~Feeling Guilty~
By Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
Valdosta, Georgia
April 23, 2016 9:53pm CST
I was upset earlier as most of you know about our anniversary. We did have a good day with the kids though. =) I am grateful for that.
Earlier I was venting about what happened with our friend cancelling watching our kids. Well on the way home from us being out I started feeling really bad about how ungrateful I was being.
We stopped at the gas station and there was a homeless man laying by a dumpster. It just made me feel a strong feeling of guilt. I have a bed to sleep in tonight, a roof over my head, a husband and kids that love me so much, food to eat, and no addiction problem (he is an alcoholic-admitted by himself to my husband).
So, I am feeling grateful tonight for what I DO have!
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@minisam Well we all complain at times and that is part of being human. But seeing that guy put things in perspective for me. I am so grateful we are not homeless again.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@miniam Yes we have been homeless twice, once living in a tent in winter with our newborn and once living in a motel with 3 of our children while I was pregnant with Julian.
@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
24 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies
Again? did you have the misfortune of being homeless?You dont have to answer if you dont want to.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@norcal Yes there is, and we were much worse off not that long ago when we were homeless ourselves. Really grateful we are not homeless now.
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@norcal (4890)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
24 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies Having a home is a wonderful thing.
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
24 Apr 16
It takes a scene like that to make us realize we have a much better life and our disappointments are not as big as others.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@toniganzon Yes it does. Well our disappointments still matter-even if they are small. But I am glad I have what I do and we are not homeless anymore.
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@Juliaacv (48611)
• Canada
24 Apr 16
I have never ever been homeless or without a host of possessions, a lot of which I can manage without, I've never sacrificed my health for an addiction, yet I know that I'm grateful. And although I don't have everything in the world I give thanks each and every day because I've seen what you've seen, and read about this, and as a result I know that I am blessed. Nobody has it all, and if they try to tell you that they do, then they are missing something personally, but we can all be grateful for what we have and pray for those that obviously have less.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@Juliaacv I am glad you have never been homeless, you are very lucky. We have been there and it was the worst time in our life.
Seeing him made me remember when we were without a home, and it made me grateful for what I do have.
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@Juliaacv (48611)
• Canada
25 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies The important part is that you , and me too, are grateful for what we have. Regardless of where we have been, because it wouldn't take much for anyone with a home to lose it in today's world.
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@jabouk Thank you, I did get over it. =) And that helped me to overcome the way I was feeling.
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
24 Apr 16
Yes we have to feel good about what we do have cause there is someone out there that has nothing or less then we have sure a good learning tool
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@softbabe44 Yes we do! We were homeless less than a year ago and it made me realize how much we have now compared to then.
@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
27 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies It makes a lot of sense it is hard when you watch others go through this.
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@MGjhaud Yeah that made me grateful that we are not homeless still. So grateful for what we do have!
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@GardenGerty (157675)
• United States
24 Apr 16
Sometimes we do just feel a need to vent. Remember your emotions are still all over the place. You were given a very visual reminder of what you do have so that is a blessing too.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@GardenGerty Yeah and I did need to vent earlier. I am feeling better now though since we are no longer homeless like we once were.
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@tammys85 Yeah and yesterday was important to me. But it made me realize when seeing him that less than a year ago we were there-we were homeless with children and I thank God were not there any longer!
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@jstory07 Yeah I remember when we were homeless, less than a year ago. It brought me back to that and made me remember what I have to be grateful for.
@IvySaysHi (4467)
• United States
24 Apr 16
I am glad you were able to still have a nice time. We all tend to forget what we have when looking foward to things we want.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@IvySaysHi Thank you, we did. =) Yeah, I am glad God put my thoughts back into perspective tonight.
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@JudyEv Yeah I am sure it is. We were homeless a couple times in our life and I am so grateful we are no longer there. I don't think he will get out of the mess he's in and its really sad.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 Apr 16
we thank the Lord for everything we have, at the end of the day.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@ridingbet Yes and we always should!
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@Daljinder (23233)
• Bangalore, India
24 Apr 16
True that! We should be happy with what we have..
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Jun 16
yes its seeing things like that thatmake,,mefee;really grateful for what I do have
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Apr 16
@Teep11 Yeah I am so grateful we are not homeless like we were before. I am feeling much better about things now.
