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Close2Broken
Here since: Jun 5, 2007
Female, 32
n/a
Indiana, USA
Languages: english
ruthie
Here since: Nov 24, 2006
Female, 23
unemployed
binghamton, New York, USA
Languages: english
PreggieMonkMonk
Here since: Aug 5, 2006
Female, 19
None
Cleveland, Texas, USA
18 year old mother to be & family here who need help, serious/major help.  Anyone out there that can help in any way, even if it's just little...it all adds up. 
shadow61002
Here since: Feb 14, 2008
Female, 44
Housewife
Languages: English

Still in need of help!  Dealing with Financial troubles badly!  our home is in forclosure and were about to lose everything!  Can't believe that I have been looking for help since Last year to keep from getting this way, and nothing but scammer after scammer gets in touch with me!  there doesn't seem to be anyone out there anymore that has a soul that would or even could help anyone that is having trouble anymore.  been working on getting things caught up but still falling behind with everrything going up all the time.  just about can live or raise a family!  want has this world gotten too.  it's a shame!  I pray all the time that things get better and so far nothing is working right for me.  I have faith and my heart keeps telling me that things are going to get better, but I hope I'm not trying to raise a family in the streets by the time that this would come true.  God Bless all of US!

cutiejudy040
Here since: Dec 9, 2006
Female, 44
preschool teacher
douglasville, Georgia, USA
Languages: english

I am a single mother of a special needs teenage. I had breast cancer  3 yrs ago and a heart attack on Feb 29, 2008. I've been on my job for 3 yrs and I love it. I just don't make enough money to pay rent and utilites. My medical bills are so high that I am going to file bankrupts, but this still will not help with the regular bills. My rent is 2 months behind. I can't get any assistance because I have a job. Maybe when I homeless the I will be able to get help. All I am asking for is for people to pray for me. I need it bad.  

PaulaJean
Here since: Mar 5, 2008
Female, 38
Fort Worth, Texas

I am a mother of a 2 year old son.  My husband and I try very hard to make a home for our family.  He lost his job the day after Christmas and has had trouble finding another one.  I have picked up some contract work, and am now working two contract jobs in addition to my full time job.  I was diagnosed 2 years go with multiple sclerosis, so the extra work is not an easy task.

Anyway, we got behind one month on our house payment and have been unable to catch up.  Our bank is demanding two months (the behind month plus this month) payment within 48 hours.  I don't have it and don't know what to do.

MARUKEY
Here since: Sep 10, 2005
Female, 26
GROCERY STOCKER
WHOLE FOODS MARKET
TEMPE, Arizona, USA
Languages: ENGLISH
I AM A 24 YEAROLD MOTHER WITH TO MUCH GOING ON IN MY LIFE TO MANAGE ALONE I AM IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP OF ANY KIND.
18 year old mother to be & family need help paying bills & getting stuff for baby, REALLY need help!

I'm 18 & I'm 7 months pregnant, I live w/ my mom, 2 brothers, & my sister...the only one working is my sis, working at McDonalds only getting like $400, $500 a month if we are lucky, & we unfortunatley live in a small/crappy town w/ no opprotunity & no help & are struggling.  We have to pay outragious electric bills that are $300-$600 a month, which is so hard, especially when we don't have it...we have to scrape & scramble each month in fear that we will lose power, it's especially scary now, it being so hot...the thought of not having power, no way to escape this awful/deadly heat...it's especially hard on me, being pregnant...our ac is already out as it is, & I am sure I would have been dead by now if it wasn't for me having a fan to cool off a bit, which some days it doesn't do much, the heat is just so overwhelming.  Yea, our ac is also out, every 2 weeks we always have bills to pay, food to buy n stuff...we never have any money left over to take care of these problems.  Also, our truck, the only source of transportation is breaking down.  If we lose our truck, the thought of it is just too scary/frightening to think about...how my sis would lose her job, we wouldn't be able to buy food or anything...we would surley die off.  Also, my baby will be here in the next 2 months or so, & I barley have anything for him.  It is really depressing for me that I wont be able to have anything for my child, the way things look...I wont be able to get a car seat so I can take my baby home!  So as you can see, we are truly struggling, my dad left in September/October last year...& things have been down hill...awful ever since.  We have went weeks w/out power b4 cuz we couldn't pay the bill(thank God it was cooler then & it wasn't as rough, now losing power is life threatening), we go most weeks pratically starving(still now even, & it scares me cuz of my baby...not being able to give my baby what it needs to grow, I so so don't want to lose him).  So please, if anyone out there has a heart, compassion for a family who is indeed really strugling/needs help really bad...please, let me kno.  Any kind of money you can spare, baby stuff you can spare...please...PLEASE, help us! You can send me a message at wicked_monkey_jester1722@yahoo.com  God bless...

