Single mother needs help...
I need money desperately. I have no other options. Trust me, I've explored
them. I am behind on rent. I was recently in a car accident that killed my
car - a car I had just poured a bunch of money in, over 1k, to repair to
pass the smog inspection my state requires for registration (a car in front
of me stopped suddenly before me so I didn't have time to break, and my car,
being tiny, went partially under her car, being huge, thus destroying it. I
was not intoxicated, I do not drink or do drugs... couldn't even afford to
do them even if I wanted to, which I don't). I needed the car to work and to
take my five-year-old daughter to school (she goes to a charter), now we've
been relying on the rides of relatives who are, themselves, tight for money
right now. Because money has been so tight I only had liability insurance,
so I'm now without even a vehicle. I own nothing of value. Nothing. I can't
afford a car loan, or any loan. I can barely afford food. Most of the
utilities companies are threatening to cut me off. I don't have cable or
netflix, because I cut them to try and save money. Next will be internet. I
can't feed my child a well-balanced meal but I make 'too much' for food
stamps (I've tried), which is ridiculous because after deductions and health
benefits are subtracted from my check I hardly make anything at all. I
literally have no disposable income. I've truly never been so depressed in
my life. All day I just want to cry and I day-dream of not waking up in the
morning. I have this constant sense that if just one more thing happens to
me that it will be the straw that broke the camel's back and send me into
permanent catatonia. Right now I'm only holding it together for my
daughter's sake. I do work, so I think I'll be okay if I can just get out of
this gigantic hole that I'm in. I need to catch up on bills, catch up on
rent, find a cheap vehicle that runs, feed my child a healthy meal instead
of the ramen noodles and macaroni and cheese we've been living off of, and
buy her clothing that's not one size too small for her, like she's been
wearing for half the school year since we couldn't afford new clothes after
her last growth spurt.
Please help me. Please. Any amount would be so beyond appreciated I wouldn't
have the proper words to articulate my immense, all-encompassing gratitude.
Should someone help me out, I promise to come back to this site and help
someone else once I have the means to do so, and pay it forward. No mom
should have to be in the place I am now... alone, desperate and scared.