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.

I am here because I am a young, smart, dedicated mother of 2 very smart loving kids. I have come to a point in my life where the man that I trusted with our lives just decided to leave us with nothing. It is sad because he controlled everything and could care less about me and our kids well being. I have been a stay at home mother and I do not have any unnecessary bills. All I have is rent, utilities, food, car insurance and very little money for anything else. I want to go back to school to make something of myself but there are other things that stand in my way. I need a job but no one here will take a chance on me because I havent worked and I have no experience. I need money for everyday living and it makes it harder when I want to work and go to school and then I need money for a babysitter that I can trust with my kids. I am just so stressed that I cannot provide the things that I need for my kids. I here all the time about people going into debt and well I dont want to do that to myself or my kids. I want to have some stability for themand myself but it seems like I am getting nowhere and well the money that I still have will not last long. I am not sure what I am asking for I just know that I need help. I want to find a job at home but I cant invest the little money that I have. I have sold alot of my things to make more money and well that in itself makes me sad. I just really need something to help me get by. I would really love it if this site is real and well I am not afraid to talk to someone that is real and not looking to add to the stresses that I have. I am just so afraid that my kids will have to see the harsh realities of. I want to give them a roof over there head but I can only afford a few more months and I really dont know what to do. I just dont want them to feel in secure. I want the simple things in life but no one is willing to give me a chance to prove myself to them. Life is hard but it seems to want to keep me down rather than letting me and my family prosper.

 I have a list of things that I "WISH" I could have but then again I am not to lazy to make my wishes come true. I just need some help to be stabel enough to give my kids a home.I live in a small apartment and well to better understand my situation I am pretty much living off of 1500 a month and my rent is more than half that amount. I cant get a deposit for another place and well where I live it is a really reasonable price. My landlord is really nice and understanding but he is also struggling and well with 2 kids and we dont go shopping alot. Me and my kids have all second hand things, we eat canned goods most of the time, and we just spend time together so the good thing is that my kids dont need the fancy things to make them happy. They do want the new things but they know that I cant give it to them because I dont have the money. I would love to give them the nicer things for their birthdays and holidays but I cant sacrifice the money in that way. I am just feel so inadequate at times. I want to give them extra things because they are smart and deserve them but everything is so pricey. We rarely go to mcdonalds and when we go we only get the dollar menu thing and we go where we can get free refills. I mean that is a good thing but to have to explain to my little ones that I cant do more because mommy dont have the resources really makes me depressed. They dont know the things that I have to struggle with and I hope they never know but they see it and ask questions and I have to try and tell them something else that is positive. It becomes torture at times when they see the things that others recieve and how others indulge in the luxuries of life.

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I am really looking forward to making a life with my kids but now I am trying to find some grants that I can apply for so that I can go back to school. I am having a hard time getting a job and finding needed help. I would really love it if people could help me financially but that is a dream in it self. I understand that people dont know if I am real or not but all I can say is that I am and if someone is generous enough to help me out they would be doing a great thing. I would be happy with 5 dollars I mean every little bit helps. I have really changed so much in my life to make a honest life with my kids and it hurts me that I cant give them the things that once had. They understand the situation a little but it still sucks for them because they are so young. I want to give them some security but here in hawaii it is quite difficult. I dont know what can help me but I just really dont want to go in to debt so that is why I am asking for help before we have to suffer more with those things. I am a open person and real as can be. I am not lying and well I hope that a decent person is willing to get to know me and my family enough to see that I am not scamming anyone. I really want grants for schools and I just dont know which ones are legit. But if anyone just wants to help me in monetary things that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading this and I hope that there are generous people out there that would like to help me and my kids in our time of need. I know there are alot out there and i probaly dont have a really hard story but I just dont want my kids to have to suffer a moment of hardships. Please feel free to respond. Thank you again

Hey  !! My name is Crystal Coleman I am 20 yrs old and I have two twin boys that are Five 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!!

