They say a mother will do ANYTHING to protect her kids. I know now that this is true. I would have never thought I would resort to being on a website asking strangers for money. First of all, I take full responsibility for the position my kids and I are in at this point in our life. I was married to their father who is from Pakistan and a Muslim. One year ago he went to visit his parents and when he returned he asked me for a divorce which I happily complied because I felt as if I had been trapped in a box for 10 years. So I thought I would take my kids and move on. That did not happen. I soon learned he had an arranged marriage when he was visiting Pakistan, his plan was to bring her to the States and with my kids have a ready-made family. He had made me so closed up and submissive that he assumed I would comply and step aside what he did not expect is the bond between a mother and her children. I would literally walk through hell on my knees for my babies. My kids are forced to participate in ways of the Muslim culture, they do not know what it is like to be kids. I recently graduated for the paralegal program and I am trying so hard to get them out of this situation. My oldest daughter is in therapy because she is so depressed, two months ago she started cutting herself she begged me ” mommy, please get us away from dad” I have worked hard over the past months to save to get us out of here but with the bills I have I can not do this on my own. If anyone can help me raise the money to get my kids out of the dangerous situation they are in I would be so grateful. Please know I am not the type to ask anyone for anything so any help I will pay it forward in any way possible. Thank you to anyone who took the time to read my story.  paypal.me/SBalouch

I am writing because I really need $1,000 to help fund my music career. I’m in kind of a tough situation right now with work and in life. I just turned 20, I work 6 days a week as a music teacher while also gigging on the weekends and taking care of my new puppy. I absolutely love my job, I teach kids ages 6-18 how to play and perform music. The only down side, is I make lowest hourly rate out of any of my coworkers because I’m so young in comparison. And being young, I have my whole life to earn respect and hopefully a raise, but right now I’m struggling to finish paying for recording expenses for my band while also paying for life stuff (housing/gas/food). My band and I have been working so hard to make something great, and we have a release date set with one of our local venues, but now I’m worried that we won’t have enough to pay for all the expenses in order to finish recording and put on the show. I realize that this probably sounds like a total first world problem, and I’m really not the type of person to ever ask for help, but music is really the only thing that has been keeping me going. I’ve been battling depression for a long time, and more recently, an eating disorder. My mental health has really taken me over lately and everything has felt so hard and so hopeless. Music has been my entire life since the time I was 6 years old, and I’ve never felt so connected to music as much as I do with this band. This music, and this band that I’ve been playing with is honestly the only reason I’m alive, and all I want to do is share my voice with everyone willing to listen. It really goes further than finishing these recordings, because with these recordings we will be taken more seriously by venues and other booking agents out of state. This could completely change my world. For both my mental health, and for my overwhelming desire to share my voice and be heard. I don’t just want to gain something without giving back either, if you’re willing to help me, I will send you a code to download the songs once they are recorded and a band t-shirt in whatever size you wear. Thank you for taking the time to read, and thank you for any help you are able to give me and my band.

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Hello,

My name is Tiffany Bradley, I am 43 years old and I live in Baton Rouge, LA. I am currently unemployed due to taking a temp to hire job which I formed me 3 months later that they would not be hiring anyone preeminently but wanted to keep me on 3 more months which I obliged but now that the job is over I have really struggled to find a new job making what I was making and have been making the last several years.  I lost my job a few months ago now and Since i am single so I was forced to lose my apartment and I am currently staying with a friend who asks me daily when I think I will be moving out knowing I am not working yet. I applied for unemployment today and didn’t realize I would receive it (I have never filed for unemployment before) but My storage unit advised me if I don’t pay $256.80 by Friday they will auction my stuff off. I am due for April and May 1, 2019. I have no family except an aunt and uncle and my uncle just lost his job as well so they can’t help me at this time so I really need someone to assist me this one time so that I won’t lose everything I have worked for my whole life. I have sold anything of value to keep up with other bills. I only have a few clothes with me at my friends house due to her having a furnished bedroom already. I can’t afford to start completely over at my age and buy all new things again so I am begging and pleading with anyone to please help me. I have also lost my car to repossession during this job loss period and all my credit cards are charging off. I am -$69.95 in my checking account. I tried to get installment and pay day loans but was unsuccessful. I called charities around the area and they said they don’t help with storage units.  I’m literally at my wits end and have nowhere else to turn. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the bill or whatever else you may need to know regarding this matter. Please someone assist me this one time so that I can feel like giving up.

