Back after a loooonnnggg absence

Wow. I just had to use Mr. Mark Allread on about a bazillion messages. I've missed a lot, clearly.

Hi, guys. I'm back, after a couple of months of hell. I'm still in purgatory (I think) but that's better than it has been.

We're one of those families who lost the job last year that paid the mortgage, and even though all the news made it sound like there were lots of programs for people Just Like Us, there are NOT. We were foreclosed on, lost our property (20 acres in Heaven's Willamette Valley), had to leave behind a lot of our stuff (you cannot get a 2800 sqft house + 3 big outbuildings into a 2 bedroom apartment. even with a really big POD. you just can't)

And worst of all, had to rehome all of our animals. Well, actually, we can keep 2 (and we paid the deposit for them), but I advertised all 6 cats and 1 dog and let my higher power sort out who found new homes.

The really good part is that ALL of them have new homes, with good people. I was particularly touched because I was very afraid that we would have to put Fearless (19) and Smokey (17) to sleep due to their age and health problems, but they were the FIRST to find a home. A kind couple who live only a few miles from our old house wanted to make sure they had a comfy, petting-filled, lap-filled last few years. And yes, they knew about all the health problems and the incontinence and all of that. It just made my cry (for relief, and for the amazing kindnesses out in the world).

We currently have Cinder (14) and Little Bit (the blind 6yo), and their new mommy will be collecting them mid-August to go live in a nice big house out in the country in Washington state. Emma went to a sweet young couple who had lost 3 (older) cats in the last 3 years and really missed having a kitty. Miss Kitty is living with 3 dogs and no other cats, her preferred configuration. Molly the d-thing is keeping an older couple company; they wanted a dog but did not want a really active young dog, and they fell in love with her when they met.

I feel very odd only have 2 owners (and soon to have none). But it is the right thing to do right now. We need to get our feet back under us; we can't truly afford any pets right now. On the good side, my disability application was approved first round, although they lost my paperwork for like 9 months, and it took me forever to fill out the next round of papers. It is a relief to have a consistent income, even if it is rather small.

So, how is everyone? I see some of you on Facebook, so I know of some of the happenings. Is the newsgroup still alive?

Deborah
no longer slave to The Six, and going back to unpacking again...

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"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."-Martin Luther King, Jr.
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