Good Lord, now it is the 8th of Sept. and here I still am trying to keep it together. I have such a mess going on here. I don't know what to do and I don't understand why I can't seem to get any help at all. I am trying so hard to keep everything together but it seems almost impossible to do. I have been given notice to move because my landlady is mad at the section 8 people because they wrote her up for the stupid 'homemade mulch' which was actually a snake, rat, and other vermin habitat she put all around the house foundation, saying it was "good for the soil" in the flower beds! What an idiot...anyway, she got mad after asking me to resign a lease for another year a week or so before...now I have to move because of her ignorance! I have no money to move, no where to go and here I am with this 15 month old baby girl here. I am trying to get into a shelter we have here...but will have to put all my stuff in storage, which will take a way to get it to a storage place and also money to keep it there...not to mention that I will need to have a certain amount of clothes for the baby and me with me. I don't know what else to do however. I have a voucher from section 8 but can't use it since they have my rent up to more than I actually have coming in a month now. They have sanctioned me because of my disability not being recognized as yet by Social Security since I am now "in process" w/ the application for disability! This could take 2 years, for heaven sake, what do I do in the meantime? I can't even get a Dr. note for them because I have no medical care now. I still pray for help and for strength in all of this. Good News is that my daughter is NOW going to see the babies. She has a place to stay now, and she has a good guy to help her now, but they don't have much and it is a constant struggle for them. I have talked to my grandchildren for two weekly visits in a row now! They are so sweet! I don't know why the people in New York do not see how hard it has been on my daughter being homeless and having no income for the time the children have been gone. They seem to think she can get from Brooklyn to the Bronx quickly and for free or something...When she gets there they are forever cutting the visits short. She is supposed to get there on time, yet the foster care lady is always late, and then they always have to go after about a half an hour...rather than the two hours that are scheduled for her visit. I think that her attorney ought to be raising hell with the foster care agency about this crapola. Please pray for me in my situation. I am hoping that I can get a new place before court in November and get this mess with housing straightened out so that I can have a place for the children. It is so upsetting to me to have to worry all the time if the judge is going to see it the way N.Y.'s ACS office and the Children's Aid Society does. I can't imagine that they really think children are better off without their family. I also hate that the kids are allowed to call the foster care provider Grandma, simply because they hear the lady's biological grandchildren call her grandma! What is that about? She should have corrected them a long time ago and told them she was their friend, Jennifer or something similar. Please pray for my situation and if there are any suggestions that can help me let me know. Thank You. God Bless everyone here. I pray that you get what you need in the way of help. Grandma Steph.

Never say never: now it is the 20th of August and I am still hoping that I will be able to get to N.Y. to see my Grandbabies in Nov. and also to go to court and have the court hear my plea as to getting my darlings back home. Please everyone pray for me to find a way to get a nice place to move the end of Sept. and a way to get back into school, as well as money to get to New York to take care of seeing my babies and going in front of the judge. I just want them home so badly. I miss them more than anyone could ever know. Thanks everyone for all of your prayers on our behalf...it helps to know that people care. GrandmaSteph.

August the 15th, 2007. Well...I didn't make it to court in New York for the hearing on the 13th (2 days ago) the plane fare was to be over $600. and if I had gotten tickets then I would have spent the rent and my money for utilities...I am devastated, but all hope is not gone, I can now get tickets cheaper and go there for the Nov. 7th hearing. It just makes me mad that I have to go and show these jerks that I am good with the children and that I can interact well with them...I already was approved by Nebraska and now N.Y. is making me prove all this stuff to them. It isn't like the foster care parents there had to have any interaction with these kids before the children were given over to them! This is a bunch of bunk! Really! In the meantime the children get NO interaction with me, not a phone call or anything. They will end up forgetting me...and that is what New York seems to want to happen. My daughter isn't doing what she needs to to help the situation either. I am so distressed over all of this. Take Care all and God Bless you all. GmaSteph.

