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Summary of Question: | Dealing With Life After Katrina--Help! |
Category: | General Sikhism |
Date Posted: | Saturday, 4/01/2006 6:34 PM MDT |
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Sat nam. My condolences on your experience with Katrina. My guess is your mother/mother-in law is having a tough time adapting herself to 2 more people in her household, and releases her stress by abusing you as you describe. You have several options as I see it from what you have said:
1. Stay put and take it and complain.
2. Stay put and draw a line. Do your fair share as you said, and no more. You must confront her on her actions not just take it because a hurricane left you homeless. As you said, you are not little children. Stand up for yourselves!
3. Move out and move on. The rest of your situation is unclear to me; I don't know if you are on social security or have a job or what, and I don't know the terms of FEMA's trailers, but if you decide to leave a FEMA trailer, you can. Others have done it, and so can you. You have to choose in your mind that your life will improve and then act on it. It's your life, what exactly is tying you there?
4. Seek counseling (all of you). 1-800-273-TALK is a number FEMA set up for counseling for evacuees. If that doesn't work, contact a local UNITED WAY or Red Cross office and ask if they are able to refer you to social services counseling for Katrina victims. The counseling may be free or sliding scale, and one thing they can do that I can't is realistically discuss your options for other housing, work, etc.
In any event pray for guidance.
God bless you,
DKK