My pay pal name is paypal.me/TiffanyStarrB

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Hello, my name is Dana.. recently (about 6 weeks ago) my fiance was offered a promotion at work. It required his license to be valid so he turned himself in on some very old charges that he wasn’t even found guilty for. He did so thinking they’d schedule a court date and everything would be squared away since he’s doing the steps needed. They ended up keeping him. They gave him such a large bail that it was basically intended to hold him until the court day. That was 5 weeks ago. He is the head of our house, primary bread winner. I do not have $1,500.00 laying around. If he could come home and work he would have a chance of possibly getting a lawyer continue and paying the rent/ bills .. The logic behind holding someone, that hasn’t been found guilty, so they can’t keep working to keep our home of 6 years, potentially get a lawyer or having any chance to TRY is insane. We are going to lose our home .. we just want him home so maybe we can save it. So he can have the resources to fight his case .. just a chance! He can’t do anything behind bars. Not every person in jail is a stone cold criminal..  he is an amazing family man that went to work everyday and took care of his family.. I am extremely desperate. I don’t know where else to turn .. but if he was home we could work through this all together. Not much can be done behind bars, in a 15min phone call and a outdated library they have in the correctional institution. Please help bring my fiance home ..The justice system isn’t always right . He doesn’t need to be held going on two months just to be present to his court date. Why should we lose everything because the state of Delaware made the decision to make the bail to the point the knew the average working person wouldn’t be able to post it. They don’t think about the families and what other harm it might cause. He went to the court house initially. He wanted to make it right . He is a 50year old man .. that isn’t a place he belongs. I’m sorry for the babbling I’ve just been through so much with trying to figure something out and I keep hitting dead ends…

I am a veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11. I currently work full time and live with my daughter, my fiance and my two stepchildren, whom I consider to be mine, regardless of blood relation.  I have a wonderful family and am beyond blessed.  Unfortunately, the past couple years have been really tough and have progressively came to a point to where I don’t know what to do anymore about my situation.  I have come through an ugly lengthy, and very expensive custody battle just to be able to see my daughter since my ex wife moved out of state with her and wouldn’t allow me to see her at all. My fiance had skin cancer and went through some time out of work for that around the same time.  We made it through with some hefty bills but were okay.  Such is life.  As it stands now, my employment changed my shift at work and I have to go back to court to get a modified custody arrangement. I can’t afford the lawyer fees right now but it is my top priority.  On May 7, an 86 year old man ran a stop sign and I t-boned him on my motorcycle just down the street from my house.  My step daughter was on the back and luckily nobody was seriously injured. However, I had a mild concussion and many injuries that did prevent me from working for a couple weeks after.  It has cost us a lot so far that we just don’t have.  My motorcycle is totaled and although it was not my fault, the insurance takes its time. Right after this happened, my fiance’s car just wouldn’t start.  We paid to have it towed and the bill is 800 just to get it to start and then they will give us an estimate on how much the other issues with it are going to cost. She was out of work for two days when this happened but is now getting a ride from her mother until we can figure out how to get the money to get her car running again.  My car is on its last leg but that’s been ongoing so we are crossing our fingers for now.  We are so far behind at this point that my electric bill is over a thousand dollars behind and I have to pay 400 by the end of this month to avoid shut off. To top it all off, I am owing (for the first time ever) close to 4,000 in taxes this year.  We are lost and drowning. Please…. any help at all would be so very much appreciated.

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Hello there,

My name is Char and I am very humbled by this experience. I do not like to ask others for help and I am so grateful that I came across this website. i

I am 28 years old and have not been able to work because of a back injury that occurred last year when an altercation with my now ex happened. This event led to a fractured ankle, which, in turn, resulted in my hip popping out of place. These injuries have finally resulted in me being evicted from my apartment. I was lucky enough to have a friend pay for a week at a hotel. My boyfriend is currently in jail to a warrant that he had from years ago for a charge of trespassing. His bond is only $500 and I cannot afford it. He is a roofer and takes good care of me. He makes me very happy and loves me right. I do the things that I can for him. Once he is out everything will be okay. I am going to ask for $770 because if I do not get all of the money that I need to bond him out today I need to make sure that I have enough for the room for the week, which costs $270. I am praying that a miracle will occur and that there will be some angels on this sight who will assist me in getting the love of my life out. He doesn’t deserve to sit in there when he takes such good care of me. I know that this story may not be the most compelling, but it means so much to me. I have been through many struggles in my life. My best friend was murdered, and that lead to me sinking into a very deep depression. I was extremely lost for quite some time. Being offered the blessing of a position as a nanny is what saved my life. Now that I cannot work because of my injury I am extremely grateful that I am able to care for my boyfriend. Now that he is locked up I am feeling very lonely. There is $5 left on the phone which I am trying to preserve. I am going to leave it at that due to the fact that my phone is dying and it does not charge well when I am using it.
I praise God that I am not on the streets at the moment. Regardless of the outcome, please pray for me as I will pray for you all.

Once I am in the position I will MOST DEFINITELY pay it forward.

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My story is a pretty long one, to get to the point I have to go back a couple years. In October of 2015, I added my sister to 1 of my credit cards because her boyfriend died and he lived in another state and she needed help to be able to go to his funeral.  I had no issues doing this because me and my sister had been close since we were kids and at this point we were in our 20’s.  We both had good jobs for our age and I never have had a reason to distrust her. A few months down the road she bought a new car and I cosign for it again for all the same reasons as I explained before.  Everything was going well, we both lived with our dad and when he got into a committed relationship we made the decision to get a place of our own. This is where everything went bad, my sister met new guy and within a few days of moving into our new place he moved in with us. I know it was stupid on my part also, I only agreed because she was still using my credit card to afford the gas to go about 50 miles 1 way to see him everyday. During that month everything seemed OK (we had a few issues but nothing drastic) and then one day they were gone. A close friend that my sister and I shared called me that weekend that they left and told me that my sister’s boyfriend tried to  sexually assault her in our living room. I looked on my credit card and saw that they were using it to stay at different hotels. I was smart enough to cancel the credit card right away but it was already charged up to well over $5000. When I finally got a hold of my sister and spoke to her she told me that they weren’t coming back. This was a month after we moved into a new house together. She left me with the rent to pay on my own  but insisted that she would continue to make payments on the credit card and on the car. That was not the case, I ended up using student loans to pay off the Credit card and have been struggling for over 2 years to pay off the car loan and rebuild my credit that was ruin from it being repo’d. That’s why I’m asking for help, I can settle on the car loan but it has to be a good chunk of change for them to even consider it.  My life has been turned upside down since this happened, my sister meant the world to me, we have been through more than most people  our age. For 25 years she was the only consistent person in my life and now she’s gone from my life too. My heart is still broken 2 & 1/2 years later.  I still hope the best for her even though she left my life in shambles.

