Single Moms Need Some Extra Money - Available Grants & Aid in 2016

Being a single mother especially in today’s era can be extremely overwhelming. If you are one of those mothers who is doing it alone every day you know what I am talking about. It seems like the bills just continue to pile up and never end.

Researchers have said that just in 2015 year ending alone over 80 percent of the households in America that we’re single households we’re in fact ran by a FEMALE head of household which we’re mostly living very poor.

Many people may say well there is government assistance for them to get a grant but it’s hard to find and information regarding that said topic anywhere. So in hopes to help the single mothers out in the world this article will give you some insight on the different assistance topics we can cover including where and how to get a grant or scholarship. Also, you will read and see how simple it is to receive help with income expenses and medical insurance.

Are there really grants for a single mother?

Of course they do but these grants are not only for single mothers. However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t help for a mother to receive one. I know its mind boggling that the government hasn’t had any means created for money for a single mother that is actually in the shape of a grant. One thing the government does for a single mother is they assist them through a group or have set sponsors through a company, and sometimes they are covered by the actual income assistance completely.

Below are a few websites that will redirect you to free items that you can get just for registering on the website.

Low Income Assistance for Single Mothers / Government Grants

As I said there is not an official grant for a single mother available that is FEDERAL. However a single mother can go through federal programs and register and sign up for them. Those kinds of programs are usually for households with low income. Which means you would also qualify for Welfare. No matter what the case these are programs to help those who make below the limit and live poorly.

Below are different types of assistance based in the United States.

TANF – TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

TANF is a crucial for many low income families located within the US.

With TANF you receive a small amount of cash every month that you can use toward your food, rent, and other necessities. However you only receive TANF for up to 60 month limit.

If you are a single mother and you have children in your home who are less than 19 years old you are eligible for TANF.

SNAP – SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Food-stamps or SNAP as other people may refer to is financial help for meals. You can receive money every month to place food on the table if you are on low or no income.

For most of Americans living in poverty SNAP is potentially the only assistance they can get.

Research has shown that in 2015 SNAP benefits have helped at least 45 million Americans. Most of the ones who receive the stamps are under are up to the age of 18.

When you go to use your benefits for SNAP you have your own personal debit card to ring your groceries up with at the register. If you are interested in trying to get on with SNAP benefits all you have to do is fill and application out and send it in or take it into a local office that deals with SNAP benefits.

NSLP – NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

This is a program that gives free (or discounted) food to students whose parent’s income is bellow a poverty level. The income needs to be at least between 130-185 percent bellow the poverty line.

Most the time if a person is a receiver of SNAP benefits their children will be accepted into this program for free lunches. But, that doesn’t mean if you don’t have or receive SNAP that your children are disqualified.

You need to contact your child’s school to apply.

TEFAP – THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Food for the American families who are in the poverty range not matter what the age.

If you have received food stamps before or any other program assisting you and helping you such as the ones in this article you could also be approved for this program.

You will need to contact your State distribution agency to learn more about the Emergency food assistance program.

Local Food Banks

A food bank doesn’t exactly fit into the whole “Grant” program area as it is actually a location in your town where you can get food if you are in need.

Do not allow you or your family to go without food. If you ever reach that trouble you can call 211 and ask them where the nearest food bank is based on your location.

More then 200 food banks exist with the feeding america foundation and they supply enough food to feed over 40 million people.

WIC – WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN PROGRAM

This program includes a package deal where you as a mother are able to receive healthy foods, whether you are pregnant or a new mother, and also to children who are 5 or under.

WIC is a program that is temporary and only used for a short amount of time – usually between 6 to 12 months.

EARLY HEAD START / HEAD START

These programs are for children up to 5 years old.

You can receive free child’s medical and dental care along with their schooling, and dietary needs.

Find your closes headstart office on their website or call at 1-866-763-6481.

Insurance for unemployment

This is a special program which will pay you weekly if you are unemployed and it had nothing to do with you for you being fired or let go. You will only be able to receive this benefit for maximum 26 weeks. Different states have different benefit rules. But most states will average out at about 45% of whatever the average weekly income is.

Single mothers who are out of a job temporarily can find solace with these benefits and can help make the burden less for themselves because this pay will restore what you have lost from losing your work.

If you want to try and get this started and opened for you, you will have to find your local unemployment office or apply on the website for this specific program. Most states will allow you to also try to sign up for this over the phone.

Section 8 housing

Section 8 is basically a program that helps a family be able to pay for their housing. If approved you will receive a voucher of up to 70 percent of your bills (utilities and rent). You are expected to pay the other 30 percent.

If you want to apply and feel you qualify you can get in touch with your local office involved with public housing, the HUD office.

CCAP – CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

This is a benefit for families who can’t afford to place their children in daycare while working.

You still have to pay a certain percentage but it isn’t a big lump of money. The less you earn, the less you need to contribute.

EITC – Earned Income Tax Credit

It is a tax benefit for people with low income. You could potentially get as much as $6,000.

If you normally have a tax rate of $1050 but you are allowed $5550 then you get refund of $4500.

There is a Children’s Tax Credit too for as much as $1,000 for EACH child.

LIHEAP – LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

LIHEAP is a program that is a one time help to help pay for heating / cooling expenses.

Most of the time this is for the disabled or families with children or disabled person in the home.

If you need any extra information regarding this topic you can get in touch through the number 1-866-674-6327 or a local number for your local LIHEAP office.

WAP – WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Weatherization assistance program lowers energy bills for families in need. Usually the elderly and families involving children are accepted and put to the top of the list before all.

Your monthly income need to be below 200 percent poverty level.

To apply, find a local WAP center.

Medicaid

Medicaid is help with medical expenses. If you do not have health insurance this gives you certain benefits as long as your income restriction meets the level it should.

A lot of single mothers may meet the standards to be recipients of Medicaid even if you are unemployed.

Every state has different rules about Medicaid plans. You can find out exact requirements on this website.

Together with ObamaCare it ensures that even single mothers who didn’t receive any health benefits will now be able to have coverage.

CHIP – CHILDREN HEALTH INSURANCE

CHIP gives children without health insurance a chance to have health benefits all the way up until they are nineteen. It is for families whose income is too high to receive Medicaid benefits.

It provides every type of benefit you can think of — dental, eye exams, and even annual doctor’s exams.

Every state has its own rules. If you would like to learn a little more about this specific benefit you can call 1-877 Kids now (1-877-543-7669)

Federal Pell Grants

Aid program for students of up to $5,815 for those in need to be able to set foot into college.

This is the best opportunity for a mother who is single to finally be able to finish her schooling and finally continue in the workforce. The money is completely free of charge with no interest rates or paybacks ever.

You need to fill out an application and submit it for a pell grant and have it turned in on or before June 30th of every year.

Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant

Similar to the Pell Grant. If you already have had pell grants and you are at the top of the charts in need you will be first on the list to receive this. Depending on a persons needs that are wrapped in with their financial struggle will ultimately decide who will receive anywhere between $100 too $4,000 annually.

Charities

Charities can be a way to seek help for you and your children whether you are in need of food or clothing or even housing. A lot of charities around the world actually have their own food banks that they run and they will give you bags of free food.

If you go to salvation army a lot of the times they will let you sleep there if you have no where else to go especially if it is a result of violence.

Churches

Most churches will offer you food and clothes or maybe even a place to stay if you have been recently kicked out by the one you are living with.

To find information on this you should look through your phone books local listing or yellow page. You can also research online and see what churches are available to your area and call them and ask what services they do offer.

Loans

Single moms can receive loans usually relatively quickly but I would not recommended that at all. You could potentially go into debt and not be able to rise back from that.

Sometimes you have no choice because you have to fix your broken car or maybe pay for utilities and food and need the help right then. But you have to be able to pay that loan realistically quick.

Pay attention to your credit because if you try to get a loan through a bank or anyone they will check your credit score and see if it is even available to be able to place a loan out to you. If it is a loan that is for payday loans or credit card advances they will not run a check but you will end up paying more after fees and costs.

Line of Credit

If your credit is decent some people ask a bank for a loan personally. Most of the time this is a better idea then asking for a payday loan because if you need quick money with lower rates of interest this is it.

Personal Loans

On a personal loan interest is lower dramatically but you have to pay in instalments. It doesn’t really fit criteria for an emergency. Normally if you just tell them you do not have any more funds and that is why you need this they will turn you away. If your credit is poor you will not be able to even touch this offer.

Short term (payday) loans

This is a very popular type of loan. You may know it by the term “Cash advance.” The interest runs really high on these and it is a loan that is only for a small time frame.

This is a loan that would more then likely be considered if a problem arises and you needed to repair your car or had a disastrous dental emergency. You have to know for sure you will be able to give every penny back.

If you do not pay this type of loan back you could be in loads of trouble financially.

Credit card cash advance

Do you own a credit card? If so you will be able to get money from a bank as easy as 1, 2, 3. This is not a method that is highly praised though because as soon as you start taking money out of the bank the interest keeps rising and you also are charged for using and pulling out of the bank a fee. This is potentially the easier options if you do need cash asap but you have to pay it back and make sure you absolutely can.

When it is all said and done grants will not solve your money issues within your home if that is what you expect. To get a grant is definitely not easy it isn’t a walk in the park by any means.

If you are looking to get a more stable source of financially being stable you should probably look in areas around you or find a women shelter until you can get back up on your feet.

If you think you have all the time in the world you can apply for other areas of assistance such as Food stamps, HUD, and etc. They do take a lot of time and effort for someone to get back with you and let you know if you have been accepted and enrolled. Try finding a part time working job as a way to financially start becoming stable again.

The moral of this is you can not expect a grant to fall into your hands without effort and take all your worries away. They are only here too do one thing and that doesn’t usually fix anything with your financial setting.

This is all on you and what you decide, no one else can decide for you.

Last Updated: January 21, 2020

Single Mom of 3 about to be homeless

Hello,

Thank you so much for taking the time to help me and my family. We are soon to become homeless. We stay at a hotel for now until I can get a apartment. Unfortunately I am going through a divorce right now and I am doing my very best for my babies but like any mother I just feel like I am failing them and it just hurts me that we will possibly live in a shelter soon because I can barely provide at the moment. So yes I am extremely scared at this point. Anything will help and very much be appreciated.

Last Updated: January 21, 2020

Mom Asking for a little Sunshine Please!

