RE: Giving Thanks
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It certainly has been an awful year for many of us, but there's also been some surprising positives coming with it! Glad to hear you and your wife had a good Thanksgiving. Hope your Mom is doing ok, losing a lifelong partner must be so hard even though your dad wasn't well.
Crypto is just as volatile as the current state of the world, we just need to be patient I'm told by my son!
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Yes, it's always good to look for the positives! That's often what gets you through the worst of times. My Mom is having good and bad days. There's so much administrative stuff to get done. To top it all off the Social Security Administration mistakenly withdrew all the money from her checking account after they were informed of my dad's passing and then made a mistake on her last monthly payment (not in her favor) as well. They were going to make her wait 90 days to get her money so we had to get one of the Ohio Senator's offices involved and they got the SSA to deposit the money they took back into her account within three days. We're still working on correcting the payment mistake. 2020, I tell you. Yes, your son is wise! I think he's right. 2021 will be the polar opposite of this year in terms of luck and good fortune.
That is absolutely shocking Eric, they should not have the right to withdraw money from one's checking account! 2020 indeed has been crazy; the stuff that's happened to us and just about everyone I know this year, has been quite surreal!
Things have been really quiet here on Hive as well, and I do believe it's the happenings of 2020 that's dragging everyone down at the moment. I think we need a revival of sorts here! Your book could not be more timely!
I know! SSA pays one month in arrears so they money they withdrew was from my father's September payment. According to their own website they allow the spouse to keep all payments for the deceased until the month of death which was November's payment which is to be disbursed in December. They also mistakenly withheld his October payment, leaving my Mom $700 to survive on for the month. After they withdrew the first check her account was $1,000 in the negative and they were going to make her wait 90 days to get it back. Thankfully the senator's office got it handled in a timely way, we owe a lot to them. It's criminal the lack of compassion some of these government entities have. My Mom had help but I can't help but wonder how many other seniors this happens to and they don't seek help and just have to figure out a way to survive. The US is definitely not a place for the poor, vulnerable, or elderly.
Yes, I agree! Hive seems a bit lackluster lately. You would think with all of this time on our hands people would be spending a little more time on here but it's been the opposite. I'm hoping HiveFest creates a boost in engagement. It's worked in the past. I'm VERY excited about the book launch!