Hardships make us grateful for the easy times. Yes, struggling stinks! But we learn SO MUCH if we remain open to the lessons within the hardship and we're less likely to take the easy stuff for granted. Not having electricity or internet or cell phone connectivity is a First World problem and we, as Americans, don't necessarily understand how people in other places who DON'T have access to these things live annd thrive. Hardships such as these also help us experience some of what our ancestors, maybe just a few generations ago experienced on a regular basis. I am eternally grateful for what we have and feel extremely blessed to know how to survive and thrive without the luxury many take for granted.
Chicken bog has no veggies. My grandmother was famous in SC small town for her chicken bog and pound cake. She cooked it over a fire in a cast iron pot outside. In my family chicken and rice slaw white bread and pound cake. Midlands of SC, so many lost food and now restocking so shelves empty.
I think its time for our generation to take a few steps back away from instant gratification and irresponsibilty, and get back to learning basic life skills. Now I'll get back off my soapbox y'all 😂😂😂
Keep talking ,maybe some will hear and listen .Love bear ,your his MoMA and he is going to protect you no matter what .Love how you make me feel I can do anything ,I set my mind to.Take nothing for granted,be hydro ,water ,food ,etc.Find ways to help myself and others in time of need.Thank you God Bess you and family .
You are so right so when we had a really tough hurricane, I hit us and left us with no power we know we prepared with the water. I have gas so we can cook, but it was so hot. We actually cooked outside, but after the power came back on. We were getting the way y’all are you have some neighbors that have power and then you don’t so we were the ones with power and there was few, just a mile away they didn’t have power and was so badly devastated with tree limbs and falling on their houses. I actually recently before the hurricane I cut this massive sycamore tree that is behind my house now it is not my tree but I spent $1500 to cut it because if it had fallen, it would’ve cracked the roof on my house and I wouldn’t have had a house so we spent the money to cut that tree and every year I cut trees or I trim them because i’m worried about them falling on my house and that has happened to me in the past but once we got back and we felt like it was a little bit better and people were still suffering we went to help the local churches the local community service centers and we carried water to people car. We actually had a lady that got to the Center but was so sick and hot that she couldn’t drive back. She almost looked like she was gonna faint so one of the team workers and I one team Worker drove her car and I followed, and we took all her stuff to her house and then I drove back with the team Worker, you know we did that with several hurricanes in our past we help out at the church but once my family is back to you know like a normal state or you know we have power and things so we just get back. I am a community act. I forgot to say that so I feel like I have an obligation to the people in my neighborhood so I help out plenty of seniors. I’m not quite a senior yet, but I’ll be there soon, but I help out seniors so I’m really good with most of my district in my area and when I need something or I know someone that need I will contact them no shame in my game. I will contact them and tell them you know this is what’s needed and then they find someone that they have that sponsors you know and team of water or we had an 18 wheeler ice for people and we were out there passing out ice passing out food passing out through and we did what we could do because I knew that at my home was a lot better already, but there was still people that is not Better than new houses they building around here. They’re all electric so when the power goes out, they can’t even cook and they live in an apartment or something and my house in historic part of Northside. We live in a 1925 house that was my childhood house and I still have gas so we could cook but we end up cooking outside. it was hot like I said. But I hear you I really hear you.
We were far enough east that we had very minor issues, but i took your advice and began to assess what i could do better. Since Hurricane Hugo (undrinkable water and intermittent power for months), I've always started the summer with the "list". Water – lots of containers, frozen gallons in gaps in freezers, and a Berkey. Check. I always stock up on food, but for emergencies, i want things that can be grilled or heated easily, not things that would use a lot of propane to cook. Check. There are a lot of other things, but i haven't spent a fortune acquiring anything. Part of it is organizing – all the flashlights in one spot. All the batteries in one container. Power packs for phones. Board games for boredom, books. Etc. With the dock worker's strike, people are already panic buying toilet paper and water. I kid you not. My son had to enlighten a distraught woman at a Walmart that there were not containers of toilet paper sitting on ships that will never be unloaded and they had sold out only because people were scared. Prepared = NOT scared. And it's easier when you do a little at a time instead of waiting till you need everything. So you can repeat the message as much as you want. We can't prepare for everything (who anticipated covid?), but we can certainly take steps to mitigate the discomfort and inconvenience.
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Sing it loud, sista!❤
If more people thought like you and took responsibility, the world would be a better place! Kudos to you and hope you get power soon.
in the south its neighbor helping neighbor nowadays its me and me this is to make us all come together as one and help one and other
Praying for you all down there! Way to hang tough Jess and Mia
Hardships make us grateful for the easy times. Yes, struggling stinks! But we learn SO MUCH if we remain open to the lessons within the hardship and we're less likely to take the easy stuff for granted. Not having electricity or internet or cell phone connectivity is a First World problem and we, as Americans, don't necessarily understand how people in other places who DON'T have access to these things live annd thrive. Hardships such as these also help us experience some of what our ancestors, maybe just a few generations ago experienced on a regular basis. I am eternally grateful for what we have and feel extremely blessed to know how to survive and thrive without the luxury many take for granted.
