I have to say that some things in my life are impossible to make simple. Our current dilemma is that my husband doesn't make enough money to pay the bills. Prices keep going up, but his income stays the same. He recently went out and got a part-time second job to help make ends meet, but coincidentally, his other job started cutting his hours (even more than they already had) at about the same time! So we ended up just evening out. I guess that's better than nothing.
For the past year and a half, we've been on food stamps and my daughter has had medicaid. I cannot wait until the day I can rid myself of welfare! It is the most annoying system I've ever dealt with. I have to fill out paperwork, dig up check stubs, bills, and identification cards 3 times a year. I know that doesn't seem like much, but the unbelievable line of questions followed by a decision that never gives us enough is pretty frustrating.
Unfortunately, my husband was laid off from his full-time job earlier this week. That means that I once again have to fill out paperwork, dig up stubs, bills, etc and sit through questions. It also means that I have to sit on hold for ridiculous amounts of time to find out about programs, more applications and the worst part of everything, is the wait.
I gotta say, those who spend their lives on welfare have got WAY more patience than I, or maybe it because I refuse to lie on my applications that I get the short end of the stick. Either way, the only way that I can make this process simple is to just do what I have to do and trust God to sort everything out. Pray for us!
