Recovering: lightning strike

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I am slowly getting back to my normal situation before the lightning strike which severely damaged my oak tree, house, appliances, and other necessary things like the phones, phone line, and access to the internet. I have many struggles and challenges to over come which will take time from my internet activities for a while. However, after everything is back to normal and I have resolved these issues, i will return with vim and vigor to continue my activities here. I plan to extend my time here and get involved in more activities in the future.

Fortunately I am finally online again. It is very good to be able to write to you again and let you know what is going on and how things are going for me.

My internet activities I expect will begin to become more often for a much longer period of time sometime next month. The biggest issue with this is that my membership upgrade here will expire soon. I am on a fixed limited income and before the lightning strike my budget didn't have room to squeak. Now my budget is much more restricted, which requires me to give up more things such as my account for my cell phone with Sprint. The good news is that I have been gifted a free cell phone with free minutes I am redoing my menu so that I can reduce my food costs, and still eat healthy as much as possible. Along with these changes which will help me get back on track financially I am looking at other options. Luckily some of these changes are temporary, however some will be permanent. That's ok, God is with me and I will hold on to Him and be glad for the gift of each day and being able to spend time here with everyone.

My membership upgrade was a gift which I cherish. I thank you all for your generosity. There are many people I'm certain who need this help, so I am hopeful that somehow I would be able to retain my upgrade by using my gift points. If not, I understand because this site must have enough money to remain alive and well. I would prefer to have a free account rather than see this site disappear. This site and everyone here is a huge lift for my spirit for which I thank you very, very much.