karla's page
Here since: Jun 1, 2007
Female, 43
mentally disabled
n/a
Bandera, Texas, USA
Languages: English

I am very anti social, and agoraphobic, and stay in the room that I have been renting for 3 years. I crochet and give the items to needy people, I am creative and artistic, but not been for 7 years. I read a lot. And I am constantly researching for ways to find myself and my animals a home.

I am also a highly sensitive person, smells, sound, etc are sonic amplified for me. I am very spiritual, but have lately lost much of my faith due to a lot of horrible circumstances, but I am trying very hard to get it back. I pray for everyone and everything...I save bugs out of the animals water bowls =0) I love to take nature pictures.

I am also very dis~spirited, sad, lonely and scared

kim36
Here since: Mar 28, 2007
Female, 36
North Carolina, USA
need_support86
Here since: Mar 11, 2008
Female, 21
working
SAVANNAH, ga
Languages: english

hi my name is Francesca Johnson and i just got my 1st apartment. i am a single partent with 2 kids and 1 on the way. i got laid off my job that i had for 8 months. nobody wants to higher me because i am pregnant. i have no money to pay my bills and i just moved in my new place 2 months ago. please help me.

Take a Chance
Here since: Sep 10, 2007
Female, 40
Unemployed
Parkton, North Carolina, USA
Languages: English

I know there are people worse off than me because I am lucky enough to have a place to send my daughter when I lose our home some people don't have that.  So I thank God for that.  Life has been a struggle and it didn't bother me as long as I had my children but now we will be seperated because I can't provide.  I have been to every institution and I get the same answer, I receive child support.  But see it is like this, the court ordered it doesn't mean I get it.  As of 9-12-07 I will lose my house. I would like to Thank everyone that has taken the time to look at my page.  The sadest thing about this is this: We have money and food to send to Iraq, Africa, and other countries, we have medical supplies to send to other countries, we can build housing for other countries, our men can die for other countries and yet our own government can not supply any of this for their own people.  Next time you ride by and see people sleeping outside, dirty, hungry, cold just remember that could be you. 

GRANT NEEDED FOR ONE SINGLE MOTHER WHO WANTS TO BUY A HOUSE BUT WHO IS NOW BROKE

I AM IN DESPERATE NEED OF HOUSING AND GRANT INFORMATION TO HELP ME TO GET MY SELF ON MY FEET

Your Oxygen
Here since: Mar 15, 2008
Female, 32
wheresmyangel
Here since: Feb 18, 2008
Female, 43
mental health specialist
Languages: english

              

Does Anyone Out There Really Care????