I am asking for help so that I can pay my bills and buy groceries. In 2019 I got divorced, had 3 immediate family members pass away (all at different times & all suddenly without warning), and when I thought nothing else could get worse – Christmas time and I have no job. I have a son in college, who I keep having to tell “it will be okay” as I worry for the both of us. I don’t live lavishly at all since the divorce. I’ve moved in an apartment, which isn’t a home and looks more like a storage facility, but the rent is more than what my mortgage used to be. I also have my sons rent at college to maintain as well. I have a small tv but no cable or anything, so it’s a decoration in the living room basically. I have internet, because I have to hunt for jobs!!! Then there’s the electric bill, water, sewer, and phone (so hopefully I will get a call about a job). Lately, I feel like I’m wading in an ocean about to be overtaken by a storm. My accounts are drained, so there’s nothing to squeeze out there. I’ve never been this desperate in my life. I am a smart woman, so I thought finding a job would be much easier than it has turned out to be. My picture I included was all of the job applications I put out there this weekend. Applying for jobs is also a full-time process too, with the same redundant questions over and over because they don’t want to just look at your attached resume. You have to copy and paste all that information back into their format.

In the meantime, I teach free yoga classes at a local church for those students who cannot afford to go to a traditional studio class. Those individuals have kept my spirits up and brought joy to my heart even in these troubling times. I love seeing them progress in their poses and make physical healthy changes to their bodies. It really makes me proud to be a yoga teacher and that kind of profound effect on someone. I’ve gotten more students now that come on a regular basis and need more equipment to supply them to use in class (other than a beach towel) – but that will have to be on hold until I have money to do so. I plan on that being my “paying it forward” deed once I’m not in the red and have a job. I want my first paycheck to be able to help those individuals out in whatever way they need also.

I am not the kind of person to ask anyone for help either, so this type of request is way out of my zone. But I thought about how much my yoga teaching does for me, and I know there are wealthy individuals out there that give money away because it gives them the same joy in their heart as well.

If you cannot donate but have a remote/virtual job that I’d be qualified for, I’d like that also. I’ve got a BA in Business Management and have worked in legal compliance for the health industry for 12 years. Before that I was a paralegal. I pray several times a day to bring some kind of sunshine in my life so I know that it is going to get better.

Any donation that you can spare can be sent to: paypal.me/BeachesandSunshine

Last Updated: January 20, 2020

Single Mom looking to start over fresh

Writing this is the most humbling and hardest things I have ever done.

I am a 31 year old single Mother of 2 boys ages 11 and 6. They are the smartest and most amazing kids. They think about others before themselves and they love each other more than I remember loving my brother at their age.

Ive been a single Mom for almost 2 years. After I left him, my credit took a major hit. He blew over $100k that he got from a settlement and never offered to help pay for school supplies, or medical bills. My ex is re married and he and his new wife see the kids every weekend. I do not receive steady child support from him. The last amount I received was $15 and some change. Everything relies on me.

I am a full time employee working for a casino. I work mostly nights and weekends. I am a salary employee so there are plenty of weeks where I am putting in more than 40 hours a week but I do not see the hourly increase reflected on my pay.

I try to make extra money working for postmates, uber eats, and doordash. The money I have made has helped buy groceries or put more gas in my car or buy medications. No matter what I do I cant seem to get ahead. I cant seem to break out of this cycle. The tipping was was when I received a notice last night that my paychecks would be garnished for a payday loan balance from a year ago would be garnished from my wages. The loan amount left was $480. With attorneys and filing fees, they will be taking out over $1600 from my checks.

I see a bright future for myself. I see a light at the end of this tunnel. I just need a boost to get over the bump in the road. I have so much I need to get taken care of that i cant afford and put in the back burner. I just need a little help from someone that can help. I have always donated to other when I could. I am really hoping and praying that someone can pay it forward and help us. When I get back on my feet, I will definitely do the same.

I came up with a total of $8000. That will cover so many medical bills I am behind on paying for my youngest sons extreme asthma. It will help me pay for an oil change on my car that been very much needed, my balance to both the elementary and middle schools for lunch fees or after care fees. Pay my rent next month without worry, catch up on my car payment so im not behind on it anymore. honestly, it will cover life expenses. I dont know anyone else to ask. No one I know has that kind of money or are all in a similar situation as me.

I want to own a home, I want to be a mother my children are proud of. I truly feel like if I can get out of this hole I have been in I can turn my life around and start over. I can be someone who helps another in need. Thank you for your time and god bless!

https://paypal.me/mamabear91008?locale.x=en_US

Last Updated: January 19, 2020

Single Young Mother Severely in need!

Everything started six months ago when I thought that I was ready to date again after my sons father after being together since high school. I found myself on those typical dating apps and I matched with a very handsome man. he told me all about his past. And it wasn’t pretty. But I was always taught that I shouldn’t judge someone by their past because the past doesn’t always define a person. (it was also easier for me to understand because I too had grown up in the childhood of neglect and trauma I was taken for adoption twice put through foster systems and became ward of the state along with my little sister ) when I heard about his past yeah it was dark but I didn’tThink it was something no one could over come. he told me he was over two years sober and we went out a few times and started today and that’s when things basically went downhill from there.

He needed a place to stay that was a safe environment for his daughter. Being the kind hearted people that we were we let him in. living with my best friend and her son and my son as well. And not long after that mental and emotional abuse started he wanted to take over every part of my life trackers on my phone who my friends were which family members I could talk to anything he could possibly control He would control. that’s also about the same time that the physical abuse and life threats started as well I won’t go into much detail about that.

That’s when then accusation starting i was accused of everything under the sun and when nothing came of that that’s with the threats and physical situation would a rise. Later on we found out that he had a relapse and didn’t say anything and also had severe mental disorders that we weren’t aware of . I was terrified I finally had the courage to get out of it I had to call the cops in and things got worse from there. he ended up getting as many credit cards and checking accounts as he could through or relations and the whole time right under my nose and I have no idea. and so my credit is horrible can’t qualify for even a dollar he stole it All even my rent money and my savings everything was gone at that point after he got arrested I was staying in a hotel because his bail was still allowing him to be able to get out and I was able to get two night Voucher from the state which so far has been the only help I could get….which was nice until I wasn’t able to come up with rent fast enough and I lost my place to live and if that wasn’t the worst part. Went to stay with a family friend and we ended up getting the house broken into by two guys at gunpoint basically trying to scare us as much as a could police informed us that my ex had been Gang affiliated and they had an issue with us being subpoenaed to court so I got kicked out of there I’ve been staying in a hotel and maxing the one working Credit card that I have Left filing for every possible grant financial assistance that I can anything that I could get my hands on just nothing has been coming back. now I am fighting my ex husband for more time with my son because he thinks that my mental stability is going downhill because of all of the stress I’m under trying to make ends meet and to be honest he’s Mostly right.

I’ve lost almost everything that I’ve worked so hard for over a relationship that lasted six months and ended with him being served with five felonies and one misdemeanor that’s all it took to destroy my life and on top of that my physical health is also deteriorating I find it hard to walk and eat or to do any normal every day activities without assistance still trying to figure out what’s going on I know part of it is probably my mental status but some of it is also physical as well.Anything that I can say is that I’m happy that my son never got to see you never had to witness or hear I’ll be put in the middle and that’s something that I think God for every day I reached out to almost everything that I could possibly think of and now I have you guys. Anything helps thank you

SnowQueen
PayPal.me/SnowQueen9219

Last Updated: January 14, 2020

Singled mum needs help

Hi I’m a young single mum and in need of assistance to pay some bills that I got behind on through no fault of my own. My child’s father left when I was pregnant leaving me with little to no income after having my little boy this in turn has caused me to fall behind on a few bills and would like some assistance to catch them up.

Last Updated: January 12, 2020

Trying to restart my life

Hello,

I’m asking for any help from anyone out there to help me move out of my current living situation. Currently I sleep on a hard floor, work 40 hours a week and deal with very controlling people. With my former friend also constantly harassing me. I just want to get out and on my own, even working as much as I can, my money slips away for my child’s school things, food, keeping my car in good condition. Anything would help me get back on my feet and I would for be grateful. Please and thank you for anyone who even just took the time to read. I really appreciate it. Below is my paypal link.

www.paypal.me/mylink45

Last Updated: January 12, 2020

Single Mom Needing Help

Hi my name is Raina Surber and I’m a single mom of a 2 almost 3 year old. I started struggling financially when I was 27 weeks pregnant with my daughter. I went into early labor and had to stay the night in the hospital. Me and my daughter were monitored all night long. Once I got out and got the bill I cried. There was no way I could pay it off especially because I didn’t work at the time. I had to pick up a job but after the first week it made things worse. I went into early labor 3 more times before I was 37 weeks and had to stay the night every time and was given additional medicine and shots to make sure she was fully developed. I racked up 5000$ in Medical bills and not to mention regular checkups on top of the hospital stays. I couldn’t return back to work and couldn’t pay the bill so I waited until I could work again which I knew wouldn’t be until after I gave birth to my daughter so I didn’t put her in harms way. The day before my due date I woke up with sharp pains and was rushed to the hospital. My daughters best rate was really high so they broke my water and found out I had a serious infection in my uterus that was killing her. They induced me but nothing was working and she was getting weaker. I had to have a emergency c-section and had an uncontrollable fever. When they pulled her out she wasn’t breathing and had a fever of 106. They finally got her to breath and put us in a heated room. I had to stay longer than the average c-section. I stayed for a total of 6 days and got a 7000$ hospital bill for it. When I got to go home me and my daughter were fine for the next few months. All of a sudden I had major health problems, I had huge ovarian cysts and tumors and had multiple surgeries to drain and remove them. Eventually I had my left ovary and tube taken out and I was left with chronicle pain and a 3000$ hospital bill. Once I healed I got my cosmetology license and started working. I payed off 5000$ out of my 15000$ hospital bill but sadly my ovarian cysts and tumors have returned. They want to give me a hysterectomy which i can not afford at all right now. Not only am I trying to pay off my hospital bills I also have to pay to live in my moms house, grocery’s, phone, and anything my daughter needs. Since I’m holding off my surgery it’s making working harder and harder because of the pain I have to deal with when my cysts burst or twist. Life has been hard for me the past couple years but my beautiful daughter keeps me going. She caring and very smart, she can count to 10 on her own, knows colors, can tell you her name and age, and recently potty trained. Any donations would make a great impact on me and my daughters life. Thank you for reading my story and have a blessed day.

https://paypal.me/rainasurber?locale.x=en_US

Last Updated: January 6, 2020

Mom of Autistic child needs help Please

7th January 2020

Hello,
I’m a single mum of a beautiful Autistic boy whom I adore dearly.
I’m in a bit of a pickle due to lack of funds.
My only son is 9 and he’s autistic (high functioning) and I think he’s amazing.
We’ve been through a bit of a rough patch with school due to bullying and his
educational needs not being met so I’ve taken him out of school to homeschool him.
It wasn’t an easy decision and it’s been a hard few years of tears and tantrums
(both his and mine 🤔) and I finally just had to make a decision for his
emotional and educational wellbeing and take him out.
It’s been hard but it’s the best decision I’ve made and I can see he is much more stable and his learning is coming along so well now. We use an online curriculum that has been created by teachers called Time4learning and on another site called KiwiCrate we get what’s called a “Tinkercrate” sent to us each month which has a creative science or technology based project to make. It’s really neat even if it does cost a bit much.
Anyway at the moment I can’t work as I have my son 24/7 with no break whatsoever. Its tiring of course but he needs me and I’m his mum so that’s just how it is.
Unfortunately the money side of things is pretty dismal. We live on $439 per week and I’ve had to take out a loan to pay for a new fridge as ours was just not working right anymore
(a block of cheese would go mouldy in one week!) and some educational bits and pieces of course such as
a printer and a reconditioned laptop as we couldn’t use the old desktop anymore as it was just too slow. So I really would be so grateful if I could get some help paying off this debt.
I need to free up our money so we can get on with our everyday lives. I want my son to be able to go to the shop and get a treat once in a while or to be able to save some money for a holiday at the beach for a week maybe.
I have a two credit card accounts that I’d like to pay off and a loan.
The amounts are ;
Finance Now Card $1,486.00
Finance Now Loan $3,455.00
Mastercard $480.00

I would be so very grateful for any amount towards these accounts.
Thank you so much.

misssmith1973@yahoo.co.nz

Last Updated: January 6, 2020

Get on track

Happy Holidays!