With me having to take over paying all the bills I barely have enough to cover that every month. I understand this is a lot to ask a stranger I would be beyond thankful with any help from anyone. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my story.

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It’s Sunday at 7:10 a.m. I’m posting this on a whim while sitting in the parking lot of a Golden Pantry in Georgia. I’ve been in this or other gas station parking lots since 2:30 a.m. while I watch the love of my life play his heart out on his acoustic for a gallon of gas. We’ve been doing this every night for the past three nights. It’s nothing new for him. He’s traveled the country with just a six string and his wits. In fact that’s how we met years ago in Kansas. He wasn’t panhandling/busking then, but hitchhiking. I drove past and he gave me “the thumb.” So I  gave him a ride… to my home. Home being an art studio/warehouse in downtown ICT.  Back then he was a traveling kid. A train-hopper. A punk. He reminded me of a missed opportunity of my youth when a friend called to tell me they were going to go ride the rails and wanted me to go with. I declined citing responsibilities.  I saw him sitting on the sidewalk, thumb out and regretted my decision. What would I have become if I had been more ballsy? And how did he even get there?   The ‘ta wasnt really a stop on train routes. We never did have many punks. I remember what he looked like back then. Not entirely a man yet but not a boy.  He was young, 21, all the way from Georgia by himself.  I was a confused and discontented 30. I’d never left the town that I’d been raised in. I’d never done anything too crazy. I kept a job and sidelined in college. I’d never let someone into my car or into my home that I didnt know. I guess like this post,  taking him home was a “whim.” Of course that time was fleeting. I was a pit-stop in the belly-button of America. A place he could visit when passing through. And despite our age differences, he made me feel something I had forgotten. He had a certain lust for life that I remembered feeling but either because of my age or circumstance had lost. I took him home because I was still the  girl that wanted to hop a train but was too scared to. His visits would remind me that there was still magic in the world and life outside of Kansas. I loved to hear him talk about what he had seen, where he had gone and what he had done. I still love his stories. To look at him now, a muscular 6’4″, rough, tattoo’d, a man…  you wouldn’t think that this Tarzan of the streets, this “dirty viking” as Andy Dick once called him while he walked on the streets of L.A.,  could tell any tale besides what the inside of a jail cell looks like. But I’ve seen him hold people in rapt while he explains his view of the world . He is wise beyond his years and doles out his wisdom sparingly. He humbles me.  He often says that he doesnt want to go through life without “getting some on him.” You can tell by looking into his eyes he has. He has a stare that bores into you, searching you, looking for understanding. And a wry smile that never stays long enough to my liking. I’ve never met a truer student of the world. He’s a poet. A gifted songwriter and composer. I have no doubt others will come to know his talents as I have if he wants them to. When he sings and plays his guitar he shines. He has the sort of presence that is so strong he can change the mood of a room just by entering it. People stop and notice him even when he wishes for invisibility. I’ve seen him excite jealousy and resentment in people with just his being. I’ve also seen those same folks sit dumb struck as he plays and sings for them. He is what they secretly want to be. Free.

So, when he found me years later, love happened. Duh, how could it not? So, I left Kansas. Not scared anymore. I want to see the world as he sees it. I also want to “get a little on me.” But first we have the problem at hand. First, we need a little gas.

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Hello, my name is Ashley. I’m a single mom to two little, awesome, and full of life daughters. D.L. will be 7 in February and C.J. will be 4 in October. (I only initialed their first and middle names to protect their privacy by not exposing complete names.)

I would love to share our story with you in the hopes that you will listen, empathize, and hopefully help to make a 6 year old little girl’s biggest dream and wish come true?!…

Here it goes; I’m going to attempt to make a wicked long story one that is bearable enough to read in its entirety.

D.L. is 6 years old, almost 7. As I said, I am a single mom. Her father is not around, at all. She doesn’t know him, at all. He doesn’t want to know her. This is something that breaks her heart, and mine for her. However, she is an old soul who, even being only just 6 years old has accepted and made peace with it. She also expresses that she has forgiven him. Her acceptance and forgiveness is such a wise beyond her years, beautiful, and even courageous thing to do-especially for somebody of her age.