 Hello,  My name is Jeanie.  I am  57 years old, and at the very end of my emotional rope! I am out of money out of time, and out of options. I do not know where to turn!  God help me Please!!  I have been separated from my husband for over a year.  Since then I have held several jobs all of which were complete dead ends. My husband is a retired factory worker living on a very fixed income, and he is unable to support me financially outside of our marriage.
 When he retired from his job we moved South, and I gave up a full time job. I had to move from there back to my home state where I am originally from, because I could not afford to live in a separate residence in the South. Nor could either one of us afford to get a divorce, because we could not afford to pay lawyers.  I gave up my home, and  all rights to it because my husband had promised me that he would “help me out”,  NOT!!  I was naïve in assuming that he would. He had promised me that he would pay off my credit cards and give me a substantial part of what our home was worth. I was very stupid not to have obtained this in writing.  Needless to say he didn’t do what he promised. I moved back to my home state using credit I did not really have to use. 
 Once I had gotten settled I did obtain a good job, but I was seriously under qualified for it.  I accepted the job because I desperately needed an income at the time.  I lasted at that job for approx.. 5 months, and it was very it was a very stressful period trying to fit into a job that I did not have the experience for.  My employer finally let me go, with assurances that I would be able to get unemployment.  NOT!!  I did not qualify for unemployment because I did not make enough within a certain period, and because I had not worked long enough. Since then I have been working the odd jobs for a temp agency, but those odd jobs were few. 
 I come from an era where the wife stayed at home while the husband went out and earned a paycheck.  I would have worked outside our home, but my husband preferred me at home. I was a housewife and mother for many years and I do not regret those years.  My children are now grown and doing well in their own lives.  But because I stayed home and took care of my home and raised my children, I have not the “marketable” skills that would make it possible for me to obtain a good job and earn a comfortable living.  I also have several age related ailments, while not disabling, make it very difficult for me to work a full-time job outside my home.  I would love to get training in a marketable skill and develop a business, and work from my home. I could possibly obtain a grant, (impossible to get unless you hire someone),  or educational loan for training,….(govt. grants)……“this is also a huge money making machine for internet scammers!!!” 
 I am unable to hold down a full-time job and go to school at the same time. It is more than I can handle at my age, considering my current health situation.  I have a disease called, “cervical spondylosis”.  It is very painful and debilitating.  I also have bone spurs in the heels and pads of my feet, osteoarthritis, and a small tumor at the base of my brain. Thankfully this tumor is, as far as I know, benign.  I have been told by my doctor that I need to have yet another MRI, of which I have had many!  I can not afford it!   I tried to get help from a community organization called, “Volunteers In Medicine”, but …..again I do not qualify because I have to be completely uninsured. This is another reason I have not yet tried to obtain a divorce,  as long as I remain married, I am still under his insurance. 
 I am not a lazy person, I exercise and try to keep myself in shape, but I have been so severely depressed that some days I can not even function. I have scoured the internet in hopes of finding some kind of work at home, for an online job.  God help me!  Several months ago….as now,  I was so desperate for a way to make some money that I fell for an internet scam.  It was one of those “Nigerian” scams.  I was very stupid and very naïve, and very desperate.  Desperate people will do stupid stuff, as I well know.  As a result of that scam my bank account was wiped out, along with some of the banks money.  I tried everything to get help.  I called all the Federal offices I could think of.  Secret Service, CIA, FBI, etc., you name it and I called it.  No one would help me.  I understand how being involved might have made me look less than innocent, but I truly did not realize until it was too late.  I was an unknowing participant.  I have always been a very trusting individual and willing to believe that there are honest people in this world.  But, my trust has been betrayed time and again. Just a couple of weeks ago now I was talked into investing money I don’t even have on an internet business that I was promised would earn me quick money. I had one credit card with some credit left on it, now I have none!  Scammed again!!! I am sick to death of all the lies, and untruths that are flooding the internet!!  These people were very smooth and they know just what to say to have you believing them!!  How do these people sleep at night knowing what they do to people!!! I am not a dummy, just way too trusting.
 My trust in our Government to protect its American Citizens against fraud and other unscrupulous acts has been broken.  Our government officials and the politicians who are running this United States Government are all out for themselves, first and foremost.  They sit around giving themselves raises probably with our tax dollars, while people like me are lost in the shuffle of government bureaucracy. 
 Now I find myself in the position of having to beg someone to save me from living in the streets.  I have been living off credit for some months just to survive. Now my credit is shot and I can not obtain a loan, needless to say.  I do at least have a good vehicle, about the only thing I got from my marriage worth anything,  but even it is going to need maintenance soon.  I am praying for a miracle because I am all out of time and money.  I am tired and my spirit is broken, and I am very scared.  I have registered with 2 websites where folks are allowed to “beg for money”.  On one of them I have yet to receive any help, and the other site, I paid for the opportunity to tell my story, they took my money and never did publish the story!! I do at least have this computer and I have been working as a, “chat host”,  for a couple of internet sites. Basically chat hosting means stripping for money. It is NOT what I want to do, but was forced to do to survive!  I do not want to live this way!!! 
 Someone please help me to make my life worth living.  I just want a chance to be someone before its too late for me!!  I have rent due in 2 days, and I do not have the money to pay for it.  God help me!!  Please!!!  If anyone can find it in their heart to help me I know that it could change my life for the better!  Is there anyone out there who really cares????  If there is, please renew my faith, and I will get down on my knee’s and pray to God to bless you, and Thank You All!!!!!