I am desperate for some genuine help!

I had a crappy childhood which I allowed to turn into a crappier time in my adolescence. During that time, I met a man somewhat older than myself, and he took me in. We had children and got married. I had no education other than a GED, he told me I was incapable of contributing more than being a mom to our 2 daughters and it would cost more for child care than I could make. So, I stayed home and raised our girls (which I loved). He was very controlling, belittling, degrading, and verbally abusive. It was all so gradual that I didn’t realize how bad it was until, it was no longer happening. He came home from work one day and, I’ll never forget, said to me he needed 6-8 weeks to think it over but he was leaving. I begged, cried, and begged some more. I was so brainwashed, I actually thought maybe he wouldn’t…..

Things were tough when he left but my father was still alive then and he helped me through a lot. Our youngest daughter was 3 years old when her father left so I planned on going back to work when she started Kindergarten. The summer before she started kindergarten, my father passed away unexpectedly. I saw him that morning and we made plans for that afternoon. I will forever be grateful I saw him that day! My father left me enough money to purchase the condo I live in currently and care for my children for a little while. After the initial shock and a lot of grieving, I started searching for employment. I have submitted countless applications on Indeed, been on many interviews, physically filled out applications at various businesses, and the only job I have been offered and currently working at, is a cafe aide in a school district. 3 hours a day, $9.90 an hour, and if there is no school for kiddos I do not get paid. My credit card is maxed out, my vehicle is leased and that ends in July of 2020. After child support and paying bills, whatever wages I bring in from my very part time job, I’m lucky if I can afford some groceries and gas. My girls didn’t receive a single present from me this year for Christmas, that was very hard for me.

I’m trying so hard to not give up, my girls need a mother.

I need help paying my credit card. That way, when lease on my vehicle is up, I will be able to continue payments because I will have good enough credit to purchase it. I have ZERO family other than my children to help me and I do not know where to turn.

Heres my current situation and next months outlook: I have $23 (which I’ll have to use for gas)until the 5th when CS comes, then after I pay all bills I’ll have $17. working at a school and the Xmas break, I won’t have income from that in January except on January 10, but it will only be like $115. I’m on our last roll of paper towels, 2 rolls of TP left, a quarter tank of gas, and very little food for girls when they come home on Monday from their dads.
The stress and loneliness and shame is getting heavier and heavier

I am continuing, every day, to look for better employment. I WILL NOT stop. Until then, I’m begging, Please help me. PLEASE. I’m so scared. Thank you

Last Updated: January 5, 2020

Come take a look from the outside in of my life

Hello.💜 If you’re reading this I can’t Thank You enough just for getting to this point.💭

I won’t bore you with a lot of details right off. If your interested I’ll be happy to elaborate. Just being honest.

I’m asking for help from perfect strangers in the hopes by a miracle just one will help me and my daughter out of this hell we’ve been living for so long. I as a mother of 2 daughters I have tried my best to provide a life of stability, guidance, safety & protection. Of course love, affection, compassion, respect, & gratitude. Excuse me if I left anything out!

Ok so my situation stems from years back starting in December 2002 is when my life took a turn for the worst, but I’ll get back to that fateful day. I had a career working for The Dept. of Agriculture the United States Denver Mint. It was my life’s dream job with all the benefits that couldn’t compare with any other job I could’ve ever have worked. I was one of 9 people out of over 2000 hired for the position of counting machine operator. I not only wanted to do the job I was hired for so I volunteered for a program offered for the 1st time by a new project being implemented called Operation Braveheart. It allowed me as an employee to learn and get the experience of every job position, from the production process to administrative positions. I was saving in my 401k to purchase a home for my family. Then September 11, 2001 the Twin Tower attacks changed the course of people’s lives forever across the globe. Being a govt. employee our jobs were at risk and 300 of us were laid off having to go on unemployment for the next 3 years. December 2, 2002 another motorist ran thru a red light at an intersection turning right into me hitting g me head on. The results of that accident permanently disabled me for the rest of my life unable to work ever again. I face several serious surgeries in the present day. My dreams of having a home were destroyed or giving my children the future I had hoped for, giving them the tools to further their education. Everything spiraled downward from that day on. Going from energetic, motivated full of life individual never taking even an aspirin for headaches to a person that my family said they didn’t even recognize. My quality of life changed physically, mentally & emotionally not for the better. After my lawsuit which I won my lawyer got paid first the Dr’s second me last. Now I’m suffering from the injures due to that accident. I live on Social security disability benefits for 12 years, which is my only source of income. I barely live month to month at risk of losing my place that I only have lived in for 2 months. My significant other made broken promises to help pay 1/2 of everything, leaving me with all the Bill’s which exceed my ability to make the rent and other bills not including the necessities let alone food to eat just to sustain life itself. I do not exaggerate my situation it’s the sad reality of what I’m facing. I struggle every month just to figure out how to keep a roof over me and my daughters head and fold in our bellies. I have not had a car just to get to where we need to go. I live in area that is high crime rate an alarming rate of murder and assaults. Crimes that go unnoticed or reported in the news of young males & females being kidnapped sex trafficked and literally making snuff films which is the evils of the dark web. We can’t walk in our own neighborhood because of being targeted as we’re the minority blonde blue eyes and my daughter alone is an absolute bombshell. We’re safe for now within the walls of our apartment, but who knows for how long. I need enough money to pay off all my debts which truthfully come to the amount of approximately $ 16,000 would take care of all my debts. Then to have a reliable vehicle safe to drive plated and tagged that would come to approximately $23,000 to buy a new car for the first time ever in order to pay the taxes on the car & auto insurance. I would love to have a car that won’t break down due to a used car with 190k miles or more. Need to pay my monthly Bill’s in order to save the place we live in would be approximately $1200 for the one month.

In order to give me and my daughter a fighting chance in life to a new start $51,000 would be a miracle from God heaven sent! Angel’s come in many forms and this prayer this wish to be granted would restore my faith in humanity which has been part of my depression that I fight on a daily. I don’t want to be a statistic of the poverty stricken family that ends in some tragic story all because money wasn’t available to help us get through life. It wasn’t anything I could control from that fateful day in December of 2002 that truly changed the course of me and my families lives forever.

paypal.me/thanx2all

That is where the miracle happens that link to my PayPal account God please grant me your blessings in restoring life back into a family who I feel is deserving. Thank you for reading my story and considering whether to donate to my life when their are so many out there needing help!!!!!

Last Updated: January 4, 2020

New mom — ex fiancée left us with nothing

I am a 24 year old single mother after my ex decided that after all of the wedding planning, convincing me to quit my well paying job (that I was lucky to have) and having our first child, having a family wasn’t what he wanted after all. He gave me 30 days to leave his house, which gave me no time to get my footing because I was literally starting from nothing. I am completely overwhelmed by all of the expenses that I am now solely responsible for. I have a job that I can’t say is covering our basic necessities because we are living paycheck-to-paycheck and I usually have to do without some of my own personal needs to make sure that my little guy has everything he needs. I am trying to find a better paying job and give my baby the fair shot he deserves but right now I am really struggling and could use any kind of help.

PayPal.Me/snj96

Last Updated: January 2, 2020

Help!!! I want to provide for my daughter!!

Hello my name is Kendra. I’m 21 and my daughter is 2 & 1/2. She is the sunshine in my life. I’ve been looking for a new job in a while, but no luck with my background as I suffer from mental illness & have been a victim of the unforgiving justice system. I love my daughter & I want to give her the world. We’re struggling right now & her father walked out of her life before she was born. She is the funniest little girl you will ever meet; with an ability to brighten anyone’s day. I graduated from college with no idea how to pay my student loans. & I still don’t know. I can’t get a job in my field (the medical field) because most medical jobs only hire after a background check or screening process. The college I went to didn’t tell me that. So here I am with a certificate in medical billing & coding, unable to get a job in the field. A $15,000 program with no positive outcome. All the work & money to complete a program & earn a certificate that I have no use for. I need help. I’ve always been independent & hated those words. “I need help.” I’ve always wanted to be able to achieve things on my own & not ask anyone for help. But here I am, asking for help. Any amount of money will help, as I do not have an income at the moment & struggling to pay bills, rent, etc. I want to provide the best possible life & future for my daughter. She didn’t ask to be here, but I want her to feel she belongs. As I’ve struggle my entire life trying to find a sense of belonging & acceptance. I’ve never fit in anywhere. I’ve never had many friends, & family has pushed us to the side as well. It feels like everyone in the world has given up on us & I don’t know where else to turn. I have so many future goals that I want to achieve & so many things I want to experience. I pray every day for a miracle. For God to bring us out of this pit of darkness in which it feels I am. If anyone reading this could please help me, I will be forever grateful. One small act of kindness goes a long way. Believe me.

PayPal.Me/kendranicoleex

Last Updated: December 30, 2019

I lost my job in need of help

I lost my job a few months ago, I have been struggling to make ends meet… I am currently in the process of seeking another job. I am registered with many different hiring sites, I have also applied for different jobs in my area in walking distance. Its been a hassle for me trying to find a job that fits my schedule… This is because I am also a mother, I have a 6 year old child who attends school Monday-Friday but at the moment I am not able to afford child care. So that leaves me with little to no time to work with. Most jobs have a specific schedule in which they work with. The new jobs require mobility and 247 Phone connection. This makes it harder for me to find a job, but I am still putting in applications until I can land something..

