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Cobalt Violet

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Sun Mar-05-06 09:43 PM
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22. I lived on SSI for a while. It was hell.

Edited on Sun Mar-05-06 09:45 PM by Cobalt Violet

$475 a month and I couldn't afford the rent anymore.

I ended being homeless and living in a homeless shelter.

I had to give away my cats that I raised from kittens. I'll never get over that.

I had no place to put any of my stuff which had value to me. I couldn't fit everything in a backpack.

I had to realize just how little I mattered to anyone. People love to pile on the hate and kick you when your down.

This is no lifestyle choice. This was a miserable existence.

Some people haven't got a clue about this kind of hardship.

In some peoples lives the worse thing that has ever happened to them is a hangnail.

Someday they may very well be in yours or my shoes.

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