Sincerely,
Jeanie

chell69
Here since: Feb 22, 2008
Female, 38
past cna
fleming, ga
Languages: english
 YOU CAN CHANGE MY LIFE
 
please doesnt seem to be the magic words anymore

my name is candace i am a single 29 year old mom with 4 young kids ages 5 thru 12..we have been through alot this year.we moved to a different town to escape an abusive situation full of drugs and violence...we were doing ok and i was a waitress making it for us..i was recently fired may 23rd.and we are very broke.bills rent and daily needs are not met. i do not qualify for cash assistance and child support comes few and far between.the shut off notices are rollin in and unemployment is only 60 a week due to the waitress wages here.every penny i get is a borrowed one and have no clue when i can pay our way or them back..finding a job is hard when i barely even have bus money..bottom line we need anything and everything right now..3 to 5 grand would put us right where we need to be..please if u can help let me know..i filled out grant forms already and i still havent heard anything...please if you can help us. thank you

Pres. ~Baby James Foundation~
Here since: Jan 6, 2008
Female, 39
SAHM
Ramsey, IL
Languages: English

I am founder and President of Baby James Foundation for children of abuse and their non abusive families.  We are as well trying to pass a law there if you would please read Baby James Story and sign the law here.  Baby James is my stepson who was abused by his biomother that I am working on adopting.  If you would like assistance through the foundation you may also fill out an application which can as well be found on the above link.

I have 3 biological children; Nicholas 20, Megan 16, and a angel son (Justin) who would be 17.  Justin was stillborn at 8 1/2 months along.  I as well concider Baby James mine and he always will be.

I am married to my third husband, James' biofather who means the world to me. 

I am a survivor of sexual, physically and emotionally abused as a child.  I was then abused physically and emotionally with my 2nd husband. 

I enjoy writing poems and working on websites in my free time. I love all animals especially dogs though. 

mekitty1
Here since: Mar 26, 2008
Female, 24
student/mom/caretaker/apprentice
Covina, CA
Languages: English

I am a single mom (well Im not single I have a bf but he's in another state, now so basically all I have is a little emotiional support, which is the only thing keeping me strong) I have 2 great little boys, one suffers from some mental health issues(like me) and the other has Asthma (also from me) Both their Fathers are crap. One more so then the other. I experienced a great deal of abuse from them. I am in and out of the court house constanly fighting for whats best for my kids. Umm anything else you want to know go ahead and ask I'll do my best to answer. Im from cali so, i'll post as many resources as possible for me.

Mary Beth
Here since: Apr 13, 2007
Female, 53
Legal Secretary - unemployed right now but looking hard for employment
Torrance , California, USA
Languages: English
tinytina
Here since: Feb 18, 2008
Female, 39
mother/wife fulltime
Languages: english

Im not even sure what this site is for other than just having people out there who know what im going through. I have spent the last few years wondering if im going to be able to hang on. Im an adult survivor of child abuse and sexual abuse. For most of my life I have been able to maintain, but recently I feel like im comming apart. Im sure most of it is related to the fact that my life latley is so out of control. The economy is so bad right now that the stress level's have reached an all time high. I know im not the only one out here suffering, I just feel like I am.  I was diagnosed with Post Tramatic Stress Syndrome, re-occuring depression, Severe Panic and Anxiety. So with all this going on the lack of money isn't helping. I know what I need to do, and I want to be able to do it, I just cant. And I know what your thinking not with that attitude, but I used to have a great attitude, I just lost it somewhere down the road. My husband is Disabled with a bad Back and Knee, It makes it hard because we are trying to maintain a house and raise 3 kids on his disability pay and it just doesnt work.. I've tried everything. I have tried to work and tried to go to school but I just cant finish anything. I start out great and then fizzle. It gets so bad I get so over whelmed I cant continue I start getting panic attacks and then im done. If anyone can offer suggestions Im open. Anything.

until then Im still hanging in there.