Now, over in California, there is a complete other half of my daughter, her family, her blood, her roots… roots that actually want to and are enthusiastic about planting the roots of a relationship and bond with my daughter. She knows this. She is very familiar with them as she video calls, voice calls them all the time. The one and only thing in this world that my daughter begs and begs for is to make the commute from Maine to California to meet them. The way most kids beg their parents for candy or toys is the way she begs me for the missing pieces to her puzzle, her story.

I work full time but have $2,100.00 worth of rent and other bills per month, cost of living expenses etc. Her family in California does not have a whole lot of funds to offer either, but have helped as much as they can. A couple of months ago, when I had the needed funds available then and there, I purchased our plane tickets to fly from Maine to California. Unfortunately, I did not have enough to purchase the return tickets. I still bought the one way tickets out, just to know we could get there. I also truly thought I would be able to come up with the funds to get us our tickets home before we are due at the airport for take off. This has not been the case, sadly.

Right now, at this moment, I’m feel helpless, and like a complete and utter failure. I cannot even return the tickets as they were budget tickets and non refundable. I am stuck between a rock and a hard place, I can’t come up with the funds to buy tickets home, I can’t return the departing tickets, and with our departing date of June 19, I am running out of time. I Think I can maybe come up with $100.00 to put towards it, at best. Thankfully if I spend some time shopping around I can probably find a deal, as I did with the tickets we already have. I am desperate Not to break her heart over this. I can’t bare to ever be her second parent to disappoint her. SHE deserves this trip!

I don’t know how much exactly we are going to need to buy tickets so we can get back home to Maine. And I don’t know how much if any money at all we will have to help survive while we are on the West Coast. What I do know though is that at LEAST $450.00 is what I need to produce in order to buy tickets home, that amount isn’t even beginning to count other expenses.

Yes, I know and i’m aware that I should have planned it out better, and not bought only one way tickets but I was just being a mom who loves loves her baby girl, and wanted more than anything to give some type of satisfaction to the desperation in my daughter’s voice.

Thank you, so very much for at Least taking the time to listen to our story! Even if you can’t or do not find it deserving enough of a donation from you, I still thank you! And ask that maybe you could at least keep us in your thoughts, and wish me luck on figuring this out for my baby girl??!

And if you can donate, even if just 10 cents, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Literally every dime makes a difference and is one dime closer.

All donations can be blessed to us via my PayPal.me link:

paypal.me/UnicornsAndGlitter20

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Whoever thought life would be so hard? Definitely not me growing up. I always figured I’d have my life together, go to school, have a great job, money in the bank to do whatever I wanted to do and go wherever I want to go. Well it hasn’t exactly turned out how I had believe it would so naively growing up. I certainly did not expect it to turn out the way it has up til now

Okay cutting to where the problem is in my life and why I need help, I was a college student a little over a year ago in the healthcare program. I wanted to have a career that I could help people in. Everything was well until I decided that I would take the weekend to go see my friend of 5 years at his house in the mountains. I had went occasionally to go tubing or kayaking or fishing at his place and it was always a great time. This last time, not so great. So I get there and everything is normal. We’re catching up, talking about what each of us has been up to and whatnot, I’m carrying my clothes in and my laptop and PlayStation for the weekend. I had brought my new gun to go shooting in the woods as we’ve done so many times before so he asked to see it. Mind you this is one of my best friends, we have gone shooting and seen each other’s weapons and used each other’s many times before. When I hand him my new gun he loads one into the chamber. So I’m in confusion as he’s yelling at me telling me to get on the ground and hand over my wallet. I had been so dumbfounded he could be doing this to me that I didn’t realize he had handed the gun to his girlfriend and went to grab a bat. It all happened so quickly. Next thing I know I’m being attacked with a baseball bat and being told hand over my wallet and anything else of value. After he had beaten me for a few minutes I managed to make it to the front of his house outside. I yelled for help and he shut the door and called the police and told them I had came trying to break in. I’m outside when an officer and a paramedic show up and I guess I was in shock because I felt no pain at all. The paramedic says you’ve got a broken collarbone, a broken rib, and a shattered kneecap and a few fractures in your wrist. And I get taken away in an ambulance. I then am taken to jail because it was his word and his girlfriend’s versus mine. So I finally get released the next day when they went to his home and found a security camera in his living room with the whole incident on it and found out I was telling the truth. He is now in prison but due to the incident I was unable to continue going to class because I could no longer drive or walk and My financial aid was revoked. Soon after my car broke down and it’s now sitting in the driveway collecting dirt without being able to run and having two flat tires. So unable to walk or go to school my grandmother attempted to help pay my car payments while I healed but she is attempting to retire and she has done all she can to help. Now Im healed and able to move again I am working very close with a family friend doing work on people’s house. It’s barely enough money to make my car payments though let alone help to fix the car and pay for insurance. And definitely not enough to help me pay my student loans and get back into school, which is where my true goal lies. So I’m asking, anyone who would help. Anything would be appreciated so I can start getting my life back on track and to where it was before I underwent such an awful situation.

Sincerely, Timothy Delapp

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Humblely asking and in need of help

Thank you for taking the time to read my story!

I have been thinking about placing this request, and through all my research and trials have come to realize, I need to ask for help.  This downward spiral began about a year and a half ago. My father in law was ill and in the hospital for about 6 weeks, when he was released from the hospital he came to stay with us to recover. Throughout this time, my husband lost hours at work while caring for his father. When you live with 1 income and 4 children any loss of income can hurt, I didn’t realize the long term effect and challenges we were going to face.

