Comments on: Philanthropist Has A Message For Everyone http://www.millionairesmoney.com/blog/2008/08/08/philanthropist-has-a-message-for-everyone/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:06:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mary ann http://www.millionairesmoney.com/blog/2008/08/08/philanthropist-has-a-message-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Mary ann Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:21:15 +0000 http://www.millionairesmoney.com/blog/?p=22#comment-510 Hey Michelle, Sorry I am so late in replying.I hope you have gotten some of your questions answered here about your application to ease your mind. I am going to insert my e-mail address here so we can communicate privately if you want and anyone else is welcome that needs a hug also. So to the keeper of the blog unless I can not do this here,please send this to Michelle. mistycool_1@webtv.net Like you Michelle my capability of blowing bubbles and making lemonade is like double fooey,it just is not happening right now for me.I can not seem to pick my spirits up so have not been around on-line. I have to laugh tho,everywhere I went fo help has denied me. I got two denials in 24 hours. So much for our government help.For all the times I might have been judgemental may god forgive me. I have been out of work since july.I have never collected unemployment in my 40 years of working,ya I started young,ha. I have been denied even tho released back to work with severe restrictions,my job of 23 years said goodbye to me. I can do something according to my doctor,just cant be a nurse anymore,and with these restrictions no one will hire me,as I will be a risk to them.So much for the crapola on hiring the handicap and disabled. Now here I have to chuckle,even tho it says I can work,unemployment says I am unable so they refuse to pay me,so much for paying in to that all these years. And welfare denied me as they say I am NOT disabled.ARE you laughing yet?So I guess the fight is on,appeals to be written.And I am sending these government agencies the others denial letters so they can see what fools they appeared to be to me. So this is what people have been against? How my country shames me right now.Right now if it wasn't for salvation army being kind to me,there would be no food here.Oh well,guess I lived good all these years,now its my turn. When I asked welfare about meds, was told,take the denial letter to pharmacies maybe they will give you a discount.Oh I could swear like a sailor right now,discount???Like that will help me with no income. E-mail me kiddo and we can exchange real addresses because I have 1 more month til this is shut off and I sure can use a friend right now.Seems people forget about you when your needy,god all those years at my job and not one card,sad isnt it? Take Care,take care, Mary ann Hey Michelle,
Sorry I am so late in replying.I hope you have gotten some of your questions answered here about your application to ease your mind.

I am going to insert my e-mail address here so we can communicate privately if you want and anyone else is welcome that needs a hug also.

So to the keeper of the blog unless I can not do this here,please send this to Michelle.

mistycool_1@webtv.net

Like you Michelle my capability of blowing bubbles and making lemonade is like double fooey,it just is not happening right now for me.I can not seem to pick my spirits up so have not been around on-line.

I have to laugh tho,everywhere I went fo help has denied me.
I got two denials in 24 hours.
So much for our government help.For all the times I might have been judgemental may god forgive me.
I have been out of work since july.I have never collected unemployment in my 40 years of working,ya I started young,ha.
I have been denied even tho released back to work with severe restrictions,my job of 23 years said goodbye to me.

I can do something according to my doctor,just cant be a nurse anymore,and with these restrictions no one will hire me,as I will be a risk to them.So much for the crapola on hiring the handicap and disabled.
Now here I have to chuckle,even tho it says I can work,unemployment says I am unable so they refuse to pay me,so much for paying in to that all these years.
And welfare denied me as they say I am NOT disabled.ARE you laughing yet?So I guess the fight is on,appeals to be written.And I am sending these government agencies the others denial letters so they can see what fools they appeared to be to me.

So this is what people have been against? How my country shames me right now.Right now if it wasn’t for salvation army being kind to me,there would be no food here.Oh well,guess I lived good all these years,now its my turn.

When I asked welfare about meds, was told,take the denial letter to pharmacies maybe they will give you a discount.Oh I could swear like a sailor right now,discount???Like that will help me with no income.
E-mail me kiddo and we can exchange real addresses because I have 1 more month til this is shut off and I sure can use a friend right now.Seems people forget about you when your needy,god all those years at my job and not one card,sad isnt it?

