Hi. My name is Pamela and I’m a 38 y/o mother to a beautiful 15 y/o young man with autism and ADHD.
If I’m being honest, this is very difficult for me as I’m the type of person that would much rather help others then ask for help but I’m learning quickly tat everyone needs help at times and that’s okay.
The beginning of this year my family (my husband, son and myself) moved to a different state after he was laid off his job due to COVID. We were super excited for this new chapter in our lives. Unfortunately that excitement died down quickly once we were in out new home. My husband was able to find work fairly quickly but his pay just wasn’t enough.
3 days after moving into our new home the water heater went out which had to be replaced immediately. That was when the downward spiral began. Water heaters aren’t cheap and finding someone to install it can be just as expensive. That set us way back on our bills. Luckily (or we thought) we were getting our income tax soon as well as the stimulus so that would help out a bunch! Not so much as our heat stopped working and with a child in the house we couldn’t go without and that one really did us in. From that point on we were barely making it from paycheck to paycheck.
Summer rolled around and with that my husbands hours got cut at his job, he was only getting 3 days a week at most. He was hardly bringing home enough to cover the car payment, much less any other bills and food.
We held off turning on our AC for as long as we could but eventually the heat won and we had to give in. Yea, AC didn’t work! There was a nice gentleman that lives across the street that came to take a look for us and pretty much told us it would be cheaper to have a new unit installed. There was no way we could afford that! He was kind enough to let us borrow a window unit so we could at least keep the living room cool. So that’s where we have been sleeping all summer. My husband and son sleep on the bed in the living room and I’m on the couch. (And that’s nowhere near the amount of repairswe still have to make to this house)
Fast forward to today. My son is homeschooled due to his autism and ADHD, and while it is summer vacation he still does his learning on the computer to help him catch up.
We woke up this morning to our internet being shut off, so he has no access to his schooling. The amount to get it turned back on its $321.75 with a total of $462.26 due by July 22.
My husbands next paycheck Will be for just under $200. And with that we have to try to pay other bills and feed our family.
We are absolutely drowning and can’t seem to get any kind of assistance. I know yet say there’s a light at the end of the tunnel but I must have made a wrong turn cause it’s completely dark here.
I won’t ask for any set amount as we would be absolutely grateful for anything. I just really want my child to be able to continue his education. And would love to not have to stress about how I’m going to feed everyone.
Thank you to everyone in advance. Even if you’re unable to help, thank you for at least reading my words and allowing me to vent a little.
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