Wow - I am glad I found this site.  I was beginning to think that I was the only one tha had the feeling of being in "Hell".  I will try to make this brief.  When my 19 year old son decided that he wanted to move home and go to college I was estatic.  He had been headed down the wrong path several years ago and decided to move out at 17.  I knew that he was smart and eventually would get his head on straight.

 But that decision has changed my whole life.  My husband "not my son's father", said that he could not move in with us and in fact that he would not be able to ever step foot in the house again.  So....... What would any mother do ?

 In the last 4 months.... 

1) I have gotten divorced from a 10 year marraige.  That I thought was good.

2) Moved from a home that I had built 3 years ago after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. We moved with our clothes and air mattresses. Nothing that that was in my old house could fit in a small apartment.

3) My 19 year old son entered rehab (Which has turned out to be a GREAT thing). But he is now living in a sober living facility and his income is going to pay his rent & food.

4) My 15 year old daughter has an emotional breakdown and was hospitalized.

5) ***** Removed for safety reasons ******

6) Just when I thought things were looking up I was robbed.  While my daughter and I were in the apartment.

How much can 1 person take !!!!!!!  It has been so emotionally & finacially draining.  I have had so many medical bills that I am behind in everything else.  If I do not come up with 725.00 for power by Friday we will now be living in the dark.

I do not know what to do. I have never been put in this position before.  We are eating Ramen Noodles for dinner and when there is a birthday party at work that is when I get to have some lunch. And I am worried that all this stress will hurt my health.  I am so far a survivor of cancer and hope to remain so, but I am still worried.

If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it or at least keep me in your prayers !!!!! 

Natalie

I am a divorced single parent looking for grants or help to purchase a home.  I work full-time and need help since the housing market has gone up so high I am unable to purchase.  Does anyone know of some grants or funding somewhere that can help me.  Thank you in advance for all your time and help.

A week and a half ago, my husband of almost six years left without notice.  I am working, but not making nearly enough to cover my expenses.  I found out after he left that my husband had not been paying the bills and have started getting shut off notices for water and electric.  State aid is impossible for me to get, I cannot meet their requirements without quitting the work that I'm doing which is what will enable me to pay the rent and continue paying the bills!  I have a nine year old son that I have to take care of.  I need $1600 to catch everything up so that we don't lose everything.

Hi, my name is Kerry and I have 4 daughters.  They are 4, 6, 6 and 16.  About a year and a half ago, I left an abusive marrage to try to make a better life for me and my girls.  Things have been pretty rocky since then.  My ex is refusing to let me go and refuses to sign any of the paperwork.  He is trying to get custody of the girls and calls children's services on me all the time.  (The ladies from there are WONDERFUL!  I have nothing but good things to say about them, and they have always quickly closed the cases, but it is a horrible abuse of the system on his part and keeps them overworked and is a form of harrassment). 

 Anyway... I work two jobs.  One in the morning and one in the afternoon so that I can get my twins from school and take them to the daycare.  This also allows me to take them to the councelor's apointments and lets be be availible to go to the school when one of them is throwing a temper tantrum (hey.. Daddy throws things when he's mad, why can't I?).  Anyway, this means that I currently don't have health insurance.  I take a drug called effexor for Fibomyalgia (which is a disease that causes chronic pain).  It is $140/month at half the dose I'm supposed to be taking. 

I've never been in the position of not being able to give my children something for Chirstmas.  I don't have any family (my Mom died 2 years ago) and I dont' have any credit cards.  I do make fairly good money and their Dad is currently working and paying child support, but at the moment, I have to pay my lawyer, and the court appointed Gaurdian and every time he calls Children's Services or some other authority on me, it costs over $1,000 for me to clear my name and pay everyone to investigate something that didn't need to be investigated.  (sigh)   

I'd like to give them some art supplies this year.. we color and paint and craft all the time.  If anyone has some extra art supplies, material or yarn, would you consider donating them to us for their Christmas?  