It’s the holidays… Trying to be in the holiday spirit without the things that I need to take care of can be very stressful, not to mention It can be a very cringy moment when your child is asking why there isn’t any Christmas presents under the tree… I just try to see the bright side and look at the fact that Christmas isn’t about gifts. I believe that Christmas is about giving and spending time with the ones you love. So I’m going to try my best to enjoy the holidays and not think so much about the situation. In the meantime…

I decided to put myself out there to express that I am in serious need of some financial help until I can get back on my feet.

This is just one of many bills that I am dealing with, with no income… Screenshot_20191224-054412~2.png
If I could put a number on it, I would say I really needed $1,000.( I am grateful for any donations given out the kindness of your heart.) Any amount is welcome… With your help I plan to pay off the next couple of months rent, light bill, Phone bill, Groceries, Childcare and small needs for my child… If I could get help with these things for the next few months it would really be a blessing to my situation!

Thank you for taking the time out to read my post.

Here is my PayPal link:

Paypal.me/Luvelyy1

Last Updated: December 30, 2019

One Little Month

Thirty days. One little month. I am not new to struggle. At times, I’ve thrived in it. See back in 2000, when I was 17 I gave birth to the most remarkable person I have ever known. From that day forward, I struggled. I scraped, I saved, I worked. I built us an amazing life. At times I wish there was a term greater than “super”. I would use that to describe my son. He’s super super. It’s been just me and him (and my amazing parents) for his whole life.

Fast forward to Jan. 2019. That little baby boy is scheduled to graduate in the top 15 of his class! He’s been accepted to every college he’s applied to. To his mother’s dismay, there was only one in-state school that he wanted to attend. Purdue he’s wanted it since he was a little boy. “Mommy, I’m going to Purdue and I’m going to be an engineer, AND I’m gonna buy you a Denali!” I prayed for Purdue (not for the Denali, but a girl can hope)! Then the letter came. HE GOT IN! We did it! All of the hard work, sacrifice, struggle, and success paid off. My baby was happy, I was such a proud mama, and we were getting ready to send my Boiler on his way.

We made it through the summer, excitement building each day. I made sure that boy had every single thing a college kid could want or need in that dorm. He was happy. He is happy.

Three months later, I lost my job. It took me ten years in my industry to make the amount of money I was making. I was happy. I was supporting my kid while he works his tail off to become an engineer. I was devastated. Thankful for no longer living paycheck to paycheck and having a few resources, but still terrified at the idea of going into the next year unemployed. I have savings but they are safely guarded from myself LOL and it will take some time for me to access it.

After assessing my financial situation, accounting for travel expenses to get my son home for the holidays, keeping the bills paid, and keeping food in our bellies I realized I was short. Short by about 30 days worth of expenses with him being home for Winter Break. One lousy, stinkin month.

Our little family is in a season of transition. I am looking, extensively, for a new job. I’m building my current skills, gaining new skills, and refreshing the ones I have used in years. I’m taking classes getting certified (as much as I can for free or under $20). I’m doing everything I can.

If you see fit, I just need a little help. I’m willing to let go of all of my creature comforts to keep my son comfortable until I can get him back to Purdue for 2nd semester. I’m all he has. I have some resources for the next few months, I just won’t have access to them for another month. Cutting life down to the bare minimum (while keeping our vehicles insured, healthy food in our bellies, and a roof over our heads) leaves us at just $800 short. I can make everything else happen. I just need a little help with the last $800. Any help would be appreciated.

Last Updated: December 26, 2019

In need for support

Everybody has a sad story and lots of people are in need of financial support worldwide . Truth be told it took me 3 years to reach to this point. I have been fighting on my own trying to support myself and my children. 3 years ago I have lost my mother after a years battle with cancer , at the same time I have found the strength to ask for a divorce from a very abusive husband. All the stress and pressure resulted in fighting with depression. I am not letting go I keep on fighting worst days and good days. Right now I can not support myself in Greece , a country that is recession…I have found job opportunities in Cyprus but my ex husband will not allow me to take the kids away with me. A way to keep me under control. I am already exhausted in paying layers bills ,doctors and be in debt with banks . I won’t to be able to break through , build a new life for myself and family and live a good life. Not oppressed . Feel the sun again cause many days it feels there is no hope and no point in fighting. Like hitting a wall only with bare hands. The money will repay my debts, pay lawyers and give me the opportunity to move to a better country and start a life… Otherwise I am trapped..

Last Updated: December 19, 2019

Mom and 2 Kids Relocated by Victims of Violent Crimes in Need of Blessings and Prayers!

We need prayers and blesings please!

The Victims of Violent Crimes Compensation Board relocated my 2 children (7 and 8 years old) and myself about a month and a half ago. With only 3 days notice to pack and say good-bye, we left all our family and friends, and moved thousands of miles away. The enemy saw an opportunity to attack, and he has been relentless.

Even though the Compensation Board provided us money for a security deposit and 1st months rent, I had an extremely hard time finding anybody that would rent to me since I had to quit my job when we left and didn’t have income. I have excellent work history and left my job making almost $22/he at a Christian non-profit, but that didn’t help me much here. We did finally find a place after about 3 weeks, though the rent was higher than I was hoping to pay, $1000/month. I didn’t have much choice though, seeing as how after about 30 applications, they were the only ones willing to rent to me- a single mom, unemployed, no support system, no local rental history, and at the beginning of winter. I was just relieved we could finally start building a new life.

Less than a week after we moved into our new place, that I had my wallet stolen out of my vehicle at the YMCA while the kids and I were inside swimming. It had over $1700 cash in it. My daughter had ran back to the car to grab her swim shoes, and the only thing I can assume is that she didn’t shut the door the entire way and someone was easily able to break in. I realize nobody should be walking around with that much cash, but my ex-husband is extremely gifted at hacking my accounts. All of them. Facebook, Gmail, bank accounts, everything. So when we left our home, I shut down all my social medial accounts and emptied my bank account. I had planned on opening a new account at a local bank (I have now) but I just hadn’t done it yet.

It gets worse. But I should probably stop here and tell you the back story, how we got to be here in this situation in a new city, struggling and needing your help.

My 2 kids and I were relocated, like I said, by the Victims Violent Crimes Compensation Board because my ex-husband, my children’s father, was released from federal prison about 10 years earlier than he should have been. I will try to keep the history brief, I know you’re probably a busy person, but it’s not easy to do with this part of my life. Please bear with me…

We were married for 4 1/2 years before I filed for divorce, we owned a house and had 2 kids. He was stone cold sober our whole marriage, I think he smoked pot once and drank a few beers the entire time, but nonetheless he was extremely abusive in almost every way, beginning when I was pregnant with our 1st child. I will spare you all the details of the marriage and tell you I finally filed for divorce after I got 12 stiches in forehead because a male co-worker called my phone, to ask a work question.

After I left, things only got worse. He moved a woman and her 3 kids into our home only 4 days after I left. It didn’t take long to realize they were using meth and things went from bad to insane almost overnight. He robbed me countless times, tried to stab my Dad once, stole my vehicle 3 different times, turned our house into a trap house, I found a bloody cut off finger tip in his coat pocket one time, just to name a couple of the highlights.

Then in the summer of 2016, he found out where the kids and I had moved into a new apartment and decided to come for a visit. He never even knocked, and it only took one kick to get through the deadbolt and bust down the door, frame and all. He’s a big guy, about 5’11 and 240 lbs. Without saying a word, he instantly choked me to completely unconscious, beat me unmercifully while I was on the floor, and then picked me up and dropped me until I regained consciousness, so I would be aware of him when he put a gun to the back of my head. The kids were 4 and 5 years old at the time and were less than 2 feet away screaming bloody murder the whole time. They saved my life though.

I could feel the cold barrel pushed hard into the bottom of my skull, right at the top of my neck. I remember his whole body was shaking, and so was the gun. I had balled myself up with my face in my knees and he was on top of me, his head was right next to mine and he was breathing fast and hard in my ear. We stayed like that for a long few seconds, listening to the children scream, until finally he took a deep, hard breath and pushed the pistol harder into the back of my head. The shaking stopped.

I knew that was it. I was going to die. My children were going to see their father kill their mother. I kept thinking how it happened so fast, that I didn’t even have enough time to pray.

Suddenly he pulled back and got off me, hitting me as hard as he could on the back on my head with the handle of his gun on his way up. The kids were screaming and crying “Daddy no! Daddy stop!” over and over again, and it worked!! At least for a moment. I heard him go over to the kids and tell them “It’s alright, calm down, come with Daddy.” He was walking them to the bedroom. I started crying, thinking “Thank you Lord! Thank you Jesus! He’s come out of it, I’m going to live! I’m hurt, but I’m going to be okay!”

Then I heard him tell the kids “Everything will be okay. Daddy HAS to do this. Mommy doesn’t want you anymore so it’s just going to be the 3 of us, but we’ll be fine, I PROMISE you guys. Don’t worry, stay in here and I’ll come get you in a sec.” I learned later from the kids that he actually put them in my closet and slid the door closed.

If I thought before my life was over, I was completely, without any doubt, positive of my fate then. I went numb. My execution was now. I specifically remember thinking: No More Life. 3 little words, but those were the 3 most powerful words in the universe at that moment. Life, and every deep and wondrous experience that it is, will now cease to exist.

I remember also thinking what a weird feeling it was to know that you were seconds away from death. It’s nothing at all like when we think “Yeah, okay, I know I‘m going to die, someday.” This was something else entirely! I have survived an 8.1 earthquake with my kids, the 3 of us huddled our kitchen table on the 3rd floor of a 60 year old rickety apartment building that was getting tossed around worse than my ex’s marriage vows. EVERYTHING glass in my apartment broke. The threat of imminent death was very real that entire 90 seconds the earth shook. I was terrified to the deepest core of my body. Even that experience can not compare to the fear I felt in those moments on my kitchen floor waiting to die.

I was a little relieved, if you can believe that, because I knew I had at least 3 seconds to pray. We were in a tiny, 1 bedroom apartment, maybe 600sq ft, so the hallway to the bedroom was only about 3 steps long. I was on the kitchen floor, right where the hallway begins, and to get out, I would have to go around the kitchen bar and then another maybe 9 feet to the front door, at least 3 times more distance than he had to go to get back to me. I would never make it. So I sat in a ball on the floor waiting to die, asking God over and over to always watch out for my babies.