Take Care,take care,
Mary ann

]]> By: Michelle Mesaris http://www.millionairesmoney.com/blog/2008/08/08/philanthropist-has-a-message-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Michelle Mesaris Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:45:36 +0000 http://www.millionairesmoney.com/blog/?p=22#comment-479 Hey MaryAnn..... Thanks for the reply......it brought tears to my eyes. You know sometimes you just feel like you are the only one in this little boat of life with no paddles out at rough seas!!! I just watch this whole thing just crumbling around me daily and I just keep "Blowing Bubbles" because I do not know what else to do. I had just sent another message to the staff here on my open ticket right before I came here and read your message because I have just been sick because of the computer problem I had when I re-issued my request and I am so affraid that I have been denied because of it and it was all out of my control but yet I have been trying desperately to get in touch with someone here to correct it. I know and totally understand what you mean when you say you wish someone would leave a message saying that they have been approved and how it has changed their lives.....atleast it would give each and every one of us a little bit more hope and a reason to put a smile on our faces. I know how you feel when you say about going back to work. I, as like you, miss it as well and I to have to laugh when I say that because, like many others, we all have said sometime in our work history how we wish we did not have to work but I tell you what when you are forced out of not being able to work you really do end up missing it! I miss the paycheck (of course), the interaction with other people, staying busy and so on. Infact just latlely I keep telling my daughter and fiance' that I am going to go back to work and they both just look at me and laugh and say "yeah right....ok....we'll see!" I would love to go back to work but deep in my soul I know that I would never be able to make it. With my illness I would be down in less then a day. I hope and pray each and every day, multiple times a day, that I recieve a phone call. I really don't know how much longer I am going to be able to keep the power on and a roof over our heads. As each month goes by it just gets further and further behind and the scary part is the health issue in this whole matter which is one of the main reasons why I applied. I don't know how much longer I am going to be able to go to my Dr (which is the one that prescribes all of my medications (which is many upon many) and as for my fiance' he is down to days if not has already run out of his medications so I am down too counting days!!! There is not a day that goes by that I am not on the computer all day long doing research trying to see what other means or sources I can find that could possibly helps us. I am sending emails out to anyone and everyone and you really know what the sad things is in all of this.....out of all of the emails I have sent out do you know that I have not recieved not one message back of acknowledgement, sorry there is nothing we can do for you, any leads, nothing......talking about feeling so alone! And I know that I am not the only that is probably out there doing this. It is bad for everyone right now and to tell you honestly I really do not know how our nation is going to pull ourselves out of this one! I am so affraid that my biggest nightmare is just right around the corner but like you said we all are dreamers and that is all we have to hold on to so as long as I still have a breath in me and a little giddy-up in my step (even with a broken foot in 3 places....lol) I will do whatever it takes to get us out of this hole! I wish you all the best and as long as we have this blog and prayers for each other that we will get a call soon then I think we can still "Blow Bubbles!" Take care of yourself and we will blog again soon!! Michelle Hey MaryAnn…..
Thanks for the reply……it brought tears to my eyes. You know sometimes you just feel like you are the only one in this little boat of life with no paddles out at rough seas!!! I just watch this whole thing just crumbling around me daily and I just keep “Blowing Bubbles” because I do not know what else to do. I had just sent another message to the staff here on my open ticket right before I came here and read your message because I have just been sick because of the computer problem I had when I re-issued my request and I am so affraid that I have been denied because of it and it was all out of my control but yet I have been trying desperately to get in touch with someone here to correct it. I know and totally understand what you mean when you say you wish someone would leave a message saying that they have been approved and how it has changed their lives…..atleast it would give each and every one of us a little bit more hope and a reason to put a smile on our faces.
I know how you feel when you say about going back to work. I, as like you, miss it as well and I to have to laugh when I say that because, like many others, we all have said sometime in our work history how we wish we did not have to work but I tell you what when you are forced out of not being able to work you really do end up missing it! I miss the paycheck (of course), the interaction with other people, staying busy and so on. Infact just latlely I keep telling my daughter and fiance’ that I am going to go back to work and they both just look at me and laugh and say “yeah right….ok….we’ll see!” I would love to go back to work but deep in my soul I know that I would never be able to make it. With my illness I would be down in less then a day.
I hope and pray each and every day, multiple times a day, that I recieve a phone call. I really don’t know how much longer I am going to be able to keep the power on and a roof over our heads. As each month goes by it just gets further and further behind and the scary part is the health issue in this whole matter which is one of the main reasons why I applied. I don’t know how much longer I am going to be able to go to my Dr (which is the one that prescribes all of my medications (which is many upon many) and as for my fiance’ he is down to days if not has already run out of his medications so I am down too counting days!!! There is not a day that goes by that I am not on the computer all day long doing research trying to see what other means or sources I can find that could possibly helps us. I am sending emails out to anyone and everyone and you really know what the sad things is in all of this…..out of all of the emails I have sent out do you know that I have not recieved not one message back of acknowledgement, sorry there is nothing we can do for you, any leads, nothing……talking about feeling so alone! And I know that I am not the only that is probably out there doing this. It is bad for everyone right now and to tell you honestly I really do not know how our nation is going to pull ourselves out of this one! I am so affraid that my biggest nightmare is just right around the corner but like you said we all are dreamers and that is all we have to hold on to so as long as I still have a breath in me and a little giddy-up in my step (even with a broken foot in 3 places….lol) I will do whatever it takes to get us out of this hole!
I wish you all the best and as long as we have this blog and prayers for each other that we will get a call soon then I think we can still “Blow Bubbles!” Take care of yourself and we will blog again soon!!
Michelle

