Kim did not move into the Belisle's after all. She is being allowed to stay where she is for another week, until school lets out for Christmas vacation. Evidently the thing that precipitated the trouble there was the Christmas card we gave her Saturday containing a little cash we gave her to help her get Christmas for her kids. Someone saw the cash and demanded to know what we had given her. Her reply was the food I had brought. They ended up getting very hostile, calling her a liar, and telling her she had to be out in the morning. Sunday morning she was told she could stay for another week.
We took her, Damian and Audrina to church. Ashlyn was sick. Actually, Kim is sick and probably should not have gone. She is planning to go to the ER today after the kids are in school and get some treatment for her bronchitis.
Also on Saturday, Sister Beem, the Relief Society president, took Kim some milk and a little cash. She learned that Kim had been walking the kids to the bus stop (quite a distance) and even right to school one day (a very long walk) -- this in her flip flops -- so Sunday she brought a pair of tennis shoes and some socks for Kim.
Church was so good. Hard to focus with a one-year-old, though :) And I know it was difficult for Kim not feeling well - and Audrina is a mama's girl. Sigh. One cute thing - Audrina decided during Relief Society that she could walk -- hadn't done it yet at all -- stood up not holding on to anything and started toddling. She is a doll! One day I will get pictures of this family - would have today, but Ashlyn wasn't with them.
On the way home from church Kim asked us to stop at the grocery store. She bought a roasted chicken and some mashed potatoes and gravy to take home for dinner. Seems they are eking out an existence meal to meal, day to day, even hour to hour.
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