Our first obstacle was the threat of loosing our home, many sleepless and worrisome nights followed, we were able to hold on to the house and found peace again.  But not for long, we had more unexpected expenses after the house issue, our hot water tank and water system needed replaced, car wreck and our furnace stopped working 2 winters ago.  We finished the winter season by heating our home with electric space heaters. We were able to get a furnace this past winter, but over time and recovering from the above issues,  our electric bill has suffered and and has escalated to uncontrollable bill.

I have tried to work with the company, but they are unable to work with me, I was instructed by the electric company to contact the commission to arrange a payment plan. I have heard back and they are unwilling to help, due to me not being able to keep up with the regular payments. I am now in threat of loosing my electric for my home and am terrified, if it goes off, I have no way to pay the bill to reinstate. I am required to pay $5000.00 to keep the service on.

I am sorry to ask for help, I know I am blessed in life and do not take any of my gifts for granted, I don’t know what else to do.  My husband make just a little too much money to qualify for any help, yet with the past expenses we have endured I am depleated,  emotionally  and financially.  We are a decent family, contribute to our community, work and I am currently finishing the requirements to obtain my real estate license. I know we are heading to the light at the end of the tunnel. If it wasn’t for my kids, I wouldn’t even ask,, but I need to be able to store our food, prepare meals and keep my kids clean. Living day to day can be a struggle but this hanging over my head has come unbearable.  Once this last issue is resolved and I am working, I believe we will be able to replenish the funds for the next expense, but today I do not have it and today  I am in need. If any of you are willing to help. I would be forever grateful and will pay your generosity forward.

Thank you for your consideration and God Bless.

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Hello Everyone !

My name is Matt W. and I am looking for a fresh start in life.

I don’t have a job. I don’t have any more credit, and I don’t have the money I need to get the fresh start that I could really use in life.

As of right now I am around $47,000.00 in debt and I just got the best car I ever had repossessed about a couple of weeks ago.

In order for me to get a fresh start in life and start working again. I need to file bankruptcy, see a doctor about my high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and high anxiety levels, pay back my mom some money I owe her and then maybe buy my nieces extra car that she has. I probably need 10k – 15k for all of this. Depending on how much my niece wants for her car and how much I would have to put into it to make it reliable for a few years.

I have been in debt since 2000 and have been trying to get out ever since. I have probably paid off possibly over 200k worth of debt in my life working 40 – 80 hours a week taking whatever fast food and temp agency work I could get sometimes working 2 jobs and up to 7 days a week for a year straight but I finally crashed physically, mentally, and emotionally In November of 2017 when I lost my last job.

Between my job taking up almost 13 hours of my day along with high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and high anxiety levels, management at my work taking money away from me, adding to my work and stress loads, and supervising  people that were untrainable, unsupervisable, and constantly giving me a hard time my body and my nerves couldn’t take it anymore so I ended up quitting.

Right away I thought I could get better and ready to start working again by lifting weights and walking but after months of doing that it wasn’t helping at all and I got really discouraged, frustrated, and depressed about my life and situation and gave up on life.

I started to fall behind in my debts back in September of 2018 and finally ran out of money in March. I just tried donating plasma last week to help keep me a float but they wouldn’t let me because of my high blood pressure levels 179/125

I don’t want to live on the streets or in the woods and I definitely don’t want to have to kill myself.

I don’t think or feel that I deserve anybody’s help or a second chance in life because I’ve been such a stupid fool but I’m scared to die and I don’t know what to do now.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and have a great day ! : )

Matt W.

paypal.me/mattwitt1976

I prefer to be hopeful, though experience beckons me to believe otherwise. This is written on behalf of the family I now have, the family I am creating for the future and all families/individuals who struggle day to day.

My partner and I grew up a world apart. He from the middle east and I from the U.S. Though we have faced considerable hardship in our just shy of 3 years together, we remain.

Upon meeting him, he was very upfront about his life as was I. This candidness and honesty has been the platform on which our relationship has existed. Though we’ve been together just under 3 years, we’ve gone through a lot together. Extreme backlash from his family because I am an American and they are not (though most of them reside in the United States). A bitter emotionally and financially draining custody battle for his children from an underage/familial arranged marriage when he was 17 and she was 14. Severe family harassment once he showed his commitment to me; discrimination in jobs/unable to obtain work; financial hardship all the way around. But even with the odds against us, great progress has been made for each of us as individuals and as a couple.

To our surprise we became pregnant with our first child who thankfully is healthy and thriving, shortly after the birth of our first child we unexpectedly conceived again. We were in shock but are grateful and awaiting the arrival of our new addition.

Throughout our relationship we both worked at various times to provide for ourselves and our life. I had a consistent job which I lost after giving brith to our first child. He stayed at a job that was incredibly difficult due to discrimination and harassment in order to contribute to our family.

After a period of time we decided to relocate in hope of a better future. So far it has been rough beginnings on top of an already fast and full couple of years together.