]]> By: Mary ann http://www.millionairesmoney.com/blog/2008/08/08/philanthropist-has-a-message-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Mary ann Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:32:14 +0000 http://www.millionairesmoney.com/blog/?p=22#comment-445 Michelle, I am finally glad I gave in and came back to check the blog.It sure was great hearing from you. Oh my god,are we related in the bad luck family or what? My Dad used to say,'This is a bad luck family and always will be but Marushka it is what we do with that bad luck that counts in this life.' I have decided lately I am and never will be as strong as he was. Like you I want to read just one post here from someone that got help,so I can smile for them,with them and know there is hope here.I am not complaining or whining here just sharing.And so very glad you shared back with me and all here. There is no recourse here for me and many.I will never be out in the work force again and how I miss it,laughs because I am actually saying that.But there is a help there,the paycheck that finally comes in.When your in a position where there will be none it is a very awakening cold slap that does not feel good. For people like us everything becomes a trauma,because we have nothing and no one to fall back on.How sad,how very sad. Michelle kiddo I do not know how much more you can go thru here in the miracle mile of life but hang in there because even this walk will be over someday and as it ends we will be wanting more. I am tired,weary and wishful. We are dreamers Michelle,so escape there and know all that you smile about will happen,it will happen,it has to for without that we have so little. Blessings always and no more broken legs to you.Hey,crutches are great at least people open doors for you once in awhile,laughs. Take care,take care, Mary ann Michelle,
I am finally glad I gave in and came back to check the blog.It sure was great hearing from you.
Oh my god,are we related in the bad luck family or what?

My Dad used to say,’This is a bad luck family and always will be but Marushka it is what we do with that bad luck that counts in this life.’
I have decided lately I am and never will be as strong as he was.

Like you I want to read just one post here from someone that got help,so I can smile for them,with them and know there is hope here.I am not complaining or whining here just sharing.And so very glad you shared back with me and all here.

There is no recourse here for me and many.I will never be out in the work force again and how I miss it,laughs because I am actually saying that.But there is a help there,the paycheck that finally comes in.When your in a position where there will be none it is a very awakening cold slap that does not feel good.

For people like us everything becomes a trauma,because we have nothing and no one to fall back on.How sad,how very sad.
Michelle kiddo I do not know how much more you can go thru here in the miracle mile of life but hang in there because even this walk will be over someday and as it ends we will be wanting more.

I am tired,weary and wishful.
We are dreamers Michelle,so escape there and know all that you smile about will happen,it will happen,it has to for without that we have so little.
Blessings always and no more broken legs to you.Hey,crutches are great at least people open doors for you once in awhile,laughs.