Dear Elaine, Thanks for the link. I see that that is a link to one of the kinship navigators...I am in constant contact with the kinship navigator in New York. The man who has so dedicated his life to this cause is one Gerald Wallace, a law Prof. at Albany Law School, who works to change state as well as national policy to help grandparents to access help in raising grandchildren. He put me in touch with a good agency that is trying to help me from there... I don't know if we are going to be able to override the state of New York and the guardian ad litum, and social worker. I am concerned that we are fighting so much because my grandchildren are not bi-racial, but multi-racial, being black and Native American as well as white. I happen to be white and the children have been placed with a black (Jamaican) family. I wonder if some caseworker got it in their head that the children ought to be raised in a black family because they are of color! I don't see what difference that makes but people seem to think that white people know nothing of other cultures. I do, since I have made it my business to raise my children and grandchildren to not see a color line at all. They have been taught to judge people as people, not by color or lack of it. They were raised to choose their socks by the color not their friends. Blessings to you. Thanks for the link.

Thank you Sandy for the advice. I am trying to do that. Have written everyone that you mention. There are 215 churches in my town, I called them all to see if I could get help with finances, but to no avail. I am pretty worried and I have written the commissioner of the ACS in New York, as well as Help Me Howard, a T.V. personality in New York, Oprah, Montel, Maury all the talk shows that I could think of. The worst problem is that the kids are in New York and I am in Nebraska. My local T.V. stations aren't interested in a story about kids in foster care in New York. I am hoping that everyone who knows me and is writing to the judge will have an impact on her thinking as to this matter. I am praying all the time and I sure hope that I can convince the judge not to adopt the children out to someone who isn't family in any way. I am more than willing to adopt them all. I hope that everything you need will come to you and that you're blessed by God. GrandmaSteph.

Aug the 4th, 2007: I am still here, still plugging away. It has become clear that there is going to be no help for me to get to New York for court monetarily. I am just doing the best I can. I am working now with not only the law prof. but a group of people who are trying to change laws and make judges aware that there is a huge problem with this. Did anyone read about he case in Florida where a lady adopted 11 children out of New York Foster Care and was abusing them, and starving them? That may help us a little bit because now New York is under the gun because of the way their Foster Care system works and all the abuse of it, and the fraud involved to get federal government funds, etc. The Nixmary Brown Case almost two years ago was a big stink also...Maybe this sort of stuff will wake people up- For heaven sake! I am sitting here praying daily, as are so many people...Thanks everyone for all of your prayers...it means a lot to me. You are all in my prayers as well. Grandma Steph.

Hi Della, Just wanted you to know that I got your message. Thanks for the kind words. I wish I could send you some money and I am sure you wish you could send me some too, however we are both in need and so prayers and kindness work. Perhaps Chicago has a women's and children's shelter that you could get into. Many times these places are a direct line to help for a person to get some help from the proper agencies. You might try checking it out. God Bless. Stephanie.

Della, I sure understand how you feel totally frustrated. I am having trouble along the same lines as you are. Please know that although I can't help financially right now, I can and will pray for your situation and I hope you will be able to access help to keep your grandchildren all together...I am trying to keep mine together and of course get them out of the foster care system too. Please keep in touch. I wish must say there are so many Grandparents out here trying to do what we can to keep our babies safe and together that it is just mind boggling. I read that 50 percent of Grandparents are raising one or more of their grand babies...God Bless you, keep fighting the good fight! Stephanie.

Well, it is the 27th of July and I am not very confident of having my babies back with me. I have friends writing the judge so that we can get her to consider my request to have my grandchildren, rather than adopt them out to the foster care people. I am hopeful that with all the letters that people are writing on my behalf and with everything that they will say to the judge that perhaps she will listen and understand that while I am not wealthy and in dire straights right now, it won't always be this way and it is not imperative to have money of all kinds to raise children. I will write soon. Hope the best for everyone. God Bless you all. gmasteph.

