Hello,
I was married for 15 years and had 8 beautiful children. In February 2020, my husband took my 16 year old God daughter to drop off a Valentine’s Day gift to her boyfriend. The boyfriend’s father invited my husband in the house and cooked everyone dinner. After talking and laughing with my husband for a few hours, the father murdered my husband for no known reason at all. My children and I were devastated. A month later, in March 2020, Covid 19 forced me to shut down my home daycare business that I had been running for 13 years. In August 2020, I decided to go back to school to give myself more options. I was able to financially support my children using Stimulus payments, Pandemic Unemployment benefits, Temporary Cash Assistance, and Tax Refunds. Since Covid restrictions lifted and the benefits stopped, I’ve been a full-time student while working as a freelance Spanish Interpreter. In May of this year, I completed an Associates Degree in General Studies and graduated with high honors. Now, I’m in the process of looking for work that supports 8 children, which is difficult to find after 16 years of being self employed. I am struggling with every expense including rent, food, back-to-school, car insurance, and more. My children start school in two weeks and they are in need of school supplies, clothes, shoes, and backpacks. Another difficulty is child care for my younger children. Although I receive child care vouchers, I’m struggling to pay the weekly co-pay. Additionally, my 10 year old daughter has been diagnosed with autism. Unfortunately, I currently can’t afford to put her in certain programs and activities that would help her thrive. Although her school is a great help, there are limits to what they can provide. Her autism causes her to struggle with socializing and she always says she has no friends. I would love to get her into a community sport, swimming lessons or even gymnastics so that she can more easily make friends with kids that have common interests. I have done everything in my power to avoid asking for financial help. But as I look for work, my expenses are getting more and more impossible to manage and I don’t want my kids to go without important things they need. So I’m asking for whatever help I can get. I would truly appreciate any help given while I get back on my feet. Thank you for taking time out of your day to read this.
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