Show Me No Mo

  Pictures really DO say 1,000 words.... The State of Missouri has failed my children a multitude of different ways but the most gregarious   is  the fact that they have kept $1200.00 of the $1202.29, or 99.99%, of my children's child support that they've "collected" over the  past (13) months. I use the term "collected" loosely because the $1200.00 wasn't exactly collected , it was intercepted as a direct result of the first stimulus payment that was issued as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm sure the second payment of $600.00 will also be intercepted and placed in the State of Missouri's wallet. It's really 'nuff said about the character of the State of Missouri....

"Angela"  is currently pushing 6'4" and wears a size 14 men's shoe...and she's only 12. She will end up anywhere between 6'5" - 6'7" when she finally stops growing. She's athletic and plays both travel basketball and softball, but her first love is basketball. Basketball gives "Angela" an opportunity to capitalize on her gifts, and she needs those gifts to ensure she successfully escapes the life of poverty that she, her mom, and her three siblings that live at home full-time, have been forced to live. "Angela" has played travel basketball for the past two years and most recently, she tried out for a Nike EYBL (Elite Youth Basketball League) team...and made it. There are only 34 Nike EYBL teams throughout the country. The opportunity to play for an elite level basketball team at her age only gives her that much more of an advantage of reaching her ultimate goal/dream of playing college ball at the Division...