My partner has been working since he was 8 years old, as he grew up in a country where child labor laws do not exist and his abusive mother and stepfather saw worth in how much he could earn, versus invested in who he was. Though he speaks English well, he is not formally educated and therefore works in trade jobs. Many of which require physical strength and though he is an incredibly fast learner with an excellent work ethic…the jobs do not pay well. He has done as well as he can thus far since being in this country, obtaining his citizenship on his own accord and merit. He hopes to continue more formal schooling as I and he believe in all that he is and has to offer.

I was raised in the U.S. in what would be classified as poverty. I was able to finish my B.A. in my late 20s and now am drowning in student loan debt. Neither my partner nor I had family who invested in our younger lives so as adults we are hobbling through. It frustrates me more than anything to know I am capable, competent and will again someday earn a better living for my family, but at this point we are (not) surviving on 1 income. We are living right at the federal poverty line. As it is, my own personal debt is being completely put on the back burner and I have Voluntary Surrendered my vehicle, damaging my credit further in the hope of alleviating some of our financial burden. My partner is soon to do the same. Now we stress about reliable transportation for our family and for my partner to commute to work.

We have much to be grateful for, but a lot that seems to be weighing us down and leaving us disillusioned with life. We have tried, and will continue to try to improve our situation despite this post. It is not my proudest moment to write on this website, but I do believe in the struggles my partner and I have overcome in our lives. I believe that we are making a better life for our children than we had, day by day, and I know that there are families out there like ours with the same worries, the same burdens (if not more) but with hopefully the same believe that everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.

Thank you.

Paypal.me/VJSW

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Sierra’s Story

Sierra is our oldest daughter of three.  Sierra lives in Tok, Alaska as a single mother of three beautiful children.

On October 13th, 2018 in Tok, Alaska our daughters got together to have a baby shower for our youngest daughter, Julia’s first child.  On October 14, 2018 Sierra was returning from ice fishing when she hit a patch of black ice.  The vehicle rolled and Sierra was ejected from the vehicle.  Sierra was medevac’d to ANMC in Anchorage, Alaska.  She suffered brain damage, seizure, stroke, punctured lung and multiple fractures.  Sierra’s brain started to swell.  The doctors removed her right bone flap to let the brain swell.  After a few weeks her brain did not reduce swelling on its own so a Shunt was installed.  Swelling immediately reduced.  Two weeks later the doctors replaced the bone flap.  We spent two months in ICU.  The doctors told us the brain does not repair and Sierra may never walk, talk, or have any normal life.

We were transferred to Spokane for Rehabilitation for two weeks. We were told Sierra would need 24/7 care for an undetermined amount of time. December 22nd, 2018 we arrived in Arizona with Sierra and her children 1, 5, and 7 years old.  After being away for two and a half months we did our best to give Sierra and the children a special Christmas.  We were all thankful Sierra was alive.

The last few months of Rehab have been very successful.  Sierra is able to walk with only some balance issues.  Sierra’s left arm is still not working but is slowly coming back.  Sierra’s brain doesn’t think left.  This has affected her sight in both eyes.  So, that causes a whole group of issues.  We just went to Sierra’s six month checkup with her neurologist.  Sierra has improved greatly but still needs constant care, is unable to work or drive a car.

Sierra’s children have been in school and doing great.  The baby has learned to walk and is changing daily.  The children are thankful to be with their mother for her recovery.

My husband and I have been long haul team truck drivers for 30 years.  Sierra needs 24/7 care as do the children so returning to truck driving is not feasible for us at this time.  This has put an extreme hardship on our family.  We have put our house in Tok up for sale.  We have 10 treed acres and a beautiful three story house.  We need to sell it to sustain us while we care for Sierra and her children.

We did a GoFundMe in October when Sierra had her accident.  We thank all our friends and family who donated.  The financial need has increased.  We do not feel we can ask our friends and family for more than they are already doing.  We are not asking for something for nothing.  If we could sell our property in Tok, Alaska it would help with the current bills and recovery needs for Sierra and the children.

We thank everyone for taking the time to read our story.  We are just learning the social media world and any assistance in spreading Sierra’s story with friends, family, and colleagues would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
David and Sandy
Sierra’s parents

Hello,

my name is Shannon and my husband is Garrett. We have worked so hard in our lives to get where we are at. We lost our home and everything after hurricane Irma. After the hurricane me and my boyfriend(whom i have known for over 10 years) lived in a hotel for months while trying to figure everything out, we decided to get married at the hotel we stayed at after we found a place to stay. The hotel staff were so nice and the location was beautiful which is why we chose to have the wedding there.

I have so many things i want to do. I love to write my own short stories and books. I also love drawing, painting, singing, and create music. I have always wanted to turn all my talents into careers but all i can do right now is post on social media such as YouTube but it takes years to actually start making money on there. If i could i would sell my artwork and have my songs play on the radio, i want to live my dream someday which is why i work hard to create my art. I want to show one of my works of art on here but it won’t let me add a photo so if anyone would like to see my art and support me on my YouTube channel please do i would appreciate it.

I also want to help my brother and his family. He has four kids and barely makes enough money to support them even though he works all the time and doesn’t have much time off. Everything is so expensive and makes it hard for so many families. Somehow my brother and his family still make it through all the tough times and never ask for anything so i want to help them. I try to pay for things for them every chance i get but there isn’t much i can do with my financial situation.