Big Katt
Here since: May 9, 2008
Female, 20
Chilton, Texas
Languages: English

Hey  !! My name is Crystal Coleman I am 20 yrs old and I have two twin boys that are two months old and their names are Trevor & Leland . They are my Life. . To start off. Evey since I was little I was always in a family that did drugs and stayed in trouble I never knew my mom very well because she was in and out of jail, and I finally met my real dad when I turned 18YRS.I grew up with two brothers one is in jail now and has been in jail since he was 16. My little brother in in high school now and it is his senior year. When i was little i was sexual molested by my Uncle.. I felt that i could not tell anyone but when i did i told my Grandparents because they were the one we called mom and dad . When i told them they didnt belive me so the sent me off to live with my aunt here in Texas.. When i moved here i was treated like crap i had to go to school, cook dinner , wash dishes , wash clothes, clean my aunts room and rub her feet in the middle of a a school night . Her thought on school was that it came after what she wanted me to do for her! I belived in school first .. Anyways I finally ran away from her house at the age of 17 , from their i lived from house to house, and went to school. Thats when i met my husband , I fell in love i thought he was the real thing so we got married Oct 28, 2006 , but little did i know that when I said i do i would be put threw Physicaly and Emotional abuse. ( I got married at 18) I just put up with the abuse because i had no family to run to ... When i got married i was still in High School my husband didnt want me to go to school because he thought i would flirt with the boys , and he didnt want me to go on any school trips for all the same reasons.. Well thats when it all strarted the first time he just punched me in the face once and called me many names but I belived that he loved me so I didnt want to leave him.. But i did and when I had no were to turn to or no one to turn to I went back to him ... and the abuse got worse i had just had my gawbladder taken out when he decided to beat me the second time i was on the couch he decided that he wanted me to go to bed with him and i told him i was not ready for bed that i would be in the room in a min , well he didnt like that he followed me to the bath room and beat me in the shower , when he was beating me I went into an asthma attack and and refused to give me my medication. I left him that time for the second time. But as you might know already i went back because i felt in love and i felt that I couldn't live with out him. The third time he beat me he stopped in the middle of the high way and was yelling at me i told him to get out and let me drive because he was driving crazy because a EMS worker waved at me , when he got out of his little blue GMC truck i slidded over to the drivers side and as i was reaching for the door my husband grabed the door and slamed my head and arm in it many times and left me on the side of the road . This time i was determined i was not going back to him my aunt let me move in and while i was at school she also let him move in felt traped so i was with him again.. The Last time he beat me i was pregnate My friend was going to throw a graduation party for me because i had grauated well i was maken glasses for my party that said Senior Class Of 2007 and in the middle of maken a glass my husband asked me a question I didnt understand him so i asked him what he said and he started beating me, little did i know i was pregnant he held me in a conner and beat me and when i tryied to call the cops he took the phone and beat me more and the tore the house phone out of the wall and called his step mom and told her not to let me use the phone... I got out and when i did i went to the hospital and i found out i was pregnant 2 weeks later i was so excited but when i went to the hospital i found out that i was suspost to have triplets but when my husband beat me i lost a child. I was so upset with him, i couldnt figure out why he would beat me so much and just think everything was ok. I stayed away from my husband for 4 months and then i decided i was going to give him one more chance and this time it was not for me it was for the kids.. Well i didnt go threw physical abuse this time it was all emotional abuse this last time and i ended up having my babys earily because of all of stress and stuff he made me do , When i had the kids i thought it would change my kids lived in the hospital for 35 days after they were born i never got to touch my babys when they were born just a little while after they were in the hospital. They had so many cords on them because i had them 2 months earily. I went everyday to see my babys and my husband started getting jelious so i told him he better fix his act because if he didnt that the kids and i was leavin because we didnt have to put up with his crap. When the babys got out it was getting worse he didnt want me to have anything to do with my kids, and remember me telling you that my kids are my world well my kids gave me the strength to leave him for good , I went to a Family Abuse Center for a week now im living with a friend and i am getting a divorce. Every now and then I think mabey I should just go back because it might be easyier to just live with him because I have no car , no money and no house, but you know what  I refuse to go back to him when im breaking down and thinking about going back I listen to music . I Call this a Lesson Learned, and hold my two wonderful boys . Because it was a lesson Learned . I learned the hard way , but alway turn to god even when no one eles is their he is!! God knows what i went threw and he will take care of it at the end!!

