Mrs. Yolanda Nicholsen Poet Naat

COVID 2020 AND MY FAMILY

DESPERATE AFTER HAVING A STROKE OCTOBER 5 2019 MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND TOOK SUCH GOOD CARE OF ME THANK GOD WE HAD TWO RESIDENTS IT WAS HELPFUL MOVING BACK AND FORTH HE SPENT ALOT OF TIME DRIVING TAKING MY GRANDDAUGHTER TO SCHOOL IN TAMPA EVERYDAY HOSPITAL VISIT PHYSICAL THERAPY MRI SCANS IT WAS A BATTLE WE WERE VERY BLESSED TO BE IN FLORIDA TRULY THE SCHOOLS HAD FREE FOOD LINES FOOD BANKS WERE SO CROWDED NOT ENOUGH FOOD THE MORGUE HAD SO MANY BODIES ON THE OUTSIDE IN COOLERS GOVERNOR WAS AWESOME FOOD SHARE EXTRA FOOD SHARE NO DISCRIMINATION WHAT A BLESSING THIS WAS A TIME WE WERE RELOCATING BANK TO OUR PERMENANT RESIDENT FROM TAMPA TO LAKELAND SETTING UP PO BOXES CHANGING EVERYTHING IT WAS DEVASTATED BECAUSE I COULDN'T WALK WELL I COULDN'T LI ALONE SO MY HERO WAS WHERE EVER I WAS I NEVER DROVE SO HE DROVE US TO DOCTORS TWO FAMILY MEMBERS WITH CANCER MY STROKE SCHOOLS FINALLY SCHOOLS SHUT DOWN WAS DECLARED BY MARCH 2020 HOME SCHOOL MY GRANDDAUGHTER WE ALL HAD UNDERLYING CONDITIONS WE COPED EVEN THOUGH STALKERS BEGAN IDENTITY FRAUD UPON US IT WAS A BLESSING WE WERE SAFE TOGETHER WHILE MY SON BEGAN TO REBUILD A NEW HOME HE DRSIGNED HIMSELF BEING A PROMINENT ARCHITECTUAL ENGINEER IN TAMPA HE KEPT BUSY DESIGNING HIS DREAM HOME IN TAMPA WHAT BLESSING HE TOOK CARE OF ME WHEN I LIVED IN THE LOFT OVER HIS GARAGE AND WHEN I GOT MARRIED MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND MOVED IN THE LOFT WITH HUSBAND PAINTING WALLS WE ALL HUNKERED DOWN IN THAT LOFT SURVIVED HURRICANES IRMA AND MARIA BY THE TIME WE CAME BACK TO OUR HOME IN LAKELAND IT WAS A DISASTER WATER 4FT UNDER THE HOUSE SIDING RIPPED OFF TWO TREES THERE WAS A STENCH OF DEATH SO MANY DEAD RABBITS OPPOSSUMS RACCOONS SNAKES RATS DEAD UNDER THE HOUSE SO WE HAD OUR WORK CUT OUT MY SON DID THE PLUMBING MY HUSBAND AND I RIPPED UP CARPET NOTHING BUT PLYWOOD FLOORS WE WOULD RIDE BACK SND FORTH TO TAMPA TAKING MY GRANDDAUGHTER TO SCHOOL IT WAS A MESS HURRICANES IRMA WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE THE LOFT WHILE WE REPAIR OUR HOME IN LAKELAND FINALLY MY STROKE COVID HIT WORSE THAN IRMA IN BETWEEN HOMES BUT WE WERE BLESSED AFTER MY STROKE MY SON DECIDED TO SALE WHICH WAS AT A GREAT TIME HE DESIGNED AND BUILT HIS OWN FIVE BEDROOM FOUR BATH LIBRARY AWESOME HE WAS SO HAPPY I HAD A GOOD HUSBAND TO CARE FOR ME IT WAS STRUGGLE DURING COVID BUT WE MADE THE BEST WITH STIMULUS CHECKS FOR DISABLED FAMILIES LOW INCOME FAMILIES EVERYONE WAS ELGIBLE TO RECIEVE MEDICAL AND FOOD STAMPS DURING COVID OUT BREAK IN FLORIDA EVEN THOU I CANCELED MY GRANDDAUGHTERS DIDNT MATTER ONCE WE RELOCATED I WAS ON DISABILITY MY MEDICAL CONTINUED UNDER MY DISABILITY PEOPLE WAS TRYING TO LIVE TO STAY ALIVE ALL FLORIDA RESIDENTS WITH STUDENTS GOT FREE LUNCH SNAP BENEFITS EVEN LAPTOPS ISSUED FOR GOING TO SCHOOL ONLINE THIS IS HOW WE STAYED SAFE DURING COVID WE ARE SO BLESSED SO MANY LOST LOVED ONES HUSBAND FEARED FOR ME I FEARED FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTER ASTHMA I FEARED FOR HIM I BELIEVE ALL AMERICAN FAMILIES FELT JUST LIKE US WE GOT OUR COVID VACCINES IN OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AS IDENTITY THIEVES HACKED INTO OUR LIVES THROUGH HOSPITAL SYSTEMS I GUESS IT WAS EASY DURING COVID HACKERS WORKING FROM HOME EXPOSING PERSONAL INFORMATION SELLING IT ON DARK WEBS WE ARE ALL ARMY STRONG AMERICA STRONG GOD BLESS AMERICA MY PRAYERS ARE THAT THE GOVERMENT OPENS BACK UP SOON IF WE COULF SURVIVE HURRICANES FLOODS TORNADOS EARTHQUAKES TERRORISTS ATTACKS AND COVID WE COULD FEED AMERICA'S MOST VULNERABLE I BELIEVE IN AMERICA WE ARE THE MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD MAKING DEALS WITH OTHER NATIONS LETS MAKE A DEAL WITH OUR OWN AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL THE BRAVE

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