I need help finding an article written by a DUer.

[Panda1]

A few months ago a DU poster wrote an excellent story about an average family's decline into homelessness. It was in several parts and illustrated just how easy it is for random circumstances and pure bad luck to ruin lives.

I apologize for not remembering the author's name but it was a superb and touching story and through my own terrible "filing system" and lousy record keeping I can't locate it. I wanted to share it with a couple of other people.

That particular story is more relevant every day this cruel administration is in power, as they systematically destroy every social safety net Americans once took for granted.

Again, my apologies to the author. I he hope sent it out somewhere for publication as was suggested by others at the time.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me find it again.

[meegbear]

1. Try the Search feature ...

you can go back 1 year. Try different word patterns to search for it.

[ret5hd]

2. I believe (and i very well may be wrong)...

that it was written by DuctapeFatwa.
I bet if you PM him/her you will be directed on how to locate it.

BTW, it was an excellent series, wasn't it?

[DuctapeFatwa]

3. Here's a link to it

http://ductapefatwa.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_ductapefatwa_archive.html

scroll down till you see the words "Advice for the New Poor"

:hi:

[Panda1]

4. Thank you so much.

I really appreciate it. It's truly a moving piece. I hope it has been widely circulated. I'll be sending it to several people today. Since I first read it I've been haunted by it.
Thank you for writing it. :)

[tom_paine]

5. Kudos to you Ductape Fatwa

I also very much enjoyed your series when it came out and now that this is being rehashed, it gives me a chance to thank you for writing that.

[Edge]

6. Woah....

That story is really awesome. I am amazed at how well people can write on this website...

[DuctapeFatwa]

7. Thanks for all the kind words and love :)

I haven't sent it anywhere, I want people to be able to circulate it and put it/send it wherever they like, and if I sent it somewhere, they would probably want the rights to it, and they would want personal info.

The rights to it belong to earth residents, and I am an internet privacy extremist :P