July 20, 2007: 11:42 P.M. I am sitting here trying to figure out what to do to help my babies. It seems that God has abandoned me. I feel like there isn't a soul in the world that can help me. I just go on only because I can't let Georgia down. I know that I have to keep going for her...everyone tells me not to give up on getting Jadah, Dante and Imani, but I can't understand how I am supposed to not give up--I can't even keep a phone on and I have to have that to talk to N.Y. for heaven sake. I just am sick of my life, so sick of it. I feel powerless and I feel like there is not one place to turn for help. I am devastated by all of this. How did my life get in this shape? I suppose that the druggie lifestyle of my daughters is the reason they are so unlikely to take care of their children or to help me when I try to. I just am so discouraged by all of this. Please someone, please help me. I don't know what to do any longer. Pray for answers for me, pray for my grandbabies to be returned to me. Pray for my daughters to get off their behinds and try to help with this situation. You are all in my prayers too. I hope that your lives improve also. There are so many people who have problems and there is so little help out there. We must support each other the best we can. g-maSteph.

July 19th,2007. Haven't had the heart to write much lately. I am not going to be able to access help, at least it is looking more and more like that. I am going to have to just sit here and watch my babies get "fitted" into someone else's life, get peeled away from the family they were born into and given to someone who isn't even related to them. The only bright spot that I am having is that I may end up with a job here by Mid August and that may slow the adoption down if the court will allow me a word or two or the kinship navigator can get someone in there to represent me. I just can't keep holding my breath, waiting and waiting for help. I have tried everything that I know to do and there doesn't seem to be a way to get this stuff done. I am a broken woman. I just hurt all the time over this. I don't see what these people in New York are doing this for. They don't care for the welfare of these children, they care for the federal matching funds and keeping their hand in. They are such jerks. They want these people to adopt them so that they can quit spending the money on them! I wonder if these people are doing a subsidized adoption or what? If they are then what is the point of adopting them out? They still have to pay the cash out to the people! If they aren't then how is a lady who is almost as old as I am gonna be able to pay the bills? Yeah, she works, but heck that isn't enough to take in three extra children, I would guess. I just don't understand. God Bless you all and keep you safe, your families close. G-Ma Steph.

It it now July 11th and I am no closer to finding a way to get to New York or anything else. I don't know what to do and I guess that now I really am going to lose my home. I can't take the kids in now unless a miracle happens. I am totally upset about the entire affair. It is not like I am a bad person and yet the cards are stacked against me now. I don't know where to turn. I wish I had someone to help me, but it doesn't seem possible now, and my daughter isn't really stepping up to the plate like she ought to do. I guess she just doesn't love her kids or something--you would think that it would be important for her to get her carcass over to see them and talk to that lawyer and etc. I have to get going for now, cooking a little something for little Georgia and myself to eat. God Bless everyone. gmaSteph.

Sat. July 7, 2007: early morning. It is becoming less and less likely that I will be able to go to N.Y. to attend the court hearing in August because of the fact that I just am not going to be able to get the money to go to New York. I don't see that I am going to hear from the jerks at ACS, or from the foster care agency, or the Children' Aid Society who are supposed to get back to me about helping me get there and finding me a place to stay for the couple of days that I would be there. I so want to see my grandchildren one more time, but it seems to be wishing for the impossible. I am not being negative, just trying to be realistic about the situation. I don't want the children adopted out however...it is obvious that their Momma isn't going to be getting them back. It pains me so that I spend a lot of time crying, praying, searching for answers...I don't know what else to do about this situation. Pray for me and my grandchildren...I appreciate the time that anyone takes to read this and any prayers and advice you can supply for me. grandmasteph.

