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Good Heavens, Giving Heart, I don’t see Upanaway as being too negative. She seems to have had a very full life with lots of experience and gives some pretty good advice and suggestions for solutions. Sorry, just don’t agree with you and saw your offer of prayers for her to be arrogant and insulting. Who are you to pray?

By Jenny Oops on 04/18/2008 8:46 pm

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By PATRICIA WIDHALM on 03/30/2008 7:51 pm

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Don’t you think it would be helpful to those seeking information and advice if this section was divided into sub sections such as: legal, travel, health, business, volunteerism, family, community, human rights, politics, etc etc?

By Kay Sara on 04/02/2008 1:59 pm

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Dear Suzanne: Yes! We are simply aggragating your thoughts and suggestions until we have an idea of everyone’s interests and focus. Soon we hope to bring some sort of structure to this fantastic chaos…the ideas and stories and suggestions will form its own constitution. Please give it time and thank you for your perceptive feedback. JONI EVANS

By Joni Evans on 04/03/2008 2:42 am

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Thanks, Joni. I feel like I won the lotto seeing you actually responded to my note! I have another possible suggestion to help readers. If the current day’s postings were a different color than we could quickly see if someone recently replyed to a previous post. Right now it is a lot of scrolling and scanning, which is very time consuming. For me I also appreciate it when blogs list the last - or most recent- post first - less scrolling and more relevant discussions than starting from the first always. BTW- there seems to be enthusiastic support for a book discussion group on Wow (suggestions for short stories or plays so more people could read it in a short time) also there was a mention of a film discussion group. (Would increase some advertisers for the site, too) I also think surveys would go over here and they are usually a money generator like advertisers — for the Wow investors. There also seems to be friendships forming and maybe an optional blogger profile would be nice so others could see backgrounds and interests and know who they are talking to. One blogger did not appreciate postings giving life stories- others may be interested. You may also find it interesting to tailor content and ads by getting demographics on your bloggers. I do understand this site is new and some of this may be premature. So far the bloggers seem to be pretty enlightened and energetic and would love to help in the creation of this forum.

By Kay Sara on 04/03/2008 11:48 am

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I have a friend who is losing her home (June 4) after 10 years because her son is chronically ill with asthma. She has lost 3 separate jobs in health care as she had to stop working to care for him - he’s 9. Her ex makes 6 figures, along with the new wife aka ex-mistress - 15 years younger than the ex, who also makes 6 figures. (The lovers met getting their MBA’s together - isn’t that special !) So she is living on donations for food, and no money for gas, lights have been turned off - now on, but she has had to go back to court without a lawyer. Legal Aid services have told her that because she had a private lawyer 4 years ago for the divorce - they won’t help her - even if she is destitute. I was in court with her Friday, and the judge referred the case to mediation. She told the judge - we have been in mediation 4 times before - it has never worked - try again said the judge. Oh, the judge said, you are ordered to get life insurance. She said, if I am homeless in 2 months, and I don’t have money for food, how do I pay for life insurance? He said, “Work that out in mediation.” Her former lawyer essentially said, “Find the money for a retainer or I can’t help you.” The bar association sent her to “pro bono” lawyers who demanded huge retainers. The National Woman’s Law Center told her they don’t handle divorce or child support issues. The worst part about this is that he “gaslights” her. Doesn’t show up to pick up kids, then says later in court documents that she withheld the children from him on that day. He will refuse to answer his door or phone when she is trying to drop off kids - then reports in court documents that she didn’t show up. So she compiled police records showing that she was at his house at the day and time sighted. Judge said: “Looks like two people who know how to file police reports…blah, blah, let’s move on.” I’d cut off my right arm to help her. I always wanted to be a lawyer - if I could do it online - I’d do it. Any other thoughts would be highly appreciated.

By Bella Mia on 04/03/2008 11:39 am

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Why do judges lack any compassion or sense of “justice”. If the job makes them so cynical there should be term limits on their sitting on the bench.

By Kay Sara on 04/03/2008 11:53 am

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SUCH is the state of our nation!

By Upanaway on 04/04/2008 9:02 am

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Bella Mia: If you have an address where I can contribute either money or basic supplies, please post here. I am in transition myself at this time and I know how scary it is. I am blessed with the generosity of family and friends. However I can reach out for your friend, would be a way for me to pay it forward. Thank you.

By iris odonata on 04/07/2008 10:50 am

I’m not a lawyer, but I know enough of them to know that you have to: Document, Document, Document! Carry a camera and a notebook. Take another adult with her..take pictures with a time/date stamp of the children standing at his front door. Write down when he says he’ll be there and then hold it in front of her as she stands in her empty doorway on the days he doesn’t show up. Call the mediator every time she goes to drop them off when he doesn’t answer the door, and every time he doesn’t show. She has to take it from the realm of “he said, she said”. If she can, audio tape everything he says to her. She should always have contemporaneous notes with time and date and who she was talking to. And she should try to have a witness whenever there is a contact. If she isn’t mindful he will use the same tactics to take the children. She needs a good support group/system. Women who have been through it and know how to come out the other side. The 9 year old can certainly note whether he ever showed up or not. It has to be when it happens though…OH! and yes, tell her to keep looking for a lawyer. Call the Lawyers guild. Make noise, make her problem his problem. One other thought…check NOLO press. They have a lot of legal publications on a lot of subjects for lay people. Maybe she can do some of her own legal work. But she sure shouldn’t take it sitting down!

By Alyn C on 04/22/2008 7:10 pm

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I attended an event last evening at our Country Club. The speaker’s comments were very racially derogatory. I was very offended and got up to leave. I felt that by just leaving no one would really know why, so I interrupted the speaker and told him I thought his remarks were uncalled for. I feel I was right to stand up for my beliefs (I’ve never done such a thing before) but am wondering if this was the right thing or the right way to handle this. What are your comments?

By pamela grady on 04/04/2008 9:19 am

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Pamela: Brava for you. If you said it to him as you just wrote it here, then you exhibited integrity and grace in the face of ugliness. Thank you for your moment of courage and conviction. It is small acts like this that start a snowball effect, as in “I’m mad as hell, and I am not going to take it anymore.” This, the line from the movie, “Network.”

By iris odonata on 04/07/2008 11:05 pm

You were absolutely correct in challenging the speaker. Paraphrasing Edmund Burke, all that is need for evil to prevail is good people standing by and watching. You might want to check your club’s charter as some clubs continue to deny membership to African-Americans and Jews.

By beth willis on 04/15/2008 11:41 am

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Hello Beth, I am totally in agreement with you. Take care Thank-you for your prayers!!!!!!!

By CAROLINE MuLVEY on 05/21/2008 3:43 pm

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Yes, Yes Pamela! No reason not to believe in yourself in this instance. An explanation could have made a difference in the speaker or the audience’s mind. Just walking out would have said nothing. Good job!

By Jenny Oops on 04/18/2008 8:50 pm