After about 5 or 6 seconds, I realized something wasn’t adding up- he should have been back to the kitchen by then and I should be dead already. And then the fear that had numbed me in the moments before my anticipated death suddenly flipped script and jolted awake every sense at once! A fear so intense, so complete, it literally takes over your body. This fear is supernatural, and can only be a gift from God! It MADE me move without conscious thought. It wasn’t me in control.

And then I heard, “You HAVE to go NOW!!!”

That was my first time hearing the voice of God. And I heard Him loud and clear! As clear as any human voice I’ve ever heard. So I ran. Around the kitchen bar, through the living room, over the busted down door and frame, down the 3 steps of my tiny porch, through the strip of yard, the parking lot. I didn’t stop until I reached the stop sign at the corner, about 50 yards from my front door. I kept expecting every single step to be my last- I waited for the bullet to rip through my back. I kept picturing it coming out the front of me and I remember thinking how I wish I wouldn’t have to see that part. It was definitely an expectant “when” he shoots me in the back, never an “if.” I thought at least this way I might have a chance at surviving getting shot. NOT getting shot never even occurred to me as a possibility until I turned around and saw him standing in the doorway lowering his gun. I was too far, he knew he couldn’t hit me from that distance.

He went back inside the apartment and the very moment he turned around, my heart stopped beating. I literally would have done ANYTHING in that moment to put myself back on the kitchen floor!! I couldn’t breathe. I wanted to run back, but my body collapsed to the ground, knowing once again, there wouldn’t be time.

How could I have been so stupid?? So SELFISH!?! I had read about it and been warned at least 100 times. The depth of despair and inconceivable sorrow I felt in that moment is something I imagine one must feel standing at the gates of Hell. The pain was unbearable. And I hadn’t even begun to feel the burning pain in my throat from being choked, or my pounding head from the pistol whip, or any other physical injury. I braced myself for the 2 loud cracks to blow through the air, from the 2 gunshots that would end my world. He wouldn’t let me get away that easy. He would kill the kids if he couldn’t kill me. I didn’t even pray then. I hated myself and I hated God for saving me.

Those 2 gun shots still give me nightmares.

But, by the Grace of God, those 2 gunshots are ONLY in my nightmares!!! Maybe he heard my landlords in the unit above mine coming out on their porch, seeing me in the street holding my throat trying to tell them to call 911, with no sound coming out, and then screaming down at him to leave, that they were calling the police (I had told them when we moved in just a couple days prior that I had a crazy ex-husband, they were old-time bikers who happily agreed to keep an eye out for us), or maybe he had a moment of clarity, but either way, I know God was there.

My ex-husband is a sociopath, a monster, a demon in the flesh and I believe with all my heart he was capable of killing our children that day. He would do it to hurt me. I have a video recording of HIS divorce attorney, taken just a few months ago when we found out he was getting released, telling me that she knows he would do ANYTHING to hurt me, including hurting the kids. She withdrew from the case and removed herself as his council just before the end of our divorce. She later told me she felt like she was doing the devils work, that she was scared for me and the kids. He ended up ruining her life too- he stole her laptop and hacked into all her client files, creating such a mess she couldn’t recover from it. She couldn’t prove it was him and she is currently fighting to keep her attorney’s license.

He was on the run for 2 weeks and during that time he found me when I had pulled up into a friends house. He knew I went there often and he hid in the trees along her driveway. He came at me with a huge hunting knife when I got out of my vehicle. I barely had time to get back in and get my door shut seconds before he grabbed me. He punched my window over and over and when he couldn’t break it, he punched my side mirror so hard he broke the whole thing off my door. He held the knife up to the window and our faces were only inches away when he looked at me with pure evil in his eye and told me that I was going to tell the police I made the whole thing up, that I lied about everything. I had already lived this far and I wasn’t about to let him see my fear so I looked him straight back in the eye and said “And why would I ever do that?” Without a seconds hesitation, he simply answered “So I don’t do it again B****.” Then he walked to the front of my vehicle and carved a big “X” in my hood. He turned and smiled at me and walked back into the woods where he came from.

He eventually got caught and charged with 4 felonies. My daughter was going to testify, she was actually the star witness since it was just us inside the apartment and my son was only 4- you have to be at least 5 years old to testify. My ex up to that point had always gotten with everything: shooting a gun literally an inch from my head, beating me up in front of his moms place, even the stitches in my forehead, just to name a few- I called him in each time (this is after 5 years of silence and never reporting anything) but he never got charged for any of those.

Let me tell you, the man is GOOD. Really good. He’s extremely intelligent and charasmatic and the best sales man you’ll ever meet. He talked his way out of prosecution every time because it was always a “he said/she said” deal, and I was so terrified of backlash from him I would try to down play the situation, inevitably causing his argument to win.

Not this time though. My daughter was going to testify and he would finally have to answer for something. But the night before Grand Jury trial, my daughter was a complete wreck. I wasn’t allowed to talk to her about the case at all, so I just kept telling her all she had to do was tell the truth and she would do fine. But even at that young age, she knew what that meant. She cried and cried and was inconsolable, and she finally said to me, “Mommy I know what Daddy did was wrong, but if I tell the truth, I know that means that Daddy has to go away for longer and I don’t want Daddy to go away at all!” I couldn’t do it to her. I couldn’t put that on her shoulders. So I told her she wasn’t going to do it. She hugged me so tight and thanked me and made sure she knew I loved her, and went straight to sleep.

I called the DA in the morning and told him we just lost our biggest witness. I figured that was a death sentence for me. The hearing went ahead anyways so I went alone. When I got there, I was shocked to see my ex’s mom, (his birth mom we had only met a few years prior and who happened to live just a couple blocks from my apartment where he kicked in the door) she was a total wreck, crying nonstop. I figured she was there to see what was going to happen, but the DA pulled me aside and told me he called her after he talked to me because she had previously given him some information about the crime, but had insisted she would never testify against her own son. When he told her that my daughter wasn’t going to testify, that the case would drop down to maybe a misdemeanor assault without her testimony, she agreed to testify. I found out that he had left her apartment that day saying “I’m going to go put a bullet in the back of that B****** head.” And that’s what he went to do, straight to my place a few blocks away. So she testified against her son that she had just reunited with. And I will always love that woman with all my heart for standing up for my kids.

So he did get convicted, although because there wasn’t testimony besides mine about what happened inside the apartment, he was able to plea out to just 2 felonies and a misdemeanor.

Ready for the craziest part of the whole thing? At his sentencing hearing, I read a victims impact statement about how badly he screwed up our kids- my daughter had constant nightmares and fits of rage, my son was terrified of ALL men except my brother and dad, and I had to quit my job because I couldn’t keep him in daycare anymore due to the fact that he literally couldn’t handle being out of my sight. At all. I couldn’t even shut the door to go to the bathroom. He HAD to be able to see me 24/7. That boy was literally connected to my hip for a good 6 months.

Before I read my statement though, the judge addressed the court, explaining why we were all there that day, and then he begins to read the charges, detailing the crimes of assault and burglary that he is pleading guilty to and getting sentenced for. Then the judge says “On August 2nd, 2016, Mr.—— unlawfully… blah blah blah.” WAIT! WHAT!?!! I burst into tears and no doubt shocked the court because the judge had to stop and asked if I was okay. I wasn’t okay! I don’t know how I didn’t realize it before, I guess everything was just so chaotic I hadn’t put it together. I looked straight at my kid’s father, my ex-husband, who never once turned his head to look back at me, and announced to the court that I had just realized he had come to kill me on what would have been our 6 year wedding anniversary.

To this day I have no idea if he did that on purpose or if it was total coincidence. Actually that’s not true. It’s just easier for me to believe maybe it was coincidence then to accept the fact that the father of my kids is that sick of a human being.

My ex only did 4 months for that, he got the rest given on a suspended sentence, with an SIS (Suspended Imposition of Sentencing) which basically means that if you’re good on probation, they will take away the felonies from your record. Thank you justice system.

I know this is long, so I’ll try to push through this last part. He went right back to drugs and all that as soon as he was out. In August of the flowing summer, him and another guy, a (convicted murderer) robbed a woman drug dealer in who was living upstairs in the house I still owned with my ex, that was now a huge trap-house. More than that, they held her hostage for 5 days, raped and beat her within an inch of her life.

They ended up with A LOT of drugs and cash, got in a fight over it, and about 3 days later got raided by the SWAT team. Long story short, my ex then got charged with Federal Drug Trafficking. They have him selling a large amount to an undercover, but the agent in charge of his case told me that they had more than enough to put them away for life.

So he was on felony probation for assault and burglary against me and his children when he got picked up for drug trafficking. Federal drug trafficking carries a minimum sentence of 10 years. Also the feds go buy a point system when determining sentences. Basically you can get points added on or taken away depending on a number of different things. The fact that he was already on felony probation for a violent crime would have added significant points to his determination. And because he got new charges while being on felony probation, he should have been made to serve out the remainder of his suspended sentence which was about 2 and 1/2 years. And so he should have done a minimum of about 13 years.

He got released after just two years and two months for everything. Even better than that they allowed him the SIS, and dropped his felony charges for the assault and burglary against me down to misdemeanors. It was a HUGE slap in the face to me from our justice system.

In the two years that he was locked up, me and the kids were thriving. I had a great job working for an abused womens shelter. It was strong Christian organization who became like family to me and my kids. I was able to bring my kids to work with me anytime, they supported me through everything, they were just amazing. We had a nice apartment, I was making decent wages, life was good. Peaceful.

Then one day in September, my Dad calls to tell me my ex is getting out of jail.

I honestly didn’t believe him. I called the FBI agent in charge of his case, and it was just ridiculous. It was almost as if he was defending him and not concerned with anything I had to say. How do you get 1/2 of 1/2 time on a federal case, your state case sentence reduced from 2 years down to 3 months, AND your felonies reduced to misdemeanors too!?!? Well, I can guess how.

It made me sick honestly. But then I realized more importantly, how unbelievably dangerous that is for me and the kids. Our home town is not a very big city, my ex was well-known there, and my kids still had his last name.

So I appealed to the victims compensation board, and they immediately approved us and moved us within three days. They paid for our plane tickets, shipping my vehicle, and 1st months rent and security deposit on a place. It’s all a huge blessing but that doesn’t go very far when trying to start over. Still though, it’s a good thing we left, because my old boss told me recently that my ex has been seen hanging around at my old work almost every single day since he’s gotten out.