7/5/2007: It is 4:30 in the morning, I am up and about having too much muscle and joint pain to sleep...can't lie in bed, it just hurts to darn much. Little one sleeping peacefully, a good thing, she got up quite early yesterday and didn't nap much. I am really starting to lose hope now. I don't know what to do about this nutty landlady of mine, she is so adamant about the things she gets her buns in a uproar about. You would think that since I don't damage her place, I try to keep the yard nice, & I keep the place clean all the time--that she would be happy! NO, not this woman. I have been in the other place here, where my young neighbors live and it is really a mess most of the time. Yeah, these kids work, but they are party-ers. When I have been there they had take out food containers covering the coffee table, it is obvious they sit in front of their big T.V. and "veg" quite often. The bathroom looked a mess. The young lady didn't know what to do with the spare bedroom upstairs so it is a junk room (I mean junk). A total mess, looks like stuff was tossed in there, not stored. There were dirty dishes and more of the overflow from the living room throughout the kitchen...these kids, or perhaps their friends, put tampons down the toilet and messed up the plumbing when they first moved here and my entire basement was flooded! What a mess that was, of course I had to hear the landlord yell about it--I finally told her that at 55 I have no need of those items, and at not quite 6 months (then) my granddaughter did not either! Gosh, wish I had a place to move and the money to do so. It would make it so much easier on me. I just can't do it right now, and I need to keep this place, where the home study was done, in case the court actually listens to reason in N.Y. and lets my grandchildren come back to Lincoln to live. I have to call the Kinship Navigator again today and see what Mr. Wallace found out as to if I can be involved with the court case via conference call. I would love to take the trip to New York and be able to see the children while I am there, but it will be cost prohibitive and I don't know that I can go. I have tried to find a job, and still looking...it is difficult to do right now, and it is also hard for an older, disabled person to find suitable work. I have additional problems because of my transportation issues. If there was a bus running out here on a regular basis, that would be better. We have a 6 hour hunk in the middle of the day when we have NO bus service out here. It is a real problem. This city has the worst bus service I have ever seen. So, that is very limiting. Even for appointments that I need to go to, I have to take Georgia, so unless they are really early in the a.m. or late in the afternoon and I can get a bus there and back...I am stuck. If I have an appt. at say 10 in the morning...I have to get to the bus stop, baby with me, at about 8 a.m. then go downtown, transfer to go to where I need to go, then I would have to wait at least 5 to 6 hours for a connecting bus to bring me back home when they start to run out here again! It is a total mess. How am I supposed to take the little one and keep her in her stroller for that long, keep her milk fresh, and food for her? Yeah, a huge problem. I suppose that I could carry a big cooler, along with a diaper bag, my purse and whatever else I need and then push the stroller too! It always amazes me that people who can go out and jump in their car, get their stuff done in an hour or two don't seem to get how difficult it is just to do the simple things for those of us who do not have quite so many options. I have to walk everywhere. I have walked as far as 6 miles round trip just to get a couple of gallons of milk for the baby! Of course she was with me, out in the heat and humidity. Well, it is now almost 5 a.m. I had better get going on what I have to do for today. I wish everyone a pleasant day, many joys, the help you need, and the strength to overcome your obstacles. Please pray for me in my situation, and know that I pray for you also. grandmasteph.

7/3/07: Well, the landlord is on the way over to collect her rent, she is sure right on time, as usual. She will charge a late charge if the rent is not in her hands by the date specified. That woman is so darn money hungry it is unreal. I just got my check for Georgia's child support and the one for Nessa comes later this month. It is just crazy that this woman doesn't even care that I have no way to the bank and don't have enough to live on in the first place, she is always ready to charge me a late fee or whatever else she can do to make my life even more miserable. I finally told her that since tomorrow is a holiday and the banks are not open can she just take my signed over Government check and deposit it and I will write her a personal check for the rest of the rent. She seems to be OK with that. At least I can save a late fee and also a bad check fee! Dear Lord this woman is such a nasty thing. I can't understand people like her. I hope she never is in a position to need a favor from someone as nasty as she is, because if she ever is-she will be in deep do-do. God Bless you all, hope that your troubles are few and your joys many. gmasteph.