Take care,take care,
Mary ann

]]> By: Michelle Mesaris http://www.millionairesmoney.com/blog/2008/08/08/philanthropist-has-a-message-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Michelle Mesaris Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:45:30 +0000 http://www.millionairesmoney.com/blog/?p=22#comment-418 Mary ann... Reading that last statement you posted was like looking in the mirror and all I could do was cry and say AMEN!! No one truely knows the heartache, the gut-ache, the headache that we all go through when we have to live in these lives day after day after day and just be constantly reminded that it's there and will my prayers ever be answered? Will this black cloud ever go away? I always say "If it wasn't for bad luck I would not have any luck at all....and I tell ya.....I would rather have the "NO LUCK" at this point. Not only have I been trying so very hard to get in touch with someone here in regards to my re-issuing of my request because there was a computer error and I don't want to be declined because I did not follow the rules but every day I am watching the bills increase and wondering how in gods name I am going to get out of this, I also found out I have Walking Pneumonia and the same day I found out that, I had just got home and went out to water the garden (so we can atleast save a little money in food) and I stepped in a small hold and broke my foot in 2 places!! All I could do was sit down and cry and scream "WHY?" My PG&E is due today, and because I have to have a cell phone because I have a severely disabled son who lives 40 miles from me and I have to be able to be gotten ahold of 24 hours a day, that is due as well and right now I am counting down the hours knowing come midnight the phone is going off and most likely the electricity which I have no clue what I am going to do because I have to have the air conditioning because of my disability and my rent has been due and I don't have the money for that.....so basically it is all coming to a head! I have been doing so much research trying to find someone that can help us that I am at my wits end. I have sent out so many emails and no one answers. I pray so hard everyday that my phone will ring and I pick it up and someone says on the other end "Hello Michelle....we are calling to lend you a helping hand"! I just don't know how many more tears I can cry and prayers I can ask. My grandmother & I have this saying when things get tuff...."Blow Bubbles"....but I have run out of bubbles. My heart goes out to you all....it is a shame that our country has come to this and we are the ones that have to suffer from it. Thanks to the President who has gotten all of us in this pickle....he only has a few more months in office and then he has nothing to worry about.....he gets to go home to a beautiful house that is paid off, with food in his pantry, gas in his tank, a few new cars to drive, a healthy paycheck every month, health insurance for him and his family, money in his pocket to go out for entertainment, and his bills taken care of, not to mention plenty of beautiful clothing to wear......while the rest of us sit and wonder if we are going to have a job tomorrow or a house over our heads and food in our tummys. You know I feel there is something wrong with that picture! This is no longer the land of opportunity! I wish everyone the best and I hope and pray that you are lucky enough to get that phone call and to those who have gotten then calls...."Con-Grats.....sorry but I wish I was in your shoes. I will go back to my searching and my tears and I will not give up! Love to you all and my heart really does go out to you.... Michelle Mesaris P.S.I agree with you Lauri....atleast we can blog and try and be strong for each other! Mary ann…
Reading that last statement you posted was like looking in the mirror and all I could do was cry and say AMEN!! No one truely knows the heartache, the gut-ache, the headache that we all go through when we have to live in these lives day after day after day and just be constantly reminded that it’s there and will my prayers ever be answered? Will this black cloud ever go away? I always say “If it wasn’t for bad luck I would not have any luck at all….and I tell ya…..I would rather have the “NO LUCK” at this point. Not only have I been trying so very hard to get in touch with someone here in regards to my re-issuing of my request because there was a computer error and I don’t want to be declined because I did not follow the rules but every day I am watching the bills increase and wondering how in gods name I am going to get out of this, I also found out I have Walking Pneumonia and the same day I found out that, I had just got home and went out to water the garden (so we can atleast save a little money in food) and I stepped in a small hold and broke my foot in 2 places!! All I could do was sit down and cry and scream “WHY?” My PG&E is due today, and because I have to have a cell phone because I have a severely disabled son who lives 40 miles from me and I have to be able to be gotten ahold of 24 hours a day, that is due as well and right now I am counting down the hours knowing come midnight the phone is going off and most likely the electricity which I have no clue what I am going to do because I have to have the air conditioning because of my disability and my rent has been due and I don’t have the money for that…..so basically it is all coming to a head! I have been doing so much research trying to find someone that can help us that I am at my wits end. I have sent out so many emails and no one answers. I pray so hard everyday that my phone will ring and I pick it up and someone says on the other end “Hello Michelle….we are calling to lend you a helping hand”! I just don’t know how many more tears I can cry and prayers I can ask. My grandmother & I have this saying when things get tuff….”Blow Bubbles”….but I have run out of bubbles. My heart goes out to you all….it is a shame that our country has come to this and we are the ones that have to suffer from it. Thanks to the President who has gotten all of us in this pickle….he only has a few more months in office and then he has nothing to worry about…..he gets to go home to a beautiful house that is paid off, with food in his pantry, gas in his tank, a few new cars to drive, a healthy paycheck every month, health insurance for him and his family, money in his pocket to go out for entertainment, and his bills taken care of, not to mention plenty of beautiful clothing to wear……while the rest of us sit and wonder if we are going to have a job tomorrow or a house over our heads and food in our tummys. You know I feel there is something wrong with that picture! This is no longer the land of opportunity! I wish everyone the best and I hope and pray that you are lucky enough to get that phone call and to those who have gotten then calls….”Con-Grats…..sorry but I wish I was in your shoes. I will go back to my searching and my tears and I will not give up!
Love to you all and my heart really does go out to you….
Michelle Mesaris
P.S.I agree with you Lauri….atleast we can blog and try and be strong for each other!