So that’s how we ended up in a new state, a new city, knowing nobody, starting over from scratch. The compensation board paid to have my vehicle to us so we were allowed to pack as much as we could in there but that’s all we could bring. So the little money that I had left after getting my wallet stolen went to trying to replace basically everything we own. Dishes, blankets, food, furniture, everything. We still don’t have beds. I can’t afford them now.

After we finally got into a place I was so relieved because I could finally get the kids in school and get back to work, and get some income coming in. But I had issues getting the kid’s school records sent here because of the whole confidential relocation process, so they were a couple weeks late starting back in school, which of course put me in a couple weeks behind in serious job searching since they had to be with me all day everyday.

It gets worse. 2 weeks ago we had our first snowfall here and the kids and I were coming back from family skate night when a vehicle from oncoming traffick started sliding into my lane and straight towards us. I swerved to miss them but spun out and my back wheel hit the curb and bent my suspension. They didn’t even stop. The estimate for repairs was $1500. And thankfully though I was able to find a Christian couple who owns their own shop who are willing to do the work for free, and just charge me for the parts. That sounds all good but I haven’t even had the money to pay a tow truck to get my vehicle to their shop, more or less the money for parts.

And and now for the grand finale! We will be homeless in 2 weeks, at the beginning of the year. I wasn’t able to pay rent because of x, y, and z and I’m not working yet. I’m still trying to get my vehicle back. I was hoping that the landlords would work with me, and I thought they were, but I guess they changed their minds. Maybe if I had three or four months rent upfront to give them they might reconsider, but I don’t even know that for sure.

And Christmas? Well, I can’t even talk about that. I’m sure you can imagine how that’s going. I have already prepared them Christmas this year, or the lack there of, so please pray for us on that.

So now, I am a single mom in a new city with no money, no place to live, no vehicle, no income, no family, no friends, no support, and soon to have no hope.

I know this is just the devil attacking us, but I’m lost. I don’t see a way out of this. Our life just went crashing down over night. I need help. Honestly. In the name of Jesus I declare that God will NOT forsake us! I choose to bless Him in the face of despair! The greater one is on the inside of me! God will take what the devil has meant for my demise and He will turn it into my prosperity! In Jesus’s name!

Of course you don’t have to, but if you are in a position to help us at all, I would be eternally grateful. If even you would be willing to trust me to loan it to me, I would happily pay you back. I can’t get a loan with no income and having only been at my address for a month.

I’ll be watching my email and will get right back to you if you send me a message. I will happily provide proof of ALL this if you are word is true. Pictures of my head when he threw me in the door, lots of other pictures of abuse, the trap house (before and after pictures), the video of his old attorney, court paper work, lease agreement, eviction notice, utility bills, tow truck bills, vehicle pictures, you name it. I have to omit locations and names, but I will provide you with more proof than you could need. I assure you every word is very true.

Usually I’m the one helping people, I worked at an abused women’s shelter helping women find jobs and other resources, and hope to be doing that again very soon, but it’s me that needs some help now. If nothing else, please PLEASE pray for us!!! Thank you so so much and God bless!

Last Updated: December 19, 2019

I made a mistake

I swore once I became a parent, I would show my own mother you didn’t have to sacrifice your children to succeed.

The me too, the us too, the way it seems to be the norm now. I am not a victim, I am a survivor, or I was. I have 2 children and I have spent 32 years protecting them from my own fears. Stepfathers, strangers, hurting thier feelings. That was the hardest, even when they scraped a knee my heart would break knowing they felt pain. Any kind of pain. I was single I worked at an office went to school waited tables at night and bartended the weekends. I escaped my abuser from the age of 5 when I was 18. A new state, a new baby. But we made it. Soon my hard work paid off I had a successful finance career a 6 figure income and my children never felt pain.

Only my son did. I focused so much on protecting him and proving to my mother I could do this, I forgot about the important things, and then I let PTSD sneak up on me when things began to spiral. I stayed in an abusive marriage wanting my children to have the perfect family. As long as I worked and made the money I could keep everyone happy.

Only I didn’t. When I found out my husband was cheating something changed me. I became so angry. But I stayed. Until I found my son was doing meth. All of it. 30 years of surviving, some days not wating to get out of bed, night terrors, depression, but going.,,going to protect my children. The financial crashes have taken my job, i pushed my husband away, my family, and I am an empty shell.

I looked at my son today, I know he is in pain, I wasn’t there for him and what I feared most whether you think he was at fault or not it happened. I just want to get him far away.. a new start. I need to be well to show him we can be happy again. I’m not sure what I’m asking for here, I do not have the resources to start over. I lost my hope, my drive and myself. I am ashamed.

paypal.me/reesezpsez

Last Updated: December 17, 2019

All i want for Xmas is a freaking break!

Ahh. The holidays. A time for family, love, laughter and joy. Apparently for me it is also a time for life to bend me over and stick it in dry! My wonderful and amazing 2007 Nissan Altima that I still owe $3,000 on, needs new brakes. I purchased this lovely card a little over a year ago, the week after I signed my life away, or at least the next four to six years, I needed to replace my transmission. Thankfully video jerk faces that sold me the car on a bed of Lies we’re kind enough to include a very small warranty. Transmission was covered and so ended my warranty. They so kindly told me when I picked my car up two weeks after I purchased it that not only did I need the transmission replaced as soon as the ink was basically dry but that I would also need new brakes to the tune of $350. Being a single mom making minimum wage and barely being able to afford the car payment itself let alone thieves full coverage insurance I managed to get my rear brakes done and purchased two brand new tires with the help of my wonderful mother. Fast forward a year and my front brakes start to go out in the process of trying to save up enough money to get them replaced they broke while I was driving on the interstate and thankfully someone somewhere was watching out for me because I made it out alive. The Triple-A guy towed my car to a local shop where they proceeded to tell me that it would cost me $500 to replace the front passenger brake rotor and caliper. Once again my lovely senior citizen mother came to my rescue because thankfully that same week she finally received her tax return she had been waiting on for over a year due to being audited. So $550 later come to find out they only replaced one brake rotor and caliper and somehow managed to not even do that correctly because the brakes have been incredibly soft ever since then and you have to basically floor them or pump vigorously like a teenage boy on prom night to get the car to stop. So here we are four months after that little expense and now my driver side brake needs to be replaced well instead of allowing some shop to royally screw me over again I have decided to purchase four brand new pads and rotors and have them put on buy a friend of mine who owns a mechanic shop. I already purchased the brakes to the tune of $200 and he said he would put them on for me for a hundred dollars. So here I am 2 weeks before Christmas stressed out of my mind because my darling 12 year old son whom I love more than life itself is of course expecting at least a gift for Christmas and Mommy has to Shell out basically every time she has to keep her car running cuz she still owes about 3000$ on it. This car is my lifeline it is literally the only thing that I have that’s keeping us from being homeless and living on the streets. I work when I can picking up cleaning jobs here and there, I also have my CNA license so I also do some home health jobs however with my car being the way that it is travel has been difficult and I also need to renew my CPR. I am definitely one of those people who if it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all. So if any of you would love to be a secret Santa or not so Secret Santa my family and I which consists of myself my son and my 67 year-old mother who honestly cannot shell out any more money, especially because she is going to be helping my nephew who is in the army get married this year before he deploys. We could use any and all help to at least make some semblance of Christmas for my son. I don’t really care about myself I don’t need gifts but I would love to be able to provide for my son and at least get a little something for my mother who has been kind enough to come to my rescue on more than one occasion. I don’t necessarily have a set price we’ll make do with what we have to if I end up having to have a Dollar Tree Christmas then so be it it’s not about the cost of the gift it’s about the quality of family time.

So my PayPal is paypal.me/MS1134 and my Venmo is @Marissa_Maish1134. Thank you all for reading my short little novel here. I hope life at least lubes you up or if your lucky enough is taking you out on a date before hand. Happy holidays.

Last Updated: December 15, 2019

Single mom facing eviction

Hello and thank you for your time. Just to talk a little about who we are, I am a single mom of an almost 10 year old boy. I was widowed a little over five years ago and have been struggling to remain independent since. We don’t receive any benefits from my husband’s death, nor do I receive state benefits. I work as a restaurant manager 55 hours a week trying to keep food on the table and a roof over our head. I struggle with mental health disorders, but have been spending the last year making a serious effort to try to overcome them. My son is also special needs and suffers from various mental health disorders and is on the spectrum. I have fought to make sure he gets the help he needs and try to be there best mom I can be.

Last month I fell into a pretty deep pit of depression. I ran on bare minimums and things got out of control. My house became a disaster and my bank account got trashed. I wasn’t paying attention and had several things pulled out that shouldn’t have. I didn’t follow my budget, and ended up with almost $500 of overdraft fees due to things pulling out that o didn’t realize. I’ve since gotten ahold of what pulled out and had those charges reversed, and working with the bank to try to reverse those overdraft fees. However these things take time and I’m running out of it. I took a loan out with assistance of my wedding ring set, however it’s only $800. Even with the $200 in my account I’m about $300 short. I’ve reached out to my apartment complex however if I don’t get rent paid by the 16th they will start the eviction process in charge me an additional $500. I don’t get paid again until the 24th.

I fight hard to be a strong independent woman, so asking for help is very difficult for me. Especially when I feel it’s my own fault that I’m in this situation. However here I am swallowing my pride and asking the great strangers on the internet to lend me a hand. I need at least $300 to get the rent paid. Anything more than that will go to the electricity bill, groceries, and gas for me to get to and from work. I’ve already had to explain to my son that Christmas is being temporarily postponed as I can’t even give my bills paid right now let alone buy gifts.