I also want to help my mother who can no longer work because of her condition. She stayed in her home during hurricane Irma and got very sick after helping a women who was trapped in her home get out. Now my mother needs a breathing machine while she sleeps. She also faints randomly and falls over. Doctors are still trying to help her with medication but there is only so much they can do because my mother cannot afford any of it but somehow she manages to find a way. If i could i would have her move to where i live and help pay her medical bills because she has worked hard her whole life and deserves to get better and be with her family.

Me and my husband are also starting a family, we just found out i am pregnant and we are so excited just a little worried about the medical bills. We just bought a house and have very high payments. We have also been having car trouble. Every time we buy a car from a dealership it has a problem and constantly needs to be fixed, we have spent thousands on all those problems. Plus all the other things that add up like water, electric, food, doctor visits, and medical bills, and we have two doggies.

We would appreciate any donations that anyone can give. All we want is to live our best life while we can with family and friends and we hope that everyone reading does the same. Thanks so much for reading and have a wonderful day. paypal.me/SHE025

Sincerely,

Shannon & Garrett

As the title says, I am severely behind on my phone bill. I haven’t been able to use the phone for about a month now without WiFi, and even then I cannot make phone calls or text people. To make a very long story short, the phone bill is so expensive because I’m paying my phone off, my ex girlfriends iPad off, and then I’m paying for the actual service itself. My ex was financially abusive, and normally I would just sell items to pay it off, but I have nothing else to sell. The reason I am still paying my ex’s iPad off is because when we got my new phone in August of 2018 (it was a “gift” she got me, but I traded my old phone in and am paying this current phone off every month, so I’m not really sure how she gifted it to me) she convinced me to add on the iPad for her to use for school. So even though the iPad is hers, it’s under my name and account, and there is no way to remove that until the iPad is paid off in full. I sold ALL of my belongings and clothing worth anything months prior. I was out of a job for around three months, and I focused on finishing up my most recent semester at University. I have no family that is financially able to help me, and while I do have a job now, I’ll be saving up about two months worth of my paycheck to even come close to paying this current bill off, and as bratty as this sounds, I would like to be able to use my phone sooner rather than later, especially because I have a summer internship that would benefit me tremendously later on once I graduate. I understand that there are people who are more in need than I am, but the tail-end of 2018 was the worst year of my life by a landslide. I’m in the process of fixing myself and getting back to where I was at prior to the end of 2018, but it isn’t easy, and with the financial situation my mom is in there is no way she can help me. My father isn’t in the picture so that isn’t an option either. As seen in the picture, the bill is $728.26, but any amount that is given to me is appreciated more than words are able to describe. Thank you all so much in advance.

paypal.me/jshapiro97

I’ll start by saying that every penny received will go toward legal fees to bring the truth to light and for me to get my kids back. God willing, any excess funds will be used to help any other father on this site with the common goal of time with his kids. I will continue to update this site as much as I can as we approach the goal of raising $20,000. The fee is so high because of what you will read below.

I filed a motion to modify with the courts to increase the time I had with my kids by 3 days a month which would bring me to an even 50/50 custody. I have a very vengeful ex-wife with some mental health issues. This issue has been magnified since she remarried. Her new husband’s parents, yes both of them, are family law attorneys and have practiced law for almost 40 years.

As we went through the court process that lasted over a year, things were coming to a close and I was to be awarded 50/50 custody as anyone would expect and life should have gone on as normal. Then one random Thursday a police officer showed up at the font door of my house where I lived with my fiancé. I was served a restraining order from one of my employees who stated that I held her down and tried to kiss her. From that one lie I lost the custody of my kids, my job, my reputation, my fiancé, my home, my financial situation, almost all of my friends (due to the break up etc.) and my now ex fiancé kept most of my belongings when she threw me into the street because she believed the story the girl made up.

The timing of this accusation wasn’t coincidental. I obviously knew where to look right away and managed to take screen shots from Facebook just as things unfolded showing the girl who accused me and my ex-wife were actually friends before they unfriended each other and deleted pictures of them dancing together and partying. You may ask why then did my kids get taken away? Well, my fiancé at the time was so angry that she went in and gave a deposition that made me sound like a monster, enough of a monster to have the courts remove custody. No charges were filed against me because anyone who actually reads the police report and the restraining order can clearly see that the story is made up because it doesn’t make sense. Also, I have never hurt another person male or female in my entire life.

At the end of the day, when my ex and her new husband found out they would be getting less child support her new husband paid off one of my employees to make an accusation that ended up completely changing my life. With my resources exhausted and no income because I was fired, I could not afford to pay my attorney to fight any of the allegations.

My only method of recourse is through civil action. From a criminal perspective, the police won’t take any action until I can provide more evidence than I have. In order to get more evidence, I need court subpoenas, and the large retainer. Getting the truth allows me to reopen my custody case.
Every word of this is 100% true and I have a lot more details to share if anyone would like to hear them or see more proof.