Hi there. I just wanted to say thanks for taking a look at my aidpage. I am the grandma looking for help in getting legal representation and financial help to enable me to keep my home and to get three of my grandbabies out of foster care in New York. I am 1500 miles away and sometimes, most of the time feel like it may as well be a couple of million miles. I am heartbroken anew every single day. I am glad that my darings are OK, but it is so hard to know when I can't hold them in my arms and kiss them goodnight, read them stories, make them dinner, etc. etc. Please pray for me and if you know a lawyer in New York who wants to do some work for free, let me know. I appreciate all help offered and especially prayers. I pray that you receive whatever you need and that you are blessed with each new day. grandmasteph.

I reported a scammer on this site myself. It is all there in my aidpage postings. At any rate, I am sorry that you have had contact with a scammer, they are terrible people. I have a lady I talk with almost daily but she wants my address and I won't give it to her, because of scammers. She seems to be a truly nice person and we exchange messages on the private link, but there is no way she or anyone else is getting a street address out of me. I hope you get help for whatever problems are befalling you. God Bless, and thanks for warning others about scammies out there. grandmasteph.

Thursday: 6/28/07. I am sitting here wondering what next...now my stupid phone isn't working right. I can call people but they can't hear me, and they can call in but can't hear me...what a mess! I can't believe this! I have this Voip phone from Earthlink and the connection sucks, as well as the online chat support. What a joke, I am paying for nothing. They have issues with connection all the time. Now I can't take a call from a lawyer or the law professor who is trying to help me. It is amazing to me how my life keeps taking a turn for the worst. My youngest daughter is still having a constant headache after that car wreck...and the people she insisted on staying with have managed to steal the hundred dollars she had left. It makes me sick to think that she won't learn to stay away from trashy folks like that. I don't know what is going on with her head, but she forgets stuff now, she didn't remember that she told me about the accident down in Texas before she ever came back here or anything. It concerns me big time. I wish she would just stay here. It is a problem, but she doesn't understand that she doesn't need to go to Texas to stay because the court case is down there. She can contact a lawyer up here, I think. I don't know, whatever...I guess. Well, hope your day is going better than mine, because mine sucks. God Bless. Grandmasteph.

Wednesday, 6/27/2007. The little one is taking a late afternoon nap. She was really tuckered out so I put her down in her crib and she fell right to sleep. I am trying to decide what to make for dinner. We had a simple ham sandwich for lunch, with some fruit and milk. Breakfast was Chorizo (Mexican) sausage hash and eggs. Now, I am not sure what to do for dinner. I am leaning toward chicken or fish, don't know which I prefer...We will not eat until about 7:30 or so, there is still time to think about it for a bit. I am expecting a call from the Kinship Navigator tomorrow. That is the place in New York that is trying to help me with getting some legal representation and all for the court date in Aug. I am getting anxious but I know that I ought to just be glad that I have some help to try and do anything. I guess it is just really scary to think of my life without the children in it. I have not heard back from the law guardian about if I can get phone calls from the children as yet...It has only been several weeks now! They can't figure out why I call and bug them all the damn time but they are so slow about ever getting back to a person, even when they say they will get right back to you. Lord! What a bunch of do nothing, know nothing, don't give a hang, Jerks! It isn't any skin off their noses so they don't care at all I just can't stand these jokers in New York: they think that just because they have done something one way for a long time that there is no reason to change the way they do things! Well, enough of my venting for today. Hope you all have a great day, take care and God Bless You all. grandmasteph.

