My financial woes really began when my father, my sons pops, was diagnosed with cancer and subsequently passed that same year in 2017. We moved in with my mother to their little farm in Texas, but it wasn’t sustainable so we were forced to sell at a fraction of its worth so we could relocate. In 2018 we moved to southern california in the hopes of starting over with very competitive nurse salaries. Things were great the first couple of years, and well, they still are in most ways. But my mother without health insurance, and my single sister and her two kids were eating up my entire salary. Later I would find out that my own family had taken out credit cards using my name and social security as well as my sons. I had met a man that I fell hard for and with all the ugly family secrets I was now privy to, I made a snap decision and Charlie and I moved out of shared house with mom and sis and moved in with Patrick and he and I were married two months after meeting in october 2020. Patrick is an amazing man, just got tied up in drugs and the ugly talk turned physical february of this year. Patrick was arrested twice for domestic abuse and after the last arrest in May of this year, Charlie and I moved to an apartment where we are now. But shortly after the second domestic violence ordeal, the hospital I had worked at since moving to california, over 5 years, terminated me stating I had missed 5 days in a year and they had just adopted a zero tolerance policy. I was encouraged to pursue legal action but honestly didn’t think I had much fight left. I found another job travel nursing but not until I fell behind on all bills for two months. I am still paying on student loans as the scholarship money i had received became gas money back and forth to the Dallas VA to stay nights with my dad the last few months of his life. I know it looks like I just make one mistake after another, and yes in some ways I guess I have, BUT, I simply refuse to believe all people are inherently evil or that the world is out to get us all. I am just putting this out there in the hopes that maybe it strikes a chord with someone. I have $104,000 of debt, including my school loans, my car payment, Charlies car payment (it was my old subaru but I had to get a loan against it so now we are making payments again) , four credit cards, and two months of rent. I am working all the hours I can but that keeps me away from home so much as I commute an hour and half one way. Charlie never complains but I would very much like to spend a normal amount of time at work so I can enjoy the last couple of years Charlie is still at home and so I can help him better prepare for his future after highschool. I you are able and willing to help, I would like to repay any and all assistance or I can pay it forward. Thank you for taking time to read this, have an amazing day,
Annabelle Rose Blevins