NEWCREATION
Here since: Sep 24, 2007
Female, 27
INSURANCE AGENT
TAMPA, Florida, USA
Languages: ENGLISH
WELL I AM FROM JAMAICA IM  27 IN A BAD SITUATION AND REALY DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO IM JUST REALY NEEDING HELP IM A GOOD AND HONEST PERSON AND I BELIEVE THAT ALL THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON AND I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING IM GOING THROUGH TO MAKE ME STRONGER , I REALY JUST NEED HELP . THANKS ,,,,,,BASICLY I HAD A CAR ACCIDENT LOST MY CAR  COULDNT GET TO WORK LOST MY JOB NOW IM LOSING MY HOME I HAVE A 4 YO LITTLE BOY AND I HAVE NO WHEERE TO GO I COULD REALY USE HELP TILL I GET ON MY FEET THE GOOD THING IS AGIRLFREIND HELPED ME OUT SO I JUST GOT A LIITLE CAR SO THAT WILL ASSIT ME WITH FINDING A JOB BUT THERE ISNT MUCH I CAN DO I HAVE NO MONEY SO CHILD CARE IS XED OUT AND I CANT GO TO A PROPPER JOB INTERVIEW WITH MY CHILD AND WE WILL HAVE NO PLACE IN A MATTER OF A COUPLE DAYS ...PLEASE HELP
Dentistry HELP ! Deperately depressed, scared & wanting to curl up & die

Hi, I am Jonathan,rom Southampton UK.  I am a proffesional, sensible but not rich, hard working single guy of 46.  I have reached the point of desperation. I desperately need help to tackle what has now become a mountian I just can't climb on my own.  Not only financially but also because I just don't know how or where to start the road to recovery as I am scared about what I might find out and scared what will need to happen and above all scared of how much it's going to cost.      

 7 Years ago a UK dentist quoted about £4,000 to resolve a problem with my teeth which would at that time have been "corrective" dentistry money I did not have at that time and now would appear to have been the wrong route to take as my propbelm is gum disese.

2 years ago I flew out to Budapest for a dental investigation which resulted in two factors, one that ALL my teeth top and bottom had to come out, that all my gums had to be surgically operated and healed and that I would need to have replacement teeth of some description the first phase was going to cost about £3,000 and after 6 months the replacement teeth something about £2,000 - £3,000 would be needed money again I did not have...  

Further more following a test they carried out, which should have left me clinging to the ceiling... had no effect and they were concerned about other bone problems... and I was advised I should consult my GP  they did not say much more but they were clearly not happy. I had a feeling they were talking about the big 'C'  only because they used the word malignant...

I did see the GP but he wasn't concerend and bottom line that was that and I am still here..... but my teeth have contnued to deterioriate.... I KNOW  I am going to loose the whole lot sooner rather than later and now the private cost in the UK is I am assured heading towards £15,000 I just can't believe whats happenning I don't know how to handle the situation, how to get started and to get the courage to even go.....  let alone the financial implicaitons...  I don't want charity...as although unable to fund the upfront costs I am happy to repay the costs in some way either by working, services or financial repayment.  But above ALL I need a guiding hand to help me through this situation and to support me through what I know is going to be both a painful and petrifying expereince.

If there is anyone out there Organisation, Lady or Man  who can help me through this in every way then I would be very happy to discuss and negotiate with you I am so so scared that as well as the whole teeth and gum thing I may have other things to deal with, what I do know is that my teeth are detiorating terribly badly and I just know one day very soon the first one will simply drop out and then that will be the start of my armagedon..

