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kdmorris

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1. Been there, done that

Reply to OneGrassRoot (Original post)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 10:22 AM

Feb 2013

Being homeless with children is a special hell. As if it's not bad enough that you have no safe place to lay your head, the feeling that you have failed your children and they deserve better permeates your entire life.

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Moms, Dads With Kids: Homeless But Nowhere To Turn [View all] OneGrassRoot Feb 2013 OP

Been there, done that kdmorris Feb 2013 #1

... OneGrassRoot Feb 2013 #3

a special hell with children, homeless Americans deserve better from all our state and federal gov. Sunlei Feb 2013 #15

Either the link is bad or the article has been pulled. nt Javaman Feb 2013 #2

They both just worked for me. OneGrassRoot Feb 2013 #4

Working just fine for me. Maybe try it again? - n/t coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #5

Needs to be read in tandem with this tear-jerker of a story - had my wife coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #6

Yes, I was going to gather several such articles... OneGrassRoot Feb 2013 #8

du rec. nt xchrom Feb 2013 #7

k&r Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #9

k&r HappyMe Feb 2013 #10

The very fact that this country has such a major problem with involuntary homelessness humblebum Feb 2013 #11

So where is the outrage from "PRO LIFE" protestors? alp227 Feb 2013 #12

good question liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #16

we should be using all the military facilities shut down as housing for homeless Americans. Sunlei Feb 2013 #13

God Bless America. This is only the beginning. Cut SS some more and see what happens. L0oniX Feb 2013 #14

OP re: community investment approach to this problem: OneGrassRoot Feb 2013 #17

“You have no control of your life at the shelter,” JDPriestly Feb 2013 #18

What are your thoughts about this, JDPriestly? OneGrassRoot Feb 2013 #19