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Click on arrows below for Terry Ott's Blog and What's On News. Get this widget! I'm feeling... WANT TO REPLY? EASY! SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON THE "ADD COMMENT" BUTTON! 18 Apr 2008 - Been there..... Done That..... ..... and cared for two elderly cancer patients - my parents in their last months of life - at the same time.... Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here Gerri Gribi © 1986 BMI All Rights Reserved "I wrote this for the award-winning video documentary "Poverty Shock: Anywoman's Story" produced by Northeast Wisconsin Instructional Television (NEWIST) in Green Bay. The content of the video was guided by an advisory committee of women who had been on welfare, and had worked very hard to get off. In discussions with these women, one shattered myth which consistently arose was that of the "Prince Charming:," the person who would magically whisk them away and make their lives perfect. I am indebted to those women for their candor and spirit, which I hope I've captured here." It was such a pretty story when I was a little girl Didn't need an education to survive in this world Just be sugar and spice, make a man a good wife And he will take care of you all of your life So I found my Prince Charming, and raised a family First one child, then two, and soon there were three Knee-deep in diapers I worked night and day While my "prince" drank whisky and sat in the way When he started to hit me, I finally woke up Now it's me and the kids alone, down on our luck A business can go bankrupt, and start over again But a single mom's a "Welfare Queen," scourge of the land Being poor, being hungry, it's not what I planned I can hardly move forward, I lose ground where I stand I don't need your pity, and I don't need your hate Just give me a chance and I'll set my life straight Because there is no Prince Charming, there's no magic wand I'm the one I've got to lean on if I'm gonna to carry on I'm gonna get an education, then I'll set the system right I'm not a "princess" or a "welfare queen," and I've learned to fight 18 Apr 2008 - Hoping To Chat Hoping to chat with Mojo and Liz this evening.... waiting patiently and hoping they are going to join me in the Stickam chat (above). Why not join me while I wait? (You have to be a friend). Email: R-mail powered Previous Month Next Month Nov 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Aug 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Feb 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Jan 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Aug 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 May 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat         1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Apr 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat     [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 8 [9] 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [18] 19 20 21 [22] 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Mar 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat             [1] [2] [3] [4] 5 [6] [7] 8 9 [10] [11] [12] [13] 14 15 16 17 18 [19] 20 [21] [22] 23 24 25 [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] Feb 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat           [1] 2 [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 8 [9] [10] 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 [22] 23 [24] [25] 26 [27] 28 29 Jan 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat     [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 8 [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] 16 17 18 19 [20] [21] 22 [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] 29 [30] [31] Dec 2007 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat             [1] 2 [3] 4 [5] 6 7 8 [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] 15 16 [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] 23 24 [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] Nov 2007 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat         1 [2] [3] 4 5 6 [7] 8 [9] 10 [11] [12] [13] 14 15 16 17 [18] 19 20 [21] 22 23 [24] 25 [26] 27 28 29 [30]

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