law whose story is similar. Only she just got back from RPF (residential placement facility complete with drug rehab programs) in October. My brother has their 6 yr old daughter. Where is she? Running with her drug buddies again. Their daughter is in counseling - she throws up all the time from the stress of wondering where her mother is. My brother tried to help her when she got out. Let her come and live with him - good for mommy, bad for daughter when mom ran off again.

Then, there's my very own in-laws. My father-in-law is classified disabled. But, he manages to work for cash every single day in order to supplement his "disabled" check. My brother-in-law managed to get himself disabled too. He doesn't need any extra so he spends his days doing whatever he enjoys - fishing, watching satellite tv, whatever.