Whilst I do need some finacial support here and that will be necessary. The support, trust and direction is what I need also. You may be wondering if I have seen a dentist here... until 3 years ago I was regular'ish.. but have become so scared I can't cross the boundary now.

Thank you for taking the time to read this somewhat sad and maybe pathetic screed.. but thats the way it is.. and I have found myself becoming more and more of a reclouse and introverted due to the total lack of confidence the situation is now causing for me. I hope anyone who reads this can see that this is more than just a request for financial support it's a "cry for help"  many thanks

Jonathan.  ( ps.  I have made 2007 the year to take it on )

 

I can't believe I'm doing this---but I'm so scared

My husband and I have had a spiraling downfall with debt.  Yes we both work, we have a car.  No, we don't have children.  Our credit was tarnished severely after moving from NY to VA without research...this was stupid.

Some unexpected cost came up (THE IRS) and the satisfactory payment arrangement is hurting us.  What else could happen next.  we get involved in payday loans.  WRONG!  Paid them off.  But it seems as though the money is there but we don't have any cushion.  When the pay check is in, it goes right out and we have to juggle to see who will get what.

What next?  Surgery.  Yes, there's a payment plan and insurance.  But we just can't get caught up.  Forget about getting a tax return.  Although we adjusted our taxes so that enough comes out, it all goes to the $6,000+ owed.

Two churches have helped and I was soo surprised that anyone would help a working class person.  I thought you had to be completely homeless to get help.  But still, there is no cushion.

Today, my rent is due, car insurance and a car payment.  If I don't have a car, how do we get to work?

I am soooo scared and embarrassed.  I have no one to turn to.

my cry for help

i am a single mother of 4 in pittsburgh,pa. i recently disconnected from my mother(the only family i had) due to her drug use and abuse..i moved into another town with my kids and was doing ok.i was a diner waitress and made ends meet. in may 23-07 i was fired and still have not found work.waitress wage unemployment checks are around $50 a week.i cannot get welfare and child support payments are few and far between. i have not paid june's rent-i am getting shut off notices already and i am stuck..i cannot put my kids back into an abusive home..my only choice may end up being a shelter. my kids are 12,10,7,and 5. i dont want them to endure such pain..please i have applications in all over the place and even if i got a job today by the time i got paid we may not have a home or electric-water-phone-gas ...i feel like 5,000 would get me and my family back on track...please if you can help we would be so grateful...i could maybe try to pay it back little by little...i just need help..thank you and god bless.

airbornevetswife101
Here since: Mar 26, 2008
Female, 32

Goodness, this is so hard. This is such an awesome site, and so many great people helping each other on so many ways..I really have a long story and I truly am not trying to whine, really but oh my Lord times are tough. O.k. I'll just jump right into it so here goes...:)

Married to a U.S. Army Veteran for almost 15 years, (my junior high sweetheart)..Two bright, wonderful, sweet children directly from God. They are 14 and 11. My husband got out of the Army in '97 and went directly to work in the field he is still in today. In 2005 Katrina hit us, and right after that he was laid off from the company he had been with since he got out of the army. The company was forced to close due to too much loss as a result from dear Ms. Katrina. Luckily at the time we had a little savings, but that went so quickly. Family helped as much as they could and he finally was able to get on with a new company doing the same job in 2006, we doggy paddled trying to get out from under the mountain that formed amazingly fast and things were starting to look alot brighter for us by 2007. During this time we were living with his parents, and finally got back into a home of our own in March of '07. Things went smoothly for a little while until a new corporation took over the one he was working under...there were alot of adjustments to make and work slowed down to a snails pace. Our family motto is "Through God all things are possible" and "And this too shall pass". We believe these things like nothing else. In January of this year his company just pulled out without any warning, their home office is in another state and there is no phone number or address in which to find these people. There was no last paycheck, no severance package...no "sorry, tough luck"..nothing..It is amazing how cruel life works sometimes, but we keep fighting the good fight..but we are losing fast. The landlord served a 3 day eviction notice today, I had been able to scrape up the rent for February, but didn't pay until Feb. 28th. We are now late,late, late for March ($600.00)..and going into April :( Another (600.00)....Utilities (500.00)