PayPal.me/avoege

Thank you for your consideration and generosity. <3

Last Updated: December 14, 2019

Young single mom of a 4 1/2 year old little boy

Hello! This is my last resort, I have been looking for ways to make any type of money online or however ever since I got put into this situation. I was even really close to becoming a sugar baby, that is exactly how badly I need money. However I don’t want to have to do that so I started looking online again and came across this site. A backdrop of how I am in the situation I am in….. Well I am a young single mother, I am 19 and my son is 4 1/2 years old, I know you are probably thinking that I did this to myself however. That’s not the case and that’s a long story and if you would like a backstory behind that then I can give you that as well. So anyways I used to live in Ohio, my son and I were in foster care together and after we emancipated, shortly after I left because my mental health was not in the right place and I felt as if I were trapped and I couldn’t be who I truly am there in that home. That is a long story itself. So I moved to Michigan to be with my birth mom and my oldest sister and a few of my brothers and I thought that it would be better here and we would sort of be the family that I’ve always wanted and I had a rude awakening with that because yet again I feel trapped and no one gets me here and truthfully I don’t think they really care, I started working when I first moved here. I worked in a factory called Sodecia but I was tbrough a temp service, S&A Solutions. After working there for only about a month I switched factories to someplace that paid a little more that gave me more overtime, I worked at Mayco. I worked there for almost my full 3 months so that I could get hired in and I got fired right before my 90 days were up and obviously, right before Christmas. The reason for my termination was because of poor absence…. But I explained this to my supervisor and I’ll also say it in here, and I do get it. I do but I feel like it was wrong still. I am a single mom, my sons father isn’t in his life and my family doesn’t help me with my son, we just moved to Michigan in July we had to get new insurance moving to a different state and I had to schedule all of his doctors appointments and my own. Unfortunately for me doctors weren’t taking new patients when we first moved. Either that or I had a hard time trying to find someone who took Medicaid. So all his appointments and my own were over the past three months and I have been trying to get him into head start which I finally was able to do, a few weeks ago he actually started. And I worked first shift at the factory and I could only get early appointments and even if they were late appointments I would still have to leave work early to make it to his appointments. So I have missed two MAYBE three days of work for doctors appointments and one day I missed because I had to go to court because my old adoptive “dad” is fighting me for custody of my son out of spite and he’s trying to use the grandparent card when truthfully he isn’t even related to my son. Not by blood at least. But anyways I’ve missed a few days of work but my son had to go to the doctors in order for him to get into school. I’ve been late to work twice because of misunderstandings at home. And actually going back in one thing up there. My family has helped with watching my son for me for work but financially I supported him 100% so I understand that I can’t miss days at work all the time but these were things I needed to do! And I don’t really understand why I had to be fired over it. The crazy part about it all is that my supervisor would talk to about my being hired in soon and starting training to be a maintenance girl because that’s why I really wanted to do and he fired me and had me go into two days and sent me home before telling me to contact my temp service because I wasn’t supposed to be there. He fired me on late Wednesday night l, that’s when he emailed my temp service. The night before Thanksgiving he sent that email. I went into work on the following Saturday and Monday as I thought I was supposed to before he told me that I was fired and he saw me both days. He even told me that he would see me on Monday knowing that he fired me. I also apologize for such the long story I know this is well over 400 words I’m sorry! Anyways since then I’ve been looking for another job and I haven’t gotten my luck. My temp service put me at a different factory but there I was working with fiberglass and I kept getting cut the first day and afterwards when I went home I was broke out completely it was terrible and I couldn’t do that. My temp service hasn’t found anything else for me. And jobs I find aren’t going to be hiring until after Christmas/New Years. My last two checks were both short because the week of Thanksgiving I was only scheduled to work three days and the following week I only worked that one day at the new factory and from both of those checks I had to use to get groceries for the house because we were REALLY low on food. I’ve been trying to save up so that we could move out on our own but things at home always came up and then of course I was fired. I’ve NEVER been one to go and asking someone for money because I have always felt awkward borrowing money from others and I’m not used to it. At this point I’m really frustrated and upset because one thing I always said I wanted to do is break our generational curse. I want to give my son the Christmas he deserves, the life he deserves. It’s Christmas time and my bank account is in the negatives and I never even knew that could happen with my bank because it’s never happened before, I’ve always been good with keeping money in my pockets on my own and now it’s the complete opposite, my car nor is due in two weeks, my phone bill, my share of bills at home with my birth mom and Christmas is coming up and I don’t have anything. And neither does my family. I am the youngest of 8 kids my birth mom had and I have a kid myself and I take care of everyone, I am the only one aside from my birth mom with a car and she doesn’t like driving anyone else around so it’s me. She makes the most out of everyone here and she somehow always ends up losing her money the fastest and it’s not by providing for the house. My two brother were out of a job for the longest of time and now that they are working all the do is buy weed. Everyone here smokes weed except for me so that’s where majority of their money goes. I don’t even have that much hope in this site but I figured that it can’t hurt to try it at this point. I tried to upload a picture of my son and myself on here but it says the picture is too big, I’m also not sure if I explained this very well so I will leave my number if you would like a better explanation or for me to text you an image, I’m not sure what proof they need on here but I can send whatever it is you guys need to know on there or whatever, my name is Mattie by the way I don’t think I put that up there.

My PayPal is Mae2418 I’m not sure if you can look that up or not from that but my cashapp is Mlac00.

My number is (513) 353-8550 I can send links through there for PayPal or Cashapp and I can send pictures through there as well if you would like.

I’m sorry for such a long explanation. I’m not very good at summing things up and making long stories short. Thank you for your time and reading this! Also Merry Christmas!

Last Updated: December 10, 2019

Please help restore my faith in humanity

Happy holidays to all! Truthfully I am a bit ashamed to be asking for help this way, but this is literally my last option. I need help with paying Bill’s and providing Christmas for my sons. This has been a difficult year for our family and I had hoped that by the holiday season I would have us back on our feet. In Feb, I divorced my husband and became a single mother. We have moved several times over the past few months and I have had to switch jobs for various reasons (too long of a commute, childcare issues while at work, hours cut). I was ecstatic to get a new much better paying job that was supposed to begin on Dec 6, but a delay in my background check (due to my recent name change from the divorce) put off my start date until their next training class begins after the holidays. So now I am going to struggle just to get the Bill’s paid, let alone buy anyone Christmas gifts. I will take any and all assistance that you can provide me, but realistically and Honestly I need $1,500 to make it until I get my first paycheck. (I still need $400 for rent, $600+ for my water, $500 for gas, groceries, and gifts). Thank you anyone for considering to help us and I promise to pay this kindness forward.

Paypal.me/quesarah

Last Updated: December 10, 2019

Can’t get caught up

I finally graduated with the degree I worked SO hard for, only to find a part time job making barely over minimum wage. I love what I do and make a change in the lives on children and families dealing with Autism, but I can barely support my own family. With a one year old in daycare and unexpected bills from a sudden death in the family, I have no where else to turn. I’ve tried everything to get back above water including selling almost everything I could, Uber driving, and working small jobs for family/friends but nothing is making a dent. Due to the financial stress I’m dealing with my entire life has become unraveled. I strive to be a happy and attentive mom but the constant worry of bills and groceries is never ending.

The nail on the coffin happened today, I was going over my beginning of the month bills and I have $8 to last another 2 weeks. I’ve done it before so I thought I could manage it. It would be tough, I’d probably end the two weeks with about $1 left. Then I logged onto my student loan account. I had past due of $71.28 and a new $500 payment. My payments have NEVER been that high. I called my mom to see if she could help, she can’t. My dad died unexpectedly in July and were both trying to get caught up from bills he had and funeral costs. So after looking at the outstanding balance of my student loans, a $400 daycare payment due Thursday (already accounted for in my bills but still stressful), rent, electric and a two credit card payments all due within the same week, I broke down. I ran into the bathroom (with my one year old outside the door wondering why mommy is upset) and cried. I desperately did a Google search and landed here. I have no where else to turn.

I’m not sure how my finances became so unmanageable. I never spend money on useless things. I have second hand furniture, my clothes aren’t new and I don’t go out to eat. I’ve always worked really hard and have had jobs consistently since I was 16. I pride myself on paying my bills on time, even if it means I don’t have spending money (for lunches, which I never do).

$500 to $1000 would help my financial situation immensely! I understand times are tough for every and I truly I appreciate you taking the time to read this and your donation, if you are able to.

https://paypal.me/casstre23?locale.x=en_US

Last Updated: December 10, 2019

Mother of 3 laid off

I’m a recent college graduate with my B.S in human services. My passion is helping and assisting the lives of others. I recently gave birth to my ” rainbow baby” after my daughter was killed by her father 1.5 years prior. My son is 8 months and through the birth of my son and grieving the death of my daughter it’s been hard to get back on track. I have a 9 yr old daughter and 6 yr old daughter that I’m left to provide a successful life for since I pressed charges on the dad for the death of my 5 week old daughter. After college graduation 5/2019 I thought I was getting on my feet, I rented a new home for more space because of the newborn. I got hired on from my externships as a case worker. Then 3 months later I was fired because I couldn’t afford child care for my children, maintain a home, and I was ineligible for state assistance due to my income. I have a bad credit car loan, student loan debt, and I can’t afford to pay anything. I have got high interest rate loans, and attempted to file bankruptcy. I’m trying everything I can to avoid losing my home, car, and life for my children. I don’t have family support. I’m asking for a blessing from someone to hear my story and help me like a sister,friend,mother that I don’t have. Losing my daughter has flipped my life upside down and I know the struggle won’t last forever. Anything will help me and my children. Thank you.

https://www.paypal.me/NailahFonville

Last Updated: December 9, 2019

Mom in a tight spot, doing her best

Hello, my name is Megan and I am a single mom of two beautiful boys. I have recently switched jobs and am in a very tight spot before any commissions start coming through.

I have been a single mom to my boys since they were 2 and an infant as our situation became a domestic violence case and I had to file for a restraining order against their father. He does not help with any kind of care or financial support (child support). Everything has always been on me to provide and support my children and I am at a point where I need to ask for assistance.

I am hoping for some kind gestures to be able to help me make ends meet to pay our bills and get caught up. I do not have family or friends to ask that are financially in a spot to be able to assist.

Anything is helpful and I am incredibly grateful for the consideration of helping our little family.

http://paypal.me/coopaloop

Last Updated: December 7, 2019

Help to get through the month

My name is Lauren. I’m a 39 year old single mother to a 15 year old daughter. It has been a struggle financially since she came to live with me last December. I’ve done everything I can in order to get extra help, but I already work 40 hours a week, and I can’t get assistance through the state, even though that money all goes toward rent, bills, transportation and food. Kid’s father does not help and barely takes part in her life, so asking him for help would be completely out of the question.

I’ve looked to local churches for food donations, but that’s difficult for us, since she and I both have very specific food allergies and I can’t know what it is that I’ll be receiving in those donations.

She also can’t ride the school bus to school because as they’ve told me, they only pick up kids who live 2.5 or more miles away and we live 2.3 miles away. I’m in need of funds in order to purchase a public transportation pass for her and for me also, since I don’t drive.

I don’t have family to depend on, and I’m still asking friends for help every time I need it. Thankfully, some of them are very kind and give me what they can, for which I am always extremely grateful. God knows that if I am ever in a better financial situation, I’d be quick to help out anyone I could.

I was stiffed 20 hours pay on my last paycheck, and I don’t know why. Since this is a rent and bills paycheck, I’m already treading on thin water when it comes to having enough to make it to the next paycheck. I have to get the kid to school and me to work, not to mention feed both of us.

In the past, I have sacrificed going to work in order to ensure having enough money to get her to school and back, and I can’t keep doing that. I don’t have very many more vacation hours to use to ensure that I get paid for those days off, and I fear that if I take any more off, I’ll get fired. That would be a disaster for us both. I’d have no recourse but to send her back to live with her father, which neither of us want, and I would have nowhere to go, also.