It is the 26th of June, 2007. I picked some black eyed susan's today from my flower beds and put them in a tall vase in the middle of my dinning table. They are bright yellow and make me feel better. I wish I had some bachelor buttons out there, but alas, do not. I love them but they tend to fade rather quickly when cut. Have been busy with phone calls for help in my situation with the kids, and also with the little one who is sleeping right now. I am bogged down with laundry to do and cooking to get started for tonight. I should not even be online, but I wanted to see if I had any email that I needed to pick up and read. I need to make a store list, my friend Tina is going to take me to the store with her later on and I really need several items including diapers for the little one. I wish you all every happiness you are accorded for today, tomorrow and always. May God shine in your life, and make a difference in how you look at the world. grandmasteph.

It is the 25th of June, 2007. I am still here, still waiting for a miracle. I read in my Bible, I pray, I hope, I cry, I stumble, I fall, but I get back to my feet again, still ready to fight for my darling grandchildren. My hope lies in the power of the Lord. On a happy note, my best friend's great granddaughter is with her now, since Saturday. The little one had been staying with a friend of the family, due to circumstances for a prolonged time, although the family was able to see her frequently...thank God. I am so thrilled for my friend. This has been a burden that has been very heavy for a very long time, now she is happier and her heart is lighter. I am so glad for her. It is a reason to be thankful. I will close for now, please offer prayers of thanks for my friend and her family...and pray that I have a happy outcome to my troubles also. I don't care about the tangibles of life, I care for the things that are held close to my heart...the riches in my life are exemplified by the beautiful little ones who are pictured above in my posts. I will pray for all of you, my friends. I trust that your problems will not be insurmountable, that your faith is strong, and that you are given what you need in order to overcome your situations. grandmasteph.

June the 23rd, 2007. My younger daughter is back to town from Texas. I haven't seen her as yet, not that I haven't been sitting here with her little baby girl all day waiting for her to show, I have been. I am just hoping for some help out of her with keeping my place. I don't know what else to do or say when it comes to her. She promised me some help, but it doesn't seem to be forth coming. I want my other daughter to give me a call so that I can talk to her about getting into some type of drug treatment program, etc. She can stop the clock on this adoption if she will just get her butt busy on straightening her life out! It isn't that hard to stop the clock, but she won't get herself in touch with her lawyer. I need her to listen to me on this. Why she won't get help is beyond me. She claims that she wants these babies, but she is doing nothing to get them back. Is she really that uncaring about the darling children she claims to love so much? I don't know what to think. Pray for my situation and if you know of anything that can help me, let me know what that is. I need to get help to get my babies back home. I am so scared of losing them forever. Please if anyone can help me with this in any way, let me know. May God Bless You, and Yours. GrandmaSteph.

June 21st, 2007: I heard from my friend who was fleeing domestic abuse, she has arrived at her destination safely and called to let me know. Another prayer answered. My youngest daughter was in a car accident tonight in TX. A UPS driver, who was speeding hit her and a friend's car...her head broke the windshield. I told her to get to the hospital right away. It sounds like she may have a concussion or something similar. I hope she will be OK. She is supposed to leave TX tomorrow on the bus to head back here to Lincoln. I told her to get a copy of the police report and etc. and hospital records...We will need them to give to the Dr. up here if there is a need. I sure as the devil do not want her to sign any releases at all. There is no way that I am going to let her release UPS from responsibility for her injury when God knows what could happen later on. I just put her little girl to bed and she is already sleeping. She took a rather long afternoon nap today so she was not really very tired till now. I am still working toward getting some help in New York for court. I need to get a lawyer to hear me and take this case on a pro bono basis so that the judge will take my position into consideration in the case. It is impossible to work this out long distance and I am being told that the judge won't even listen to me unless I have representation in court by a lawyer. That is not right, but I am not going to argue with people who know how the New York Family Court System works. It doesn't work well, from what I understand, the entire family court system is broken and needs revamped from what people there are telling me. So, good night to you all. May God bless you and may your troubles be few and your joys great. grandmasteph.

