Hello!
How do I start telling my story in writing? I was born into a family with 7 children. Our family wasn’t in poverty, but we never had much “extra” money. As a teen, my father was hired at a good job, but that was short-lived because they shut down due to the union and management not agreeing. My father was an alcoholic, when he was between jobs he would steal money from us to get his alcohol. I have worked since age 11 with a paper route, I’ve waitressed, babysat and have done side-jobs to make money.
At age 19, I became pregnant and had my child at 20. My child’s father was in the military, we weren’t married, so they didn’t cover any of my medical expenses. The military paid for my child’s portion, but anything that had to do with me wasn’t paid (which is the majority of the expense). So, I had a baby and had to pay all the bills myself. I received financial help through the military after my child was born, but the father committed a crime, went to prison and it all stopped. I received financial assistance through welfare and food stamps for about a year, then accepted a full-time job in HR. From that point on, I was a single-parent living on my own with no one to help me but me. My child and I would check out movies from the library, take walks, go to the park, anything that didn’t cost any money because we never had any. Life was hard for many years.
I’ve been married, moved away from my family, divorced, remarried and now live a pretty good life with my husband, child and grandchildren. There have been so many trials in my life, but I just can’t put it all on paper.
Through all of that, I have developed a horrible relationship with money. Since I grew up feeling I wasn’t worth anything, I have spent my way into massive debt and have kept it a secret from everyone. I work three jobs and still can’t catch up. My dream is to have an “infusion” of money to pay off my debt and be at ground 0. If this would happen, I will be able to start a savings account and still have money to help out my grandchildren, my mother and others who need assistance every once in a while. Please know this, I will pay-it-forward once this debt is paid and the weight of this debt and the lie I’m living is off my shoulders. I have been working on my relationship with money, learning I don’t have to have everything new that comes out and (most importantly) love isn’t bought at a store. Please see it in your heart to help me out of the debt I’ve gotten myself into and give me a fighting chance at having some financial freedom. Thank you for reading a snippet of my life story and helping me reach my dream of starting fresh! 😊 https://paypal.me/cashmeoutbaby?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US