]]> By: Mary ann http://www.millionairesmoney.com/blog/2008/08/08/philanthropist-has-a-message-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Mary ann Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:11:00 +0000 http://www.millionairesmoney.com/blog/?p=22#comment-414 Linda,Stacy,Lauri, You all have so much on your plate,no wonder you can not eat the desert. Somedays,I just do not know how most of us go on.We are losing our homes,our jobs,everything is crazy out there with the so called,'cost of living' We live on tho because that is what we do. You stand weeping as the door to your home has a foreclosure and eviction notice. You look at a kindly man in a service station and your eyes well with tears when he says,'You can make payments,even if it is 25 a month.' You break out in a cold sweat when,wanting to pass out when your job of many years looks at you with distaste because you are now ill. You get light headed,walking in to the welfare department as you have never been here before and you are greeted by a very ill tempered man,who was supposed to help you and you find out because of that three hundred dollars in savings,there is no help this month. And you close the door,look back and think,is this all there was and is to my life. You find yourself on a blog at five a.m.reading and wondering about others lives and you see the pain,the hurt,the anger and frustration that is yours. You wonder if they have reached this hopeless state of mind and body.You reach out in the morning for just a hand. Just a hand and you wonder,why has this person come in to your life,why with this blog site are they consuming my thoughts,my time,my energy. And then you smile,because you know they are smiling.They know and you know your both here for a reason. Linda,Stacy,Lauri,
You all have so much on your plate,no wonder you can not eat the desert.

Somedays,I just do not know how most of us go on.We are losing our homes,our jobs,everything is crazy out there with the so called,’cost of living’

We live on tho because that is what we do.
You stand weeping as the door to your home has a foreclosure and eviction notice.

You look at a kindly man in a service station and your eyes well with tears when he says,’You can make payments,even if it is 25 a month.’

You break out in a cold sweat when,wanting to pass out when your job of many years looks at you with distaste because you are now ill.

You get light headed,walking in to the welfare department as you have never been here before and you are greeted by a very ill tempered man,who was supposed to help you and you find out because of that three hundred dollars in savings,there is no help this month.

And you close the door,look back and think,is this all there was and is to my life.

You find yourself on a blog at five a.m.reading and wondering about others lives and you see the pain,the hurt,the anger and frustration that is yours.

You wonder if they have reached this hopeless state of mind and body.You reach out in the morning for just a hand.

Just a hand and you wonder,why has this person come in to your life,why with this blog site are they consuming my thoughts,my time,my energy.

And then you smile,because you know they are smiling.They know and you know your both here for a reason.

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