My kids mean more to me than anything in the world. Please help me get my kids back.

paypal.me/givemykidsback

Hi, I’m not typically one to do this but I honestly don’t know where to go from here. I am 24 years old, single father with sole permanent custody of my daughter. Married and divorced from the mother and she doesn’t help with anything nor does she try to see my daughter or even talk to her. I got divorced on grounds of adultery. My wife at the time was cheating with multiple people and I was responsible for paying all costs for the divorce, court fees, lawyer fees and fees for the custody case. In all I had to come out of pocket up front with roughly $10,000. I work full time, I am a full time student, and a full time parent. I didn’t have the money to pay everything and had to take out several loans to pay for the cost. My loan payments quickly jumped to $1,119 per month for all loans and I currently bring home $1,050 every 2 weeks. I haven’t been able to make payments and have fallen behind because of my rent, power and water bill, car payment, insurance, groceries, diapers and all of the other necessities for my daughter. The payoff total for all loans is now $4,300. I was summoned to court for one of my loans because I haven’t been able to pay in months. I took every bit of the money I had and paid on it to catch up my payments ($506) and I can’t get out of this. I am in desperate need for help. I have never been the type to ask anyone for help with anything, I have always been the person giving a helping hand. I don’t know where to turn for myself now so here I am. Anything would help. My biggest fear is that my daughter will have to grow up seeing me struggle as much as I am right now or in jail because I’m not able to pay these loans. I would do anything for my daughter to not have to go through that and fear that she will see me as a failure. My daughter is my absolute world, it’s not often that a father has custody, so hopefully that says something. Thank you for any help, and even if you don’t help, God bless you and have a great day.

My paypal is paypal.me/pz2019

I would start off with the typical clique, Hi my name is and I deserve this money because. I doubt that would increase my chances but I’ll just to get straight to the point, I’m a young women who’s been driven to succeed and of course life will take it’s own turns but for some reason my turns seem to all ways go to far. See I’ve never really been in a predicament to were as I can lean on people for help and in cases like that I feel stuck. I know I am a very multi talented person and well worth being Invested in or even just taking this as a blessing. I would say I chose uncategorized being that me wanting to succeed and better myself would consist of ; going to The Art Institute for Digital Filmmaking & Video Production Paying My Tuition Fee, Getting a car, Moving to a new environment, getting all my fees for my modeling trip . My classes start on May 9, 2019 & my financial aid won’t cover everything. I will also be adding fashion within my course, I believe this could help me within my makeup career with editing my videos learning major production techniques and knowing different lighting techniques and It would consist of amazing networking opportunities , me wanting to build my own clothing line is we’re me adding the fashion course in so I’m able to multi brand myself . Also with this I would be using this to put towards a vehicle, Im currently not able to get around how I would like to reach my makeup cliental. My moms car recently broke down and I won’t be starting my new job till Saturday and riding the bus at night in my are really isn’t the most smartest Idea especially me being a young women I’m 5’0 & 106 lbs so I would also be finding a better place to live. I’m currently in the 3rd ward area and I’ve be trying to get away for a while there’s always gun fire through the night, robbing, gang violence so I would love to relocate to a more safer environment. I would also be paying back my broken lease so I’m able to start fixing my credit. I would also be using this for my starting career of modeling I have a show casing in July but I have to have 10 tickets sold by April 27th but I don’t actually have that many people to support all participants have to be out there on April 27th 2019 for rehearsal and I won’t start my job till this Saturday and I wouldn’t have the money for my flight and hotel. I have pictures of my apartment balance, the email for the fashion show, I inserted the balance for my tuition but It will only let me put one picture it just the proof of what I’m trying to accomplish I’m so sorry if it’s sounds like my words are all over the place I’m just in really desperate need for someone to believe in me I’m just truly passionate behind what I love and I’m just praying to find someone who could believe in my potential, determination, passion, to be willing to support me. This money is not for fun this would be helping me in so many investing ways within my self and others I love and I truly appreciate you If your willing to help.

https://www.paypal.me/breannakiearaa

I want to help my friend and her husband. They have been having a terrible time financially. Unfortunately, I’m broke myself, so I can’t help much. They paid for him to go to school to become a river barge captain. He completed the schooling, but now he needs to travel to Memphis to take the test to receive his license. They were counting on their income tax returns to cover the cost of this trip. When they waited and didn’t receive them, they called, and their accountant had forgotten to file their taxes. Seriously. Not making that up. All of their federal taxes will be taken to pay for student loans, and now there will be a penalty because they will be filing late, so their state tax returns won’t be much either. On top of that, his paycheck has been short for the last 3 weeks, and they can’t figure out why. They are really struggling. These are good people. He has struggled through some major personal battles and come out on top of them, she has been right there every step of the way, now they have just completed the certification to become foster parents. They are really good people who deserve a break. She is just so down right now, I thought I would come and ask for help for her because I didn’t want to get her hopes up in case it didn’t work out. This family has been through so much. This license would mean the difference between them making 35,000$ a year and 100,000$ a year. And if ANYONE deserves to be making that, they do. I have known the husband since he was born. I babysat him, I watched him grow up. I watched him face some things that no child should ever have to face, and I watched him overcome those things. There are very few people that I would beg money for, but they are two of them. So please, someone help them! They absolutely NEED 800$ to cover his gas, hotel room and food for the trip. This could be a huge life changing thing for them. Thanks for considering them!

paypal.me/AZRileypaypal.me/AZRiley

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