Today we bless you and Miah Jess… God intervened with your farm before this crisis. Step back and reflect on your blessings.
Personal responsibility is number 1 in every aspect of life. God gives us free will
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Chicken bog has no veggies. My grandmother was famous in SC small town for her chicken bog and pound cake. She cooked it over a fire in a cast iron pot outside. In my family chicken and rice slaw white bread and pound cake. Midlands of SC, so many lost food and now restocking so shelves empty.
God feeds the birds, but He doesn't throw it in their nest.
Girl, you are awesome and so right.
What a great chat (ted talk)!!!🎇⚡🫶💥🪄🧨🎉🏆💯
Have people live without water, electricity, gas for one weekend. Let them see how they should perpare.
I think its time for our generation to take a few steps back away from instant gratification and irresponsibilty, and get back to learning basic life skills. Now I'll get back off my soapbox y'all 😂😂😂
No veggie in chicken bog! Lol
Take it one page at a time. It takes one step to equal a mile.
One for all and all for one.
Sorry. There are SO many people with great suffering right now, I don't feel any patience for your incessant feelings splainings. Ugh.
Keep talking ,maybe some will hear and listen .Love bear ,your his MoMA and he is going to protect you no matter what .Love how you make me feel I can do anything ,I set my mind to.Take nothing for granted,be hydro ,water ,food ,etc.Find ways to help myself and others in time of need.Thank you God Bess you and family .
We call that no peek chicken in the Midwest. Rice/chicken baked in the oven covered for 1 – 1 hour 15 mins.
You laugh Kamala😒
You are so right so when we had a really tough hurricane, I hit us and left us with no power we know we prepared with the water. I have gas so we can cook, but it was so hot. We actually cooked outside, but after the power came back on. We were getting the way y’all are you have some neighbors that have power and then you don’t so we were the ones with power and there was few, just a mile away they didn’t have power and was so badly devastated with tree limbs and falling on their houses. I actually recently before the hurricane I cut this massive sycamore tree that is behind my house now it is not my tree but I spent $1500 to cut it because if it had fallen, it would’ve cracked the roof on my house and I wouldn’t have had a house so we spent the money to cut that tree and every year I cut trees or I trim them because i’m worried about them falling on my house and that has happened to me in the past but once we got back and we felt like it was a little bit better and people were still suffering we went to help the local churches the local community service centers and we carried water to people car. We actually had a lady that got to the Center but was so sick and hot that she couldn’t drive back. She almost looked like she was gonna faint so one of the team workers and I one team Worker drove her car and I followed, and we took all her stuff to her house and then I drove back with the team Worker, you know we did that with several hurricanes in our past we help out at the church but once my family is back to you know like a normal state or you know we have power and things so we just get back. I am a community act. I forgot to say that so I feel like I have an obligation to the people in my neighborhood so I help out plenty of seniors. I’m not quite a senior yet, but I’ll be there soon, but I help out seniors so I’m really good with most of my district in my area and when I need something or I know someone that need I will contact them no shame in my game. I will contact them and tell them you know this is what’s needed and then they find someone that they have that sponsors you know and team of water or we had an 18 wheeler ice for people and we were out there passing out ice passing out food passing out through and we did what we could do because I knew that at my home was a lot better already, but there was still people that is not Better than new houses they building around here. They’re all electric so when the power goes out, they can’t even cook and they live in an apartment or something and my house in historic part of Northside. We live in a 1925 house that was my childhood house and I still have gas so we could cook but we end up cooking outside. it was hot like I said. But I hear you I really hear you.
We were far enough east that we had very minor issues, but i took your advice and began to assess what i could do better.
Since Hurricane Hugo (undrinkable water and intermittent power for months), I've always started the summer with the "list". Water – lots of containers, frozen gallons in gaps in freezers, and a Berkey. Check. I always stock up on food, but for emergencies, i want things that can be grilled or heated easily, not things that would use a lot of propane to cook. Check.
There are a lot of other things, but i haven't spent a fortune acquiring anything. Part of it is organizing – all the flashlights in one spot. All the batteries in one container. Power packs for phones. Board games for boredom, books. Etc.
With the dock worker's strike, people are already panic buying toilet paper and water. I kid you not. My son had to enlighten a distraught woman at a Walmart that there were not containers of toilet paper sitting on ships that will never be unloaded and they had sold out only because people were scared. Prepared = NOT scared. And it's easier when you do a little at a time instead of waiting till you need everything.
So you can repeat the message as much as you want. We can't prepare for everything (who anticipated covid?), but we can certainly take steps to mitigate the discomfort and inconvenience.