I don’t need much to make it through, just $200-$300 would be more than enough and probably leave me a little extra to start December on.

My PayPal.Me is paypal.me/LaurenAnderson13. Thank you for any assistance you can give.

Last Updated: December 7, 2019

Mother Needing Help

Hi my name is Savanah.. I am 24 years old. I’m June 2015 I was left with a 2 year old little boy all by myself while his father disappeared and left me to do everything on my own.. I became a single mother but a hard-working single mother… In December 2015 I met a man who swept me off my feet… The only problem was that he had just had a car accident and was looking at pending vehicular homicide charges due to the passenger of his vehicle being killed. The vehicle that hit them had been speeding causing the crash but because my husband had alcohol in his system he was charged. It did take a year for him to get indicted… Within that year he kept telling me that he was afraid to make plans for a future because he just knew they would be charging him with this. Well, I did not think it would happen. Throughout that first year he grew to love my son Mason. And I grew to love him. November 2016 came around and he had been indicted on the charge and I was so hurt.. He sat in the Knox County Detention center for about 3 months before his parents could raise the money to bond him out. Once bonded out he went to a treatment center immediately called The Hope Center. While he was in the Hope Center we got married. I decided that I loved this man enough that God has big plans for him and no matter what happened I would stick by his side.. I became pregnant. He graduated the Hope Center. He adopted my son Mason… Each time throughout all of this when we would go back and forth to court for him in Knoxville they kept putting his case off. Which was a blessing and also not so much also… Our son Tatum Lynn was born January 4, 2018 and I never in my life could have imagined the bond and relationship a father and son could have.
As time grew closer and closer for a trial date I watched my husband sit in depression and sadness and worry over what was going to happen. But never once did I hear him complain about him having to do years in prison. He was only concerned about what the kids and I were going to do without him.
Last Friday, November 15, 2019 they finally sentenced my husband to 13 years for vehicular homicide and 2 counts of DUI.. He is eligible for parole after 4 years..

My world is now upside down. I know I made vows before God and him that I would be there through better or worse.
Now the holidays are here and watching my little boy, Tatum, call out for his daddy is the most unbearable pain I have ever experienced.
I have been through hardships, trials, tribulations, past failures, heart breaks, etc. But my husband is the only one that has never raped me, hit me, turned his back on me, verbally hurt me, etc.

He held our family together.
now we have a 6 year old boy, Mason and a 22 month old boy, Tatum.
Being without my best friend, husband, life partner, and better half is the most painful thing I have ever had to endure.
I do not look forward to the holidays because we are without him.
I am waking up without him. Going to sleep without him. Doing everything I am used to doing with him, now without him….

I am also paying bills without him as well.
I told him I could do this on my own and not to worry about us. And the honest truth is that I thought I really could do it on my own. But I was not mentally, emotionally, or financially prepared for any of this.
Two kids, bills, wanting so desperately to go back to school, gas, food, and now holiday expenses are too much for me to handle on my own.
My father is a cop and a preacher and he has never approved of my husband. My father is set in his ways and he says my husband did this to himself and he says tough love is the best way to learn. That I made this decision like a big girl. And he is absolutely right. But he will not help and also he does not have the finances himself to help other than helping every other week paying for daycare.
I am swallowing my pride and asking for help.
I am having the hardest time mentally and emotionally with this. And now financially.
I hate asking for help. It’s really not in my character. But I don’t want my boys to go without and I do not want to loose anything else because I don’t have the money to pay for it.
I also would like to go back to school for Christian Psychology. But seeing as I am the only source of income now I can’t leave a full time job in order to go to school unless it were to be online a few nights a week.
please if you can help in any way. Anything, ANYTHING will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much.

Last Updated: December 6, 2019

Single mother in need of help.

Hi, My name is Sierra. I am a 22 year old single mother looking for some financial help. I am currently 7 months pregnant and working two jobs as a waitress to try and make ends meet. My daughter had fallen sick (influenza B) and I’ve been off work for about a week now and looks like it may be longer because she can’t seem to shake this sickness, which really has put a huge burden on us, her birthday is December 2nd she will be 3. As much as it breaks my heart to not be able to give her a birthday to remember, or anything for that matter. Right now my man focus is to come up with the finances to pay bills. I’m in need of a total of 1500.00 to make up for some back bills that are due as well as a few upcoming bills (rent,electric car,etc). It breaks my heart to know Christmas is in a few short weeks as well and i will be unable to give her a Christmas as well, but like i said my main focus is to try and get bills caught up before her little sister comes. Anything would truly help me in my time of need. I don’t typically resort to this but with working two jobs i can’t stretch myself any further then i currently have. I really am trying my best and i don’t have any family to rely on, as to why I’m submitting this on thanksgiving day. My mother passed when i was 10 years old and my father has never been involved I’ve tried to go to banks and loan institutions but being 22 with very little credit history and making 2.83 an hour on paper no one will lend me the helping hand i need, I’ve always been pretty independent and never try to ask for help from anyone but I’m falling into such a sadness and depression because there’s seems to be no light at the end of my darkness, children’s father can’t and won’t help As he is raising another family of his own and just disregarded us. I would appreciate any and all help with my whole heart and can hopefully return the kind favor one day. I have applied for toys for tots to help with giving my sweet girl a Christmas but unfortunately they do not help with finances, i have submitted applications to my utilities and paystubs to show them what very little income i have in hopes they can help me get set up on a budget plan. As of now it’s a waiting game and time is unfortunately something i don’t have much of. So again anything at all is much appreciated.

My PayPal link is PayPal.me/sierraealy

Last Updated: December 4, 2019

A home for my kids

This year it’s been one thing after another for my family and I. Our house burned down and we lost everything. We did however get lots of donations and were able to eventually find a place to call home again. It caused so much tension between my fiance and I over the last few months and he recently left. Although that has been extremely depressing I have to figure out how to get back on my feet for my children. I lost my job about a month and a half ago after first totalling my only vehicle. I was just recently released from the hospital after an emergency room visit caused by sepsis due to a very bad kidney infection. At the first of November my ex gave our 30 day notice to move. Which I suppose wouldn’t matter because I can’t afford the rent on my own anyway but now I’m stuck without a vehicle, a job, or a home for my children. In desperate need of some help of any kind! Anything helps and I assure you it will be appreciated more than you will ever know. Either way, thank you for taking the time to look over my cry for help!

https://www.paypal.me/hopeashlea

Last Updated: December 1, 2019

Single mom and left without home

Single mom to b less then a week baby daddy not in picture . . Cheated day one now jail.. for idn what.. left homeless day moved me in and also without so much as a phone or even my own clothes.. gave to other woman . I am high risk so it’s been extremely rough. Want my child b with me n roof over head no worry’s in his life.. I am to buy everything on my own.. I do alot shelter work animals myself help daycares . Diploma finish for anima rescue. But government won’t allow me to work wants me off and stable first I was in acoma for a bit twice one year..very sick. But I’m reaching out plz help

Last Updated: December 1, 2019

Wrongly accused Mother of 4 children has to pay 5000€ or go to jail

Dear Sir or Madam,

My name is Anna Westroem. I’m a college student from Germany and live together with my single mother and 3 siblings. Especially my mother is the person I looked up to, always being a cheerful, hard working women who is dearly loved by everyone.

I created this donation because I try to give something back to my mother now that she’s more desperate than ever before, as she has always been there for me and anyone who needed her help. Let me tell her story.

First of all, you might not be familiar with the German “child benefit system” (Kindergeld). It basically means you get paid a small amount of money monthly from the state that is supposed to help you with rasing your children, buying them food, proper clothes etc. Responsible for payment is a particular office called “Child Benefit Office” (Kindergeldkasse). When your child becomes a college student or applys for any sort of further education, the “child benefit money” will still be paid until it turns 25. However, you have to renew the personal data and apply for it again and again whenever your child’s life situation changes, for example when it suddenly takes off the university register, gets a new job or something like that. That is because the Child Benefit Office has to check whether, depending on your child’s age and new life situation, you’re still approved for child benefit money or not.

Sorry if this explanation is a little rough, the German bureaucracy is rather complicated. You can read more about this system here if you want to check out for the correctness of my information: https://www.howtogermany.com/pages/kindergeld.html

So now to the issue that let my mother sleepless and desperate for the past months.
When my sister graduated and became a college student, we let the the Child Benefit office now about it, they checked back and everything was fine. She was still legally getting the payment.
After two semestres she realized that her choice of University wasn’t the best so she took off the university register after two semestres, so my mother went to the Job Centre with her to register her from “college student” to “job seeking”. The officials there told them that my sister would still receive Child Benefit and that they would transfer the new data to the Child Benefit office.
So the time my sister was job seeking, she would receive Child Benefit as literal officials confirmed to us it was absolutely legal.

However, after a few months the Child Benefit office contacted my mother and demanded a repayment of 2139€ and a fine of 1000€. They alleged her to illegally receive Child Benefit over months, altough the Child Benefit my mother received was officially approved. In their calculation they also included the time where my sister was still a college student, which is definitely a life situation where the state is obliged to pay Child Benefit if you apply for it, no matter what.

So the Child Benefit office basically wants my mother to pay back money the state officially and legally approved and was supposed to help her because they alleged her of receiving state money illegally.
As my single mother with 2 more children to feed she never had and also will never have this amount of money to pay anyone all at once.

She contacted a good lawyer which costed her 1000€ more so far and the lawsuit is still going. She would not even be able to pay a lawyer if I as her daughter didn’t take over the costs. I quit university temporarily and took on a part-time job, just for that. Because we didn’t know where to get the money elsewhere.

The lawyer filed an objection to the allegation and reassured us multiple times that legally speaking, my mother did nothing wrong. Nothing she ever did was wrong and illegal in any way.

However, the Child Benefit Office continues to plead guilty and wants her to pay the money and the fine or go to jail. They can also destrain upon her/impound her anytime while the objection is going. So far it looks like my mother will very much go to jail for about half a year to two years if we can’t instantly pay the whole amount of money immediately. I don’t know what to do if my mother goes to jail thinking about my siblings that have to be fed, our flat that also has to be paid somehow. My mother might also lose her job if she goes to jail. Again, she did nothing wrong.

This is why I desperately try to collect an amount of 5000€ including the repayment, the fine and the lawyer costs to save my wrongly accused mothers and also our existence.
I don’t know what to do and say anymore. We can lose everything if this nightmare is going on. Please help my mother, please help us.

ttps://www.paypal.me/anwestr