My story… My name is Stacy. I’m a single mother to my beautiful sarcastically witty 11-year-old daughter. I’m also a full-time college student. My major is Integrative Health Practitioner. Which is much different than the career I had been doing the last 6 years or the 27 years before that. I was a Cosmetologist and then in Property management for tax credit communities. As of lately I have not been able to gain employment and the last time I had a full-time job was in February and have not been able to pay my mortgage since May. It appears the universe has put forth obstacles in my path that steer me away from that line of work. Brace yourselves and hold on tight cuz your in for a ride in “The Days of Stacy’s Life”
It was a chilly day in February when I received the email for an invitation to interview for Property Manager at a community in downtown Denver. I was so excited! It was a phone interview but I made a great impression because I was to have my in-person interview the next day with a PM who would be training me. It was a great success and I got the job! On my 2nd day, Valentines Day, I left work to attend my daughters V-Day party. So much fun watching the children pass around their gifts and grubbing on pizza. That evening I started to feel sick. Headache, nasal congestion, hard to breath, body aching. I’m also a diabetic which makes it hard to take OTC meds. I couldn’t go in the next day. I went to the Dr. so I could be tested for Covid. Thank God it was Negative. But I was not getting any better. One day turned into 2, 3, 4. I went back to the DR. At this point work wouldn’t let me back without Dr. note but I needed relief as well. Got meds and was able to work for all of one week. Then, I slipped on my floor landing on my wooden rolling cart. The corner went right into my ribs. That was just as pain-full as when I broke them in my late twenties. Went to the Dr and my ribs were severely bruised. No work for 2 weeks and then see how I was feeling before I was to be released to work. You could hear the frustration in my boss’s voice. I was let go. Right at the 8-week mark was when I felt well enough to start applying for a job. Till I went to my 1st Nuggets game with a friend. That night after the game we were walking down the stairs and I slipped and fell and hit the left side of my face against the wall. I fought the wall and the wall won. I couldn’t apply for jobs for over a month. My face was swollen and I had the biggest black eye! That was in April and my brow bone still hurts. As soon as I could cover it up with make-up, back to finding a job. I still don’t have a job. Not for no lack of trying. That’s when I had my Ahha moment. I’m a natural healer with no prior studies. That moment I decided to accept my calling and enroll into college. Scary since it was 2001 since I had been to college. I’m proud to say that I finished Summer quarter with a 4.0! Sadly, I still have no job and the mortgage hasn’t been paid. I’m on public assistance, for food and medical and a program that payed my utilities. I’m trying to find funds for the balanced owed, which is up to $7885.95 but I need funds that cover enough for my mortgage for next month which brings the total to $9748.62. Class starts up again on 8/21. I’m certain I will find a job that will work with my class schedule and I can resume payments. I’m grateful for all that I have. Especially my daughter. I just prefer not to lose the only home she knows. Her father, my ex-husband is an amazing man but he barely makes enough to survive, let alone give me money. He pays her tuition, child care and health ins. Till we got Medicaid. I know there are kind hearted people who will help us before it leads to the big F. I truly am grateful for all who can help us. Be Blessed and Be A Blessing with Love & Light.
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