Total:$1700.00 that hurts just to type that

Now for the second part of our story..On March 5th, my husband had been out job hunting and was on his way home..well about 6 miles from home he ran out of gas on the side of the road. This was at about 7 p.m. He walked part of the way and then a great samaritan stopped and picked him up and brought him home. We thought we would just hop into my car and go right back to pick up the truck..here we go...the battery in my car was dead..no battery charger and none of the neighbors was available to jump us off. So my husband..bless his heart..at 1 a.m. he took off on our son's bike with the gas can in a plastic shopping bag slung over the handle bars.. Rode the 6 miles back to where the truck was and no truck was there..he had left his hazard lights on...left his strobe lights on...put out safety cones ALL around the truck..it was gone! So he rode the bike all the way back home, it is roughly 2:30 a.m. by now. We call the Sherriff's Department "Yessir we had it towed due to the fact that it was obstructing traffic"...just great...all of his tools, equipment..his entire livelyhood is on that truck.......so we call towing company...($120.00 towing fee + $25/day storage). "Can we at least get his work equipment off the truck, so that he may work to pay to get the truck out of storage"???????? "No ma'am, not until you pay all the fees".......By the time we got any amount of money the fees has accumulated so much that we cannot even touch what they want now, which is over $600.00..they are selling his truck April 25th...I guess right along with everything he needs to work.......My grandmother always said "when it rains it pours" I never knew quite what she meant until now. So we keep chugging along, just trying to make lemonade out of all these lemons, but I am so tired. We are both looking for work continuously. The bright side of all this, my babies are still smiling and holding their heads up...God is awesome! I am hoping that someone...somewhere may be able to help us, while we are trying to help ourselves..I have always believed in "doing my good deed for the day", because it always comes back around... be it in a special prayer from someone..a chuckle...a hug..a hand up??? Please if anyone can find it in their hearts to help, I will find any possible way to "pay it forward".

God Bless

DEPERATE SINGLE MOTHER IN FLORIDA NEED A PLACE

I AM PRETTY DESPERATE NOW I AM A  27 YO SINGLE MOTHER I HAD A BAD CAR

ACCIDENT AND LOST MY CAR SO I COULDNT GET TO WORK SO GUESS WHAT I LOST

MY JOB NOW IM BEING EVICTED I HAVE NO FAMILY OUT HERE MY FAM IS IN

JAMAICA. I HAVE A 4 YO LITTLE BOY AND I CANT SEE US STAYING IN A SHELTER

IT WOULD BE TOO SCARY FOR HIM AND MY SELF.  THE GOOD NEWS A FREIND

HELPED ME OUT AND I HAVE A LITTLE CAR NOW AND I AM AN INSURANCE AGENT

SO I CAN GET MANY JOB OFFERS BUT IN ORDER TO DO SO I NEED A PLACE TO \\

TO STAY TILL Y GET BACK ON MY FEET. PLEASE IF YOU CAN HELP ME . IM IN

TAMPA FL 727-564-7216 OR 813-447-6779

I need Help...

i hit a very bad finacial state, my father passed away(he was the only one who would help me) and i truley have no family and no help. i wouldnt be turning to craigslist if i did. im 3days late on my rent already and have no food in my house.(Im an insulin dependant diabetic with no medical insurance) i went to and applied for food stamps and got turned down...apperently i have to have a child b4 i can eat. im trying to become a private investigator and cant even pay that. im not asking for millions of dollars but i truley need help. i have a paypal account that you can send money to. any little bit will help. im at the end of the road and just truely need help. i pray every day for GOD to help me and i know my blessing is on its way. i dont want you to feel sorry for me, i have tried to get a job but no one wants to hire me... i have no true work experience but i have raised my niece and cleaned my whole life. a big problem is i truely have no way of getting around either. i just need some one who is willing to take a chance on me and help. so please email me thru this posting if you feel you can help in any way! thank you so much for taking the time to read this and if you feel you want to help well thank you for even thinking that way cause thats more than any one else has done, even if you cant help me just the thought of you thinking about helping me is blessing enough!!

 

GOD BLESS!

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