Vendor Writing

A Learnt Lesson

BY MAURICE B., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR

After being highly blessed to become able to do better for my life by being a vendor of The Contributor I have realized that there are many people that approve of the success that has come from it for me and it is truly of value.

At the same time I’ve observed that there are also many that despise the fact that I have achieved the things I have.

From personal experiences, I understand some if not most of the issues of homelessness like living in camps, motels, and homeless shelters. I have attempted to reach out a multiple of times to assist others and every time I do the outcome is negative. I pray that our Almighty mighty God continues to bless me. I will accept my attempts as a learning experience. I’ve learned that sometimes it’s in my best interest to assist from a distance because not all see and respect my decisions of living.

Some people feel that it’s not right because they choose not to press toward achieving more or don’t know how. I have come to realize that sharing is caring, yes, but I must place boundaries because I see that there are individuals that are willing to destroy my peace and happiness so they can believe they are winning.

We can all win as long as we work together. The way I am working is staying prayed-up allowing my will to be removed and our Almighty God’s will to be done. Staying consistent on working as a vendor of The Contributor, assisting in just about every possible way there is. It’s a system of networking that has worked for me.

What’s So Bad About Staying at Home?

BY VICKY B., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR

COVID-19, a deadly virus, has all of us staying in our homes as much as possible for our own health. After three days, people were complaining about having to stay in? Saying they’re getting stir crazy?

People spend hundreds of thousands and sometimes millions of dollars to buy the perfect home, rent the perfect apartment or condo and take years paying it off. Shouldn’t we be using this time to appreciate the beautiful home we do have? I know homeless people that love the way they’ve set up their tents, making it into a home.

Are you using this time during the “safer at home” order to appreciate what you have, remembering why we wanted it so badly in the first place?

Day four seemed to have brought the anger out. Some are looking to blame anyone for their having to stay inside. Oh the suffering, the hardship! “They should have caught it sooner.” Should have, could have would have.

I’ve been reading Facebook posts and Twitter feeds about families using this time to be a family again. Playing after-dinner board games like in the old days. Yes, I said that: the old days. A golden age of family, church, and helping our neighbors. We’ve

said for years that, “we wish we had time for this and that” well now we have the time. Time has almost stood still. Life has become less complicated and more meaningful as we take the time to look, really look. I see a picnic table outside and I remember having tea parties with my Grandma and with all my stuffed animals in the basement of a house we lived in. Staying home was what we did unless there was a special occasion and those were rare.

In some places, pollution is down, air quality is higher than it’s been in years. The earth is healing. We are healing. On March 23 I fell in my apartment and broke my hip. I had surgery on March 27 and I was home April 1. If it weren’t for the restaurants and bars closing down I would have had no one at home to help me until I got better. My son was out of work and he was able to come and help me out. He’s got to get back soon, but I’m getting better each day with small strides. I can take a couple of steps, I feel less pain and I’m more confident standing with a walker. I’m still unable to walk, but I’m trying each day. There is good happening all around us. Every moment of every day there is good. Take this time to better your world by slowing down and smelling those roses.

In loving memory of Paisley Beth Worley

8/24/2018-12/16/2019

BY JAIME W., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR

I miss Paisley so much. She was a very loved and well-behaved cat. There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about her. She is very loved and missed. She had a very bad cold. Her nose was so clogged up she could not breathe through her nose. She was a little over a year old. It started on a Friday and I thought she was gonna get better or snap out of it, but there was no hope.

Over that weekend she got worse and Monday she was struggling to eat and drink and struggling to walk. I had somewhere else I had to be, but I came by the house first and about 5-10 minutes after I got home, she passed away. It’s like she waited on me to get home. I love her so much and I did the best I could with her. We all miss her, but she is an angel in heaven now. She was a good baby. She loved everyone. She loved to play. I was gonna take her to the doctor, but it was too late. My heart is broken. When she passed away I held her and I cried and my husband Tommy held her and what can I say, we just sat here and cried. But she’s not sick anymore. I know she’s looking down at me. She’s an angel in heaven. I loved her so, so very much and she was a good baby. I think she knew she was a good baby. She will be very missed and very loved.