Thanks for your kind thoughts,

Blessings,

Kerry 

Right now I am in the process of getting divorced from my wife, the problem is that she had been cheating on me and running up bills for the last 8 months. Now I did get majority custody of our 1 yr old son, but just trying to keep up with all the bill is driving me nuts. We had a vw restoration business going, and as soon as she decided to leave, she cut off the website and phone line to it. I restarted the business under a different name and number again this January, but now havent been able to get into the shop because she reported me to the California BAR and they want 200 bucks for a permit. On top of that when she left she cleaned out the bank accounts for the cool sum of 12,000. and left me with .99 cents in the account exactly. She has told me that she is going to do her best to ruin me and right now she is achieving her goal. I cant get a loan due to the bills she ran up, so this is sort of my last hurrah. I was on the internet looking to see what kind of miracle I could find and saw this link. So for anybody that has ever been through what Im going through right now, you know how it is when you are so desparate that your willing to do just about anything. I have tried to reason with my ex and explain to her that the better I do in life the better it is for our son, but she doesnt care, already moved in with her new guy and is having the time of her life. Well any questions I will answer and will appreciate any kind of help anybody can give me. Thanks and God Bless You.

Daniel

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. 

Hello, my name is Barbara D. and I am in desperate need to save my daughter. The situation is that because I do not have the financial resource to fight a child custody with proper legal representation, my daughter contiunes to live with an abusive/negletful father. My child has already recieved a black eye at the age of 4 from her father, the court refuses to listen. My case has turned into such a mess, some of it due to the fact I was acting pro se. I have contacted many attorney(well over 100) to help me, but only results in them wanting to get paid. I have found an attorney who is willing to help me at the very least to get me off supervised visitations with my daughter. I was place on supervised visits without a hearing and a result of my reporting what I thought was best. To report to the court what had occurred to my daughter. I have never been accused or even alledge of neglect or harmful to my daughter. Please I am asking for help..... Should you have any questions I am willing to provide documents(proof) of all that I am saying...

Thank you

Hello, I am not looking for a miracle as i have lost faith there is such a thing. All i ask is that you look within the kindness of your heart and help me save my home from forclosure. I am going through a very nasty, unhappy divorce and my spouse refuses to pay any of our outstanding bills or our $2500 per month mortgage. i am currently Ill and cannot work or afford to come up with the shortfall,  I need ti raise as much money as i can as soon as possible or else i will be forced out into the street. This divorce is devestating and my spouse refuses to help. They want me to fail as punishment for the divorce. Please, any amount of money you can offer woud be greatly appreciated.

Could some one direct me to find help?

Two weeks ago my husband was arrested for planning and meeting who he thought was a twelve year old little girl for sex, while having our three year old in the back seat. He now is in Jail and has no job.

He will have to stay there.

I will not allow him to come cack to our home afterwards but I am lost for the direction  I am heading for with these children.

After he was arrested and I learned they were taking his vehicle along with our whole computer and personal belongings in the vehicle, for good.....then I learned I am having twin boys.

So I now am dealing with a three year old that has oral difficulties/handicaps, my job and a very sick husband who is useless. I don't even have parents or inlaws that will help...well a father-in-law who is too busy and won't help.

Along with a pile of bills and the inevitable loss of my small home in Wayne NJ.

Could anyone tell me if there are any organizations that could help me and these three babies?

I am so scared and alone and am lost for answers.

I want to be happy for the twins who will be born soon but I am just so sad and can't be happy.

This story is easily verifyable...due to the horrible newspapers who have printed our address along with the name in the papers.

This is so unbarable and I plead with anyone who can direct me in the right direction. My twins are due in about three monthes and I am very scared of how I am going to be able to care for them.

I never knew I was married to a child molester....how could this happen to me after ten years of marriage.

Even a company who could help out with diapers or anything.

Thank You.

Kandice

I am 40 years old and live in a small-ish town where I was born.  I was raised by good parents and always looked forward to being an adult and living my dreams.

I have an education and am always doing any temp job I can find.

