When we are alone for the holidays

Exeter NH

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I never imagined I'd wake up on Christmas Eve and find myself living in a truck with not even enough money to buy my wife a coffee to stay warm. I never imagined being the only one left alive in my family. I never imagined watching everything I've worked for my whole life fall apart the way it did when my business began to suffer in November of 2020. I never thought I'd end up here, alone. I never thought I'd have cancer in my early 50's leaving me wondering how much time do I really have to try to rebuild my life in order to be able to leave behind some security for my wife. I never thought I'd be left to die (or worse watch my wife die like this) but this is now my life. I never thought it was possible for someone else's situation to be worse than mine, but it is. There are many people out here in worse situations than me and you'd never know it because they keep it to themselves and try not to stand out in public due to the shame of people wondering "what's wrong with them, must be on drugs, they must be bad people if their own families leave them there to die" and other things. I will spend my day trying to help those less fortunate than me and even though I don't have much to offer, I know from experience that just letting those less fortunate than me know I care, is really the best gift of all. Merry Christmas everyone 🎄