Hi! Another struggling single mom here. Nice to meet you. For the last 25 years I have worked with small children with a specialty working with autistic children. I am awesome at it. I wish I was in preschool right now. Well I can’t. Mostly because I can’t support two adult special needs children who are not currently receiving disability or any financial assistance on $17 an hour. No matter how excellent I am at getting a nonverbal child to communicate my pay even with a college education can’t support a family of three. And dealing with the system or finding help on line is simply maddening. We had our food assistance cut this month for “refusing to show proof of income” How do I show proof of income when I have no income? I lost my job in December and have been unsuccessful so far in finding any kind of employment that fits my physical and transportation needs. My car was stolen in December as well. I’m sure it made it to Mexico before I even finished the police report. I am so grateful for the public transportation system here, but it bites. First they are not the greatest at being on time so plan an extra hour to get to work. There’s also the walking distance to get to a bus stop. I’m really lucky I live right next to the light rail. Unfortunately it is not possible for me to walk the half mile to get to one. I have a degenerative disease in my back and my feet are burning insane. Have you ever had pain so amazingly terrible that you just had to just stand in awe of the fact that you can withstand it and still partially function in society? I live with an average daily pain level that hovers around a 7/10. That’s on a good day. Most days I can hardly hobble across my tiny apartment. Think waddling penguin style. Needless to say but I shall anyways, I can’t work an 8hr shift pretty much anywhere. I won’t make it longer than 2-3 hours on my feet and 1-2hrs having to sit. It also just makes the pain almost take your breath away and you cry yourself to sleep. So I’ve spent my time being unemployed teaching myself updated skills for our current employment scene. I must find a gig I can do from my home, but even after studying 12-15hrs a day I still haven’t made a dime. There are so many shysters out there that take you to the brink of making a dollar and then they dangle you over the edge and ask an already cash poor human to cough up $997 for help. Or you can trying finding an agency or business to help only to find out its just one stupid survey after the next of the same questions of lack and you end up getting literally receiving 94 phone calls a day from people claiming to help but want cash up front to do so. Where is that supposed to come from? Rent in Phoenix is top notch and who can’t appreciate paying $2000 for a tiny two bedroom apartment. How bout food? $100 doesn’t cover groceries for a week. Well after 3months of being out of work I find that I have gone through my savings and gracious friends and I need help. If you knew how nauseatingly difficult it is for me to ask for help you’d be on your feet applauding and whispering finally. I’d like to ask for $75,000 so that I can get out of my upcoming April 2nd eviction hearing, start some income streams and basically live normal. Not worry if the card is going to get declined for toilet paper. I am a hard working, intelligent, creative individual who has been called to find their light. If I’m so divinely chosen can that come with a pay upgrade? I wanna know how if feels to not have fear every day. I want a little security and stress relief, maybe go to a dr that specializes in joint relief. Yeah I move and scream. It’s a fun scene. I have the motivation to make an online business successful. Create engaging technology geared towards the autistic niche since that’s where my talents resides. In a perfect world a handsome dark haired millionaire reads this and just drops me $150k, keeping me afloat for many days. Oh what that could do to my confidence and change the whole trajectory of my life. And hey if it just a $15 donation know that I love you for that cuz I know how much you needed it too and still you’re willing to ease someone else’s pain, You rock. Thanks for reading this far. Anything helps. My PayPal is @bundi4u