My problem area is in the men I have met, specifically my husband.  This has been my only marriage and I truly thought it would be for life ~ I was determined to never get a divorce.  I have countless books about how to save a marriage, understand your alcoholic spouce etc but I finally realized I was with someone who didn't have a good heart and nothing I could do could make him that way.

I sell items online ~ toys or clothes we no longer can use but it only brings in a small amount.  I have been looking for work but haven't landed a job yet ~ this area is harder unless you're an engineer or nurse, it seems.  I look forward to moving to a larger area so we can start our life over ~ I pray that my husband does not try to follow us or hurt me and need to get a will in case something does happen to me.

If there is anything you would like to know about me, feel free to contact me ~

I sincerely believe in the power of prayer.  Always have and always will.  I have rarely asked for anything like this, but since we're all here to help each other, I would like to ask those who are inclined to add me to their prayers, me and my family, so that our needs will be met and our prayers answered, for a secure home and the answers to the problems we face.  I will add you to my list as well, all of you here, and hope that your prayers will be answered as well.  I have often reminded myself that the words to the old Garth Brooks tune "Unanswered Prayers" sometimes holds true, some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. 

In my case, the things I pray for are my health and the health of my children and extended family.  I am facing some very difficult financial times right now and I am scared.  I admit that I am scared and ask for the guidance of those who have been there and made it through.  I am a full time college student, divorced mom of 4 kids and a newly disabled person, struggling to make it on child support and limited assistance.  I was turned down by SSI as "not disabled enough".  I have met people less disabled than I who are on the program.  I'm in a wheelchair and despite all my efforts this year my health has declined and my job prospects dwindled to the point where I cannot even get a job as a babysitter, and I have 30 years experience and excellent references!  I have experience with disabled children as well as my kids have disabilities too.  I would love the SSI people who decided I am not disabled enough to find me a job I can do!!  They said they could not do that, it was not a service they perform.  Ok, why not? 

I keep saying if I ever won the lottery I would make life so much easier for those who have helped me in life and those who I could help in some way.  My parents and I have always teased about how we'd help so many people there would barely be enough left to dig us all out of our own problems. Trouble is, you need money to play and I cannot spare the buck to play!  Oh well, keeps me from wasting money, right?  Does anyone have any suggestions for budget cutters?  I get help from the food bank, we do not waste money on bingo, renting movies, gambling, smoking, drinking, fast food, soda pop, expensive clothes or anything wasteful.  I shop at the salvation army store, the kids love it, they know mom can buy a whole lot more than I could at walmart.  I cook large meals but use them for several feedings, lunches the next day or dinners I can store in the freezer and rewarm quickly.  I shop the dollar stores for household needs, buy in bulk when I can, I even cut all our hair myself.  I haven't worn makeup in years!  I look for bargains everywhere all the time.  I am going to school full time via computer, which saves on transportation costs and clothing, meals and so on.  Am I missing anything anywhere?  Yes we carpool and plan outings, since I cannot drive we have to ask for rides everywhere. 

Can anyone think of anything?  I have seen some sites where people can beg for financial help, and that's ok, I don't begrudge anyone who does, Lord knows I've considered it at points in my life.  That would be a miracle if anything like that ever happened to me, but any help I got would have to be in the form of pay-it-forward, because that is the way I was raised.  I would prefer to ask for prayers, they're much easier for people to find it in their hearts to give.  Please drop me a line and make a suggestion if you think of something I'm not doing.  And I will include everyone here in my prayers, and hope you will think of me and my kids during yours.  Thank you and God bless! 

Hi,

I am a mom to 2 daughters who are not in school yet.  I would add a pic but afraid someone my husband knows would see this and then I would be in deep trouble.

I am 39 years old and have been married almost 7 years.  When I married my husband, I was so happy and had only the highest hopes for our family.

