Warning: This story explains the application of “personal concerns” on greenback dollars to have then ‘return to you’. Reading this may cause some distress but from a personal experience, it works!
Many years ago, I was in the throes of a contentious child support case. The underlying reason was that I left him, and his Ego was not functioning correctly. Despite that backstory, I was being dragged into Court every six weeks for one thing or the other, and, while he blew through a paralegal and two attorneys, along with all that money, I was doing good holding my own by slicing and dicing the ridiculousness being seeded regarding my character and experience with Motherhood. Something that thousands (if not more) of women go through when she says, “I’ve had enough!” and decided that the fear of all of her hair going gray is not to be something that would make her change her mind.
So, because of lawyer Number 1’s flashy style and slick usage of legal verbiage (with erroneous information spoken to the Judge), despite my having the majority of the custody, the father was awarded child support. Me paying him $400.00 a month. Go figure. OK, so I had more learning to do and I went across the street and to the counter of the Child Support Collections Department and opened an account with the Court Doc in my hand. Reason being is that if you open the account, you can then close the account – it cannot be closed without your approval. Once done, I told the clerk that I would be back shortly with the first month’s payment.
The hoodoo tradition of “marking your money” so that they will return to you – or – the dollars will behave like hunting dogs to bring back more money, is something that has been practiced for generations. For most situations, like everyday shopping and bill paying, you would draw the SUCCESS sigil on each corner and center of the greenback dollar of your denomination choice, anoint the bill with a Money Drawing Oil and keep in your wallet until spending for daily needs. It is said that it will attract other dollars and send them back to you. In this case, I was instructed to Make. It. Personal. To do so, I had to use urine to mark my bills so the money would never stay where it was going and it would “come back to me.” Like a cat marking their territory, these four $100.00 bills were from my hard earned wages and were mine.
I went into the public women’s bathroom there on the first floor, and before walking into a stall, I grabbed a few paper towels from the dispenser. I went into the bathroom, and proceeded to urinate on each of the four $100.00 bills I had in my wallet (I already knew that amount because it was the same amount the father was paying ME). As I peed on each greenback dollar, I then laid it on the paper towel to blot off the excess piss on them, still leaving them slightly damp. I whispered to the bills, “Return to Me as this payment is not right and just”. I then exited the stall, went over to the warm air hand dryer, and finished drying the paper dollars. Good thing I was alone in the bathroom, as it would have been amusing trying to explain why I was drying paper money with a hand dryer.
I then returned to the line to see the counterperson, and I was noticed by a male in line in front of me. He verbally mentioned his amazement in a WOMAN being in line to pay child support. I told him that it probably happens all the time. I then gave the clerk the account number and handed her the four $100.00 bills. She completed the transaction, printed me off a receipt, and I was on my way to other pressing business of the day.
Later that evening, when filing the receipt for future reference, I realized that the $400.00 was recorded in another account that was already opened for my won receipt of child support! It looks like I paid myself my own child support, which was validated in a few days later with a check issued to me from the County Child Support Collections Department! I had given the clerk my newly opened account number in which to record a payment for me, but she hit the wrong line/button/whatever, and the money was credited to my account and then returned to me.
Long story short, once the next six week ‘invitation’ arrived to yet another session in front of the Judge, I had done my research and presented the Judge with the proper information regarding what his lawyer had said. The Judge called for a recess, went back in chambers to research my specific Court law action ruling, and when the Judge returned, he had admitted I was correct and the child support ruling was reversed and back to me being the recipient of funds paid by the father. At that point, he as already in arrears and was urged by the Court to go immediately and make a payment to bring the account current.
Interesting that once the children turned 18, none of this mattered to their father anymore but while I was in the :thick of things”, this “cat” was going to make sure he didn’t get one cent of my money that was intended for the care and upbringing of our children.
With that, this is the end of my story.
‘Nuff said!
Jacqueline
