As much as it hurts, I am asking for help from any kind-hearted individuals who are willing to give a small portion of what they have to someone they will never meet.
My best friend’s family is in a hard way, and I’ve been trying to help, but my own hours at work have been cut so bad and raises refused due to the company trying to save money, so I am barely managing to support the two of us, let alone more. I am making less than those below my position at work right now due to what my company is doing right now to cut corners, and I’m beginning to worry for my own survival as well as that of my friend and his family. We are both technically homeless and have been staying at my mother’s in a small upstairs room, half of which is dedicated to storage, so really we only have less than half of a room that is already only about 90 square feet to begin with. I’ve never felt so humbled in my life.
My friend has a disability that prevents him from working easily and it’s hard for him to keep a job that’s willing to work with his pain levels since he has also had his disability denied due to doctor lies on his medical record, putting him in a very bad position. His mother is a single mother who struggles with chronic pain and disability, although her case has been continually denied and so she is unable to get the help she needs in that regard. She also has a young son (my best friend’s little brother) with a disability who requires a lot of her shared time and resources, making it very difficult on her, and especially right now where she has so little for herself. Right now she is struggling to keep food in her house, and enough money to pay her bills, pay for repairs to her only vehicle, and put gas in the car to go to the doctors that she needs to see to improve her health and make it so she CAN support herself again. I am able to work, of course, but my hours have been cut so badly, I’m barely making it from paycheck to paycheck, and that’s being weekly instead of biweekly. We have been seeking out the resources we have available, but it’s simply not been enough. I no longer have a working car and depend on borrowed transportation to keep my own income flowing, what little there is.
Through all this, I am not asking for help for myself, I am asking for her. I think I can manage on my own, if it were just myself and my friend to support. I simply can’t help her out in the way she needs, I’m not making enough money or getting nearly enough hours, so I am here earnestly asking for help from anyone who has a little to spare. What I do have right now is internet and a computer, and so on her behalf I implore anyone who reads this to consider offering just a little. It doesn’t have to be much, if enough people pitch in. Even if it were just $10 or $20, from enough people it would be a huge help and is a big appreciation, and any money donated to me will be given to her to help her with her survival. I swear that I will not keep a penny of it for myself, but neither will I ever be able to pay it back.
If you donate to my link, know that you will be helping a single mother and her two sons (my friend’s younger brothers), and you will have my eternal thanks and appreciation. With enough help for these three people, I can support the needs of myself and my best friend. I have never begged for money before, truly, but I am asking now for you to please consider just a little to help us out and keep a small family of three from starving and going cold in the months to come until warm weather arrives to stay.