A few months after we married, I discovered he has a drinking and gambling problem.  He subsequently became very abusive towards us.  It became physical during my 2nd pregnancy.  I have been working on "fixing" our marriage for years but have finally realized he does not have a good heart and nothing I can do will help.

I am afraid he will kill me when I try to leave but know it's our only chance at a safe future... I am also very concerned about his overtly-sexual behavior towards our daughters. 

He has control over all the money ~ he would never put my name on the bank accounts and won't even let me see what we have in the bank.  I make small amounts of money from odd jobs and am looking for more secure employment.

I know that I need to leave but I have no money.  I need an attorney and a small amount to reloacte if necessary.  I'm worried about the attorney most of all because he has told me repeatedly that if I try to leave him, he will ruin me and take the children.  I believe he will try because he has destroyed my property out of anger when I don't do what he wants.

If anyone could help my children and I, I would be forever grateful and am willing to do whatever it takes to get my children into a safe and stable home.

thank you so much ~

mom24gr8kids

Hello.  I am a 29 year old mother of a 6 month old daughter.  My husband and i are going through a divorce.  This divorce came out of the blue for me.  The reason i am seeking some help is this: while i was pregnant i continued to work overtime to help bring in a little extra money to pay the bills.  what i didn't know was that my husband had taken my credit card and racked up 12,000 dollars of debt on it, gambled away approximately 15,000 dollars, stopped paying the mortgage and other bills,  and took out a loan in my name, all without my knowing!!!  i only found out when our baby was 2 months old.  I ended up being forced back to work much earlier than planned to try to get us out of the financial mess he'd put us in.  i gave up so much to help us out and he repays me by wanting a divorce.  My credit score is the lowest a person can have and i did nothing to contribute to it getting that way!  i can't even afford a good lawyer and i 'm so afraid i'll get stuck with all the debt while he gets off "scot free".  i just need about 500 dollars for an attorney.  i want to be able to provide for my daughter after this hell is over.  i'm so stupid for letting him take advantage of me like this, but i did get one good thing... my beautiful daughter.  thank you for your time.

The last 5 years have been bad mostly over money issues. I am an IT consultant but the industry hasn't been good since Y2K but things are picking up as these computers get older and need replaced.  My car got reposed last fall so we only had one car and not enough money to get a second one. With the divorce (it would have been 24 years) that leaves me with no car, no cell and no internet access (which is a requirement to get the little work I have gotten) the friend who is letting me stay with him, this is short term and after a week well, nice guy but I have to get out of there he only uses a cell so I'm stuck there all day with no communication which means no work. We live in the country so the work is all in the city and there is no public transportation.  I can verify all this and it is by no means a scam.

I just didn't know what else to do and I found this site so I have to try. She was gone so I got the day to use (my) computer if your wondering. I've always shared what I have and will certainly give back.

I have alot to offer if I can just find my way back to a level playing field.

Thanks for your time.

Email is the best way to get me right now:litetrip@hotmail.com 

I've been through two divorces and have a lot more debt that I can handle right now.  I need some help to get at least a little bit ahead of the game and pay down some of this debt.

Anything helps, but I need around $5000.00 to make things where I can afford to live like a normal person.

How to Help? Please send anything you can to using Paypal  bkearan @ yahoo . com  (no spaces)

I want to pay off high-interest loans, pay off and close out a few credit cards, make a couple badly needed repairs on my car and put a little emergency cash back.

I pledge that IF Aidpage works for me in whittling my debt down, I will return and help others as I can.

I think this is a great opportunity to do some good in the world.  Even just donating $5.00 each month or each paycheck to a worthy individual on here would make a world of difference in people's lives.  Help people like me get over a bad spot and encourage more community.

I am a single mom in the midst of an ugly custody battle / divorce. My (ex)husband is self-employed, has been lying about how much money he makes and is trying to prevent me from moving out of state with our son. My goal is not to take my son away from his father, but seeing how he was witness to a verbally abusive relationship, I feel that moving closer to my parents and family would be beneficial to both me and my son.