20th of June, 2007. I hope you are all doing well today. I am going to rest a bit because on less than 5 hours of sleep I just can't function. I sent my friend off this a.m. to get out of this state, and be safe from an abusive marriage. I pray that she is OK and that she and her young daughter are going to be alright. I have known them for about ten years now. At any rate, I will be still trying to get stuff done with securing legal advice and getting someone to represent me in New York's Family Court. I hope that I can find someone, I won't be heard when court comes up unless I obtain legal representation. I will let you all go for now. Please remember my friend in your prayers, and also my family situation. I appreciate any help that can be offered to me, advice, prayer, encouragement, money...whatever you can offer me... grandmasteph.

Hi there. I see that you had visited my aidpage. Thanks for reading all of it...I know it is a lot to read, I try to write some every day. I know what you are saying, one hopes that they meet the guy who will help them to raise their child and that person turns out to be Mr. Wrong, not Mr. Right. I too thought I was doing my eldest daughter a good turn to marry a guy who swore he was going to be "daddy". Well, his family treated her badly, and he didn't do a thing to stop it! They treated the younger daughter I had with him great, just singled MY daughter out for their nastiness. I know marriage is supposed to be a lifetime commitment but when you are treated so badly, I can't believe God wants us to go through all that, over and over again. I hope that things work out for you and your little guy. Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you are up to. grandmasteph.

Just wanted to thank you for visiting my aidpage and wish you luck as you start to get back to pre-abusive marriage. It is such a difficult task, but do remember that many of us have been there and understand what a problem it is to get out. This morning I sent a friend of mine and her daughter out of state at 5 a.m. after they spent the night here while he was at work. We packed the car clear full, leaving just enough room for driver and passenger. She took only pics of her children and grandchildren, a few clothes for them and left all the furniture, the house, the entire bank account except for $350. for expenses to get her to where she is going. She was way more than fair to this jerk. There is 10 thousand in a joint bank account--I sure would have taken half of it. At any rate, she did take the new car he bought for her, but it will end up being re-po'd because the pmt. on it is like $450. a month. Everything is in both their names, so she is leaving her home, her job, her friends, her furniture, everything...she and her young daughter just walked away--it is that bad! I don't think many people understand how a person can walk away from their whole life, but were they in that sort of a situation, they could. Good Luck. I will pray that things work out for you and of course will keep trying to open the eyes of the general public as to abuse and the signs to watch for. grandmasteph.

Just wanted to say that I hope things work out for you. Have you tried Legal Aid in Virginia? They perhaps can help, if not the state Bar Association sometimes can find lawyers at a reduced price, sometimes even free. You might give these places a call. I hope that you will be able to get a business of your own going. You might try the small business administration in your state. I know that there are many places that will give you a loan to start up a small business and there are tax breaks for the first several years...You might try that. I saw that you had visited my aid page and so I wanted to touch base with you and see if there was anything I could do to help you find a way to get some help. Good Luck to you. grandmasteph.

Hi there, I happened to see that you were looking at my aidpage and I wanted to let you know that there are many programs out there for single Moms. For instance you can go to your local social service agency and they can help you get your babysitter paid for through the state, even help you find someone, if you have no one else in mind...the program is called Title xx. I would also check into section 8 for low rent housing help, through the federal HUD program. I hope this helps. GrandmaSteph.

Georgia is playing and I am simmering some split pea and bacon soup for later on. I have a dear friend who is in trouble with an abusive man. He is becoming physically abusive. He has been mentally abusive for a couple of years now. At any rate, please pray for her and her child--they need to find respite and a safe place to be. I hope that your life is good today, that you all have hope for the future, that you get some rest, some food, some comfort...God Bless you all. I pray for your recovery from whatever problems life is heaping on your shoulders...remember the Lord will provide the means for you to help yourself. grandmasteph.

just trying to keep the wolf from the door around here. I am so done under with little money and not much help in the way of financing to live that it is hard to keep my head up. I get pretty down sometimes, but know that I have to keep trying, for the sake of my grandchildren.