I am nobody special ...I am just me

[greenbriar]

I didn't stop a criminal by giving him meth and reading the purpose driven life,

I didn't lose my husband in the jungle on missionary work.

I didn't run away from my groom to be.

I didn't lose my house in an explosion to have extreme makeover come give me everything in life.



I am just a hard working special education teacher trying to pay off student loans and raise my teenage daughter in a world hell bent on turning back the clock on women's rights while trying to make my husband of 16 years feel like he is the only person in the world important to me all while working on my master's degree.

I am tired and tired of getting the middle class squeeze.

I would love to be a stay at home mom, to have the perfect clean house and be ready to do the family thing at a moments notice when ever my family wants to go to the mall or the movies.

Maybe I will win the lottery!!!

My husband and I dream of somehow getting a grant or something to open up a classy restaurant in our home town ... dreams when do they become reality??? NOT IN THIS BUSH WORLD

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. Dreams come true for bushs' base, the haves and have mores.

everyone else gets left behind and yes that includes you value voting morans! bush** could not care less about you, your family and especially your financial interests! He squeezes you every time he gets the chance and thanks to your self-serving one issue votes, we are all screwed!

[greenbriar]

4. I hope all those bush licker voters are happy

and I hope everyone of them have kids that go to iraqnam

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Oh! Me too! Draft bush lickers first! nt

[greenbriar]

8. that ought to be a bumper sticker

.

[LynzM]

2. Hugs to you, greenbriar

:hug: Your post makes me sad, to think that those are the newsworthy things. Not us moms who are working and going back to school and doing what needs to be done. Hang in there, and know that your daughter is watching your devotion to your family and your striving toward improving yourself, and your dedication to helping kids who really need it, and I hope that she will build on that and continue to help improve the world, and fight back against the Bush regime. :hug:

[marmar]

3. You're not alone.... you've got millions of kindred spirits.

To alter a line from the song "Will I?" from the "Rent" soundtrack a bit: "Will we lose our dignity? Will someone care? Will we wake tomorrow from this nightmare?"
That's what life under the Bush regime feels like.

[greenbriar]

5. that is sooo true

there are days when I think what is the point. I wish the world would just end.


but then he would win wouldn't he

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. Five fucking years, that asshat that stole the election from Gore

has made me wish the world would just end! I am so sick of being sick and tired of him and his greedy, self-serving and self-absorbed supporters. But then I get really angry and think, screw him! He won't get the best of me!

[greenbriar]

12. that is exactly how I feel

and we have 3 more fucking years

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. Not sure I can deal with another 3 fucking years of that arrogant pissant!

:grr: And I am real sure that the World can't!

[knowbody0]

7. i love being knowbody!

but your post is beautiful. I recommend you sit down with your business plan, contact the Small Business Administration, and follow your dream.

my sons used their 401K's, leased a building, bought machinery at auctions, and got a mentor from the SBA. He showed them the path to getting bids, and they ended up with a contract with Homeland Security. they are 28 and 30, and you know the koolest thing of all is that they no longer have those robot/drone eyes.

[greenbriar]

9. I have been searching for grants

for small businesses. The community we desire to do this in is less than 3000 in the town. Rural middle america we have huge dreams but no finances to do it.

[knowbody0]

11. contact the SBA

good luck. sounds like my town.

[Digit]

13. Count yourself as one of the luckier ones

There are many on DU and many more whose messages we will never read on the internet who are suffering under this regime.
Many don't have jobs, some have had to declare bankruptcy and some have lost their homes.
The tide is turning, so hang in there.

[MuseRider]

15. Yes you are special.

Nuff said. :hug:

It stinks.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. We special ed teachers are

making a huge difference for kids every day. That is worth far more than gold.

Hang in there. :hug:

[greenbriar]

17. I didn't realize there was soooooo much paper work

with the IEP's and no one told me how to do it, I just followed the previous one and made it better and updated it