Lawyers are expensive, as well as the fact that I've had to hire a forensic accountant to try to establish the value of my husband's business in order for me to get any support from him at all. I have a great job, but my ex is claiming that somehow I owe him money through all of this.

He filed for a divorce in July and although it seems like this battle will drag on forever, I know my finances won't sustain me. I am asking for anyone's support (emotional, or otherwise) and words of encouragement from anyone who has been in the same or a similar situation.

A good friend of mine is risking losing her two children if she doesn't secure a good lawyer very soon.  She was mostly a stay at home mother and has very little income now, however, once the divorce is final she would be able to pay off a loan if necessary (she would be receiving half of the assets).  However, most importantly, she risks losing her kids because her husband has the upper hand, with more money, influence, and family.  She married into a religious family that frowns on divorce, despite the abuse she suffered. 

If you can help, just even a little, I would appreciate it greatly.  Her name is Loni Bodine and her two kids are Laney and Brett.  Please help.

Tara Shochat

Here is the link to the paypal donation site I set up for her:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=tshochat%40gmail%2ecom&item_name=Loni%20Bodine&no_shipping=2&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8

Hello, I see that so many people need help and I feel for them.  I also have a problem.  I am a 57 yo female.  I am Bi-Polar and therefore am disabled and on SSI.  My husband of 21 years recently told me he wants a divorce.  He had met a girl online and they are talking "I Love You" and more twice a day.  He originally told me he would give me money to move to Texas and some alimony.  Today he says he doesn't know how he can do that because his company  may be closing.  I have checked with Legal Aid and they aren't available to talk to anyone till end of January.  I went to Section 8 housing but they are booked up one year  ahead now and don't supply housing for emergencies.  I desparately need some money and people (able willing bodies) to help me move and rent a truck.  He isn't taking anything he says so have a whole house and garage full of stuff and don't know how to get rid of some of it in winter time.  I would have to move to a 1 bedroom so would have no place for all this stuff.  I also need money for the deposit on the apartment and deposits on utilities.  My car has an oil leak and the windshield is crack all the way across the windshield and won't pass inspection.  I also need enough rent and utility money until I can find a part-time job.  I can only make $700.00 max per month and have to find only a very low paying job but will have to figure out how to survive on that.  Would also like to have $5,000.00 more to pay part of car loan and credit card down which he had said he would do but now says he can't.  A job I can do from home would be greatly appreciated too.  If anyone knows of a ligitament job that can be done from home please let me know.  I only have a month to do all this and come up with money.  I pray to God constantly for help.  I heard about this site and thought I'd give it a try.  I am always helping others but when I need help no one seems to be offering.  Thank you for reading my post and I would appreciate any help no matter how small.  Thank you. Sandy

My name is Stephanie and I am in a real bind this month. My husband left me for another woman, I lost my job, and I can't pay my rent this month. I am 35 years old and don't know where to turn. I never thought I would see myself in this position. I am so afraid that I will get evicted and I have no place to go. This is the first time I have been on this sight, so I hope I am doing what I am supposed to be doing. I am devastated that my husband left me. We don't have any children, but I can't reach him to help me because he changed his number and I can't get it. He lives in another town about an hour and a half away and don't have gas to get there. I don't really want to go because he has already moved her in. I moved here in Feb. and this is the first time I have had problems, so if anyone can let me know how to get some help I woud apprciate it greatly. My husbamd has filed for divorce but it is not final yet. Thank you, Stephanie

I am a 31yr old recently divorced mom of 3 kids. i was in a marriage for 12 yrs., and because of his disposition as a husband my kids and i have been thrust into a sandstorm and i'm trying desperately to feel my way through. i don' know who to talk to or where to turn. my greatest fear is because of my financial unstableness my children and i will suffer for something that i virtually had no control over. i'm lost and dont know what to do. i look at my kids everyday and my heart breaks even more.i want to give my kids the world they deserve it,they're good kids and dont deserve to go through this storm.pls help......lost,confused, and anxious to start living.