Sentences with phrase «roof was over your head»

BS, slavey ensured that a roof was over your head, food in your belly, clothes and sandals on your feet.

Not exact matches

Municipal regulations are equally blameworthy for jacking up rents and denying low - income Canadians roofs over their heads.

We should be able to afford some sort of roof over our head.»

But he's a multi-billionaire, and few are worrying about whether he'll have a roof over his head after the elections are over.

And even those of us who believe fervently in the value of free markets can see that it's not a good thing that a CEO can afford to build a $ 50 - million home while others living in the same country can't afford a roof over their head at all.

The goal with a home should be a roof over your head that gives you the lifestyle you want, a home is an expense, not an investment.

Whether you're considering a renovation to meet the needs of a growing family or have lingering high - interest debt that you'd like to pay off, your home can do more than just be a roof over your head.

The strength of buying real estate in any market, if properly thought out, is that it provides us with a roof over our head and a «home» to enjoy.

It is illegal, but honestly if I was on food stamps and had a choice between not being able to get to my McJob (that barely pays rent) and breaking the law (and going hungry half the month, but keeping a roof over my head) I would break the law, and you would see some guy buying expensive food for himself, while I, the actual recipient, stretch the bag of lentils from last month as far as I can.

Those who are disabled should be given the dignity of enough public assistance that they can at least put a decent roof over their heads and put food on their tables.

Through your financial investment in The Grace Case, your sisters around the world have roofs over their heads, food on the table for their children, and they are able to provide their children with an education, medical care, opportunities, life - transforming hope and experience empowerment through employment and meaningful vocational callings.

while you absolutist Christians were trying to keep me from getting enough care to keep a roof over my head, feed myself, obtain medical care, and be able to stay alive.

Let's discuss why they're homeless and what we, as followers of Jesus are doing to help them out and help them get a roof over their heads.

The Salvation Army's director for community services, Tony Daniels said: «Staff and volunteers at our churches and social centres across the UK have seen growing numbers of individuals and families on low incomes who are struggling to put food on the table or keep a roof over their heads.

Buy products and services from people you know are struggling to keep a roof over their heads.

Transportation from point A to point B, a roof over your head, food in the pantry, and employment are a strong starting point for giving thanks.

«I feel really blessed that we have had all the success we've had, and that pretty much every door will be open for my daughter, but seeing the challenges we face and then knowing it's much harder when you don't have the money you need, when you're worried about keeping a roof over your head or worried about whether you'll even have health insurance, and all these other issues.

He added: To be blunt, do homeless people need tickets to Paul McCartney or do they need a roof over their head?»

Times must have been rather tough for Jesus at points in his life, for he even spoke of being homeless, having to sleep on the ground with no roof over his head.

SouthernCelt, yeah... just like every abusive father who defends his beating of his sons, and raping of his own daughters by him, by pointing out that he puts food on the table, and a roof over their heads, and clothes on their backs, so they should be grateful and take their beatings and rapings with grace and praise him publicly, for the «good» he does for them.

the men who run this church have never been married or had children or had to pay bills to keep a roof over their heads or food on their table.

Give thanks for your family; for a roof over your head; for food in the pantry; for transportation; for employment; for the ability to worship freely; for a God who loves you and me in a way that can not ever be comprehended; and for a Savior who shows us that thankfulness is rooted in serving, a Savior who still forgives us when we are selfish instead of giving.

But that's not the point, the point is that there were noisy people outside my house and all I wanted to do was open the window and tell them to quiet down because I can count on three fingers the number of times I've been home to witness the sound of hundreds of millions of water molecules hitting the roof over my head.

Her story is one I find inspirational, surviving on a minimal budget for her and her son, whilst searching for a job and trying to keep a roof over their head.

Will it be enough to keep a roof over the midfielder's head?

I'm steered toward a collage of maybe 60 impossibly beautiful women with bags over their heads bent over the edge of the roof with their pants pulled down exposing their asses to the camera.

It wasn't his concern, and anyway he was happy to have Copeland's roof over his head.

«About all I was able to afford was a roof over his head,» says Julius Israel.

She knew how he squandered money, and she felt that this was the only way to make sure he'd always have a roof over his head.

Ultimately, I have my own small business (a lot of stress would have been spared if I'd been an entrepreneur from the beginning instead of trying to follow a traditional career track), that has literally saved the ranch and kept the roof over my head, not to mention some hours of terrific pleasure in nature.

We looked at is as an opportunity to teach our children that not every culture is the same, not every family has a solid roof over their head, and not every kid has a Gameboy in their pocket.

The weather was perfect and it never rained, not even once, while we spent that month without a roof over our heads.

I am thankful for the food I eat and the roof over my head.

Have you ever thought how strong an individual must be to become the platform for everyone aspiring to put a roof over their head or food on the table?

I had to really struggle to get my home, and succeed at work, and I do not want to be in a position where a roof over my head is at risk.

But those things will be coming along soon enough, and for now, we are all so very pleased to be at this point - Andy most especially, with a beautiful roof over her head!

Now this obviously would not ensure food on the table & a roof over ones head, but that is because the pursuit of living life is the pursuit of putting food on the table & a roof over the head & as such, it was a given that regardless of the man you chose, these would be his preoccupations when he was not with you.

It's times like these where I feel especially grateful to have a roof over my head; I hope you're all staying warm and safe.

Many moms have to work to help keep a roof over the kids head, which I think is way more important than breastfeeding vs formula feeding, so even if they pump their babies are still being fed out of bottles by someone else.

Aside from the basics and generic marvels of modern invention (roof over my head, car, cell phones, internet, elevators, dishwashers, tampons, etc, etc), in my own life and particular circumstances I'm especially grateful for my Ergo baby carrier, very involved and very good Grandparents on both sides, a very involved and very amazing husband, and the luxury of eating out more often than I should.

Can't afford her??? She is getting food, a roof over her head, medical needs, and whatever else the family owns.

There's a roof over our heads, food on the table, I have a husband who loves me and children who are healthy.

Working is often a necessity in order to pay for food, a roof over the family's heads, insurance, clothes and cupcake frosting.

As long as a child is taken care of, feed, clothed, have a roof over their head and most importantly are LOVED, then nothing else matters.

I wonder how I am so lucky, to live like this, to have a roof over my head, to have a nice, warm bed to return to before and after those long and tired night feedings.

If a home is flooded or catches fire, families can lose personal possessions within minutes or sometimes be left without a roof over their head.

«While providing shelter and a roof over their heads is obviously a good start, what's really important is working with charities, faith groups and our own homelessness services to make sure the right help is available,» Andrews said

«Every day I count my blessings, I wake up in a warm comfortable bed, there is a roof over my head, my home is safe and secure, I have a family that loves and supports me, I have enough food to eat and clothes to wear.

His unflustered wife Felicity, who shows composure and oblivion worthy of Marie Antoinette — in her Harrods apron she explains the necessity of her duck house: «a roof over their heads, somewhere to call home» — is brilliantly portrayed by Nancy Carroll.

And again, nobody's supporting a family on min wage, but our kids will always have roofs over their heads so they don't need the money anyway.