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Once again, the truth that a book finds you just when you need it was shown to me when I read Jessica F. Kane's Rules for Visiting . A story of friendship, family and reaching out, plus tree lore, ...
by bookgirl
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on Tue May 12, 2020 at 05:00 PM PDT
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I have often said that there are too many people in child welfare who seem to view the system as the ultimate middle class entitlement: Step right up and take a poor person’s child for your ...
by RichardWexler
9 comments
on Sat Mar 12, 2016 at 04:00 PM PST
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More than 100 members of this online community responded to Kimit's first diary about how he and his wife Samantha might lose their home for back taxes. The original diary ...
by Dar Nirron
23 comments
on Wed Feb 03, 2010 at 12:59 PM PST
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There comes a moment when you are reminded that for all that frontal lobe stuff we are still basically animals. My moment came this morning. I had dealt with this crises first by withdrawing into ...
by KAMuston
89 comments
on Sun Jan 10, 2010 at 05:25 AM PST
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I am writing this in the early morning dark because this is when the sick terror strikes me strongest. I am terrified. I have not eaten in two days, not since I received notification that the county ...
by KAMuston
374 comments
on Fri Jan 08, 2010 at 02:47 AM PST
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This is my first diary, and I feel a bit self-conscious in writing it. It was over a year ago that iampunha and blackleatherrain, fellow Kossacks, managed a program called KINship: "Kossacks-in-Need."
by Liberal Lass
74 comments
on Thu Nov 26, 2009 at 09:38 PM PST
with 96 Recommends
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Well, Kossacks... you've done it. I don't know how, and I don't know why, but you did it.
A month ago, if you had told me that communities like DKos existed, that genuinely go out of their way to ...
by The Hakaishin
57 comments
on Mon Sep 14, 2009 at 02:12 PM PDT
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If you don't know the background about a Dallas Vet whose wife is blind and is ...
by llbear
102 comments
on Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 07:04 PM PDT
with 114 Recommends
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Dear Kossacks: Your help is still needed.
If you are seeing this for the first time, here's a brief intro:
There is a Veteran in Dallas you have helped. His name is Leo. He is ...
by llbear
47 comments
on Wed Aug 26, 2009 at 06:53 PM PDT
with 33 Recommends
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For those who are seeing this series for the first time, I came to the Daily Kos community to ask for help for a Veteran who has PTSD. He is 25 years old, married to a woman he has loved for 9 years,
by llbear
238 comments
on Mon Aug 24, 2009 at 06:04 PM PDT
with 291 Recommends
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Tonight we are going to cover 3 things:
1. Money - where donations stand & what may be needed. Scott's in the house, so ask all the questions you need to.
2. Household items needed - The Leo ...
by llbear
102 comments
on Sun Aug 23, 2009 at 05:55 PM PDT
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This is not another diary about THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE OF YOUR LIFE - for that, check out anything written by Slinkerwink.
by llbear
107 comments
on Sat Aug 22, 2009 at 06:36 PM PDT
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This is just a quick update for those who might be wondering how things are moving along for our vet in need, in Dallas, whose situation was brought to our attention by llbear.
[A quick note: I ...
by The KINship Project
17 comments
on Thu Aug 20, 2009 at 01:08 PM PDT
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(Folks, we need some recs to get this diary up on the Big Board. llbear and Leo need our help. Thanks!)
Greetings, Kossacks!
This is a quick update ...
by The KINship Project
81 comments
on Tue Aug 18, 2009 at 04:39 PM PDT
with 64 Recommends
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(by Ripley, with an assist from Patrick)
We here at the KINship Project asked you, dear Kossacks, what you needed.
And some of you, without knowing we'd asked (we're not the most visible people in ...
by The KINship Project
17 comments
on Wed Jun 03, 2009 at 09:41 AM PDT
with 40 Recommends
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by Laura (aka Black Leather Rain)
Yesterday, Hail Ripley posted an update on The KINship Project, titled Minding our pleas and FAQs. I’d like to continue in his vein to give you ...
by The KINship Project
22 comments
on Tue Apr 07, 2009 at 11:13 AM PDT
with 43 Recommends
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by Ripley
intertubes are miraculous (7+ / 0-)
Recommended by:
PatriciaPA, oceanview, Albatross, triv33, catly, MsGrin, tresgatos
aren't ...
by The KINship Project
34 comments
on Mon Apr 06, 2009 at 05:38 PM PDT
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Thanks to all of you, I was able to go to New York City last week for a critical medical test. I had no idea what to expect, so I'll report about my trip here and give you my update.
Most of all, I ...
by UnaSpenser
156 comments
on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 08:53 AM PDT
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It's the end of the year already, and KINship is not quite two months old. What started Nov. 7 has grown into an organization that has redistributed several thousand dollars and, more importantly, ...
by Hail Ripley
5 comments
on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 12:19 PM PST
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I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men ...
by Hail Ripley
26 comments
on Thu Dec 18, 2008 at 10:57 AM PST
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