a month more & it'll be 1 year since I moved out of my dad's house!

Cindy
On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:44:44 EDT Michael Jeffries <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> On this day it marks my 12th year being independent from my parents.
> At that
> time I had no choice.  I had to get out on my own.  My home life was
> getting
> too much to bear.  My first year was depressing at first because of
> having to
> deal with my mom's feelings about me moving out but she finally came
> around
> to accepting the idea that I was capable of making it on my own.  I
> had my
> girlfriend move in and Patricia was born then everything went
> downhill from
> there with my first roommate.  I'm never going to regret my actions.
>  What I
> did I did in order to have a life I could live with.  Now I have a
> second
> child and I have gone from being on SSI when Patricia was born to
> working
> close to full time hours.
>
> When I first moved out I was unable to qualify for assistance from
> disability
> programs.  I was considered too high-functioning to qualify.  and
> from BVR
> who I am thankful for their assistance for me to get a degree in
> computer
> programming.   I was told that I no longer qualify due to my
> disability is
> not severe enough for their services.  it took me years to find a
> good job.
> the job I have is very good and there is no way I'm going to blow
> this job.
>
> Freedom!  We're gonna ring the bell, freedom to rock, freedom to
> talk
> Freedom!  Raise your fist and yell,  freedom to rock, freedom to
> talk
> Freedom-ring!
>
> Alice Cooper "Freedom"  Raise Your Fist and Yell
>