I was declared disabled in 2004, a couple of years after the loss of my son.  I have Epilepsy and the multitude of seizures I endured really took a toll on my mind and body.  I now have three beautiful children, all boys (8, 6 and 2 months).  Originally from the midwest but currently living in the south.  I left my house and home a year and a half ago and moved in with the father of my 2 month old, who I met online about five years ago.  He has now decided that he wants to live alone and I am having so much trouble getting fiding a place of my own here.  The cost of living out here is a lot higher than the midwest.  I am having issues even locating a home due to the fact that I only receive disability as an income.  I can do the 2bedroom hotel suite live in thing with all utilities paid but that will only leave me with $76 a month left over.  We all know money can speak louder than words and with the right amount I am sure I can find someplace for us to live.  I would love to own a home but that dream is far fetched as long as I remain ill.  Now I feel stuck between a rock and a hard place because eventually I will not have a stable roof over our heads if I try to stay out here in TX.  I have made a grave mistake by leaving my home to pursue what I had hoped to be a happy family.  No point in crying over spilled milk, we all make mistakes and everything happens for a reason.  Whatever blessings that could be brought my way would be greatly appreciated.  I love my children and if asking for help can help better our situation then I will no longer let my pride stand in the way of that.

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We have found and located a place back in MO.  Thanks to all for the nice comments and prayers.  Now I only need them for one more thing.  The father of my newborn ran off with him in the middle of the night.  Please pray for my family and the safe return of my son.

      I am soon to be 42 years old on September 24th of this year. I am divorced for 4 years now.  I have two children ages 21 and 18.  I was married for 17 years. My history is as brief as I can make it without too much unwanted detail.  I was molested at age 5 and at age 11. I was raped at 17 which was also my first experience "going all the way". The first boyfriend I had after that was physically abusive to me. I moved away after that to Pennsyvania where I live now. My first boyfriend here (also my ex-husband and father of my two children) was emotionally and mentally abusive to me.  I was financially dependent on him and being a child of divorce myself did not want my children to suffer the same as I did so I stayed in the marriage. It was not until one day when my daughter (at that time she was 16years old) told me that "she was not going to be like me when she grew up because her husband will never treat me like dad treats you!" that I realized staying in the marriage was actually hurting my children and causing them to lose respect for me rather than helping them in any way. In a nutshell my life has not been terrific.  My goals are to one day be financially, emotionally and mentally dependent upon myself.  I didn't even file for child support or monetary support for myself after the divorce because throughout our entire marriage all he ever seeemed to truly care about was money. I vowed that I would not take a dime from him and that if he loved it so much then he could just have it all. I was not in any emotional state to care about myself at the time.  All I wanted was to finally be free of his contstant control and criticism. To this day whenever he calls me my entire body just freezes and my blood pressure skyrockets so badly I don't even want to answer the phone.  So as you can imagine I have had a very rough time trying to carve out a new life for myself.  I don't dwell on the past consiously and I try to stay positive, but some where along this road I have been on I developed depression and bi-polar disorder along with several general health problems associated with stress and aging. Carving out a new life once seemed exciting but now its getting harder to see at all.  I have a new man in my life with his own set of problems but he is my best friend and we try to get each other over whatever bridges we encounter.  I hate to ask for help from anyone and just lately I had to ask my father to help me get a car so at least I could go back and forth to my doctors. In the meantime my Bob works every day of the week just to get us by.  We don't have credit card debt, we don't do drugs or drink alcohol and we don't cheat and steal.  We just have a high mortgage due to a refinancing scam that has taken us for virtually every dime we have and our lawyer can't seem to do anything about it.  We have faced getting turned down by other banks and mortgage companies because of this horrible company tacking on bogus charges upon bogus charges. We have tried Chapter 13 Banctruptcy but that does not help much because the house is all that we have and thats all we were trying to do is save our home.  We have 3 kids between us, two of which are going to college soon and my son who suffers from epilepsy and at 18 cannot even drive a car yet. Not only do I have to help myself get better but I have to find ways to get him to work and to his doctors appointments.  We have one large dog that you can't just take anywhere you go.  We can barely feed ourselves because the mortgage is so high. This is a 100 year old farmhouse and it needs so much work that I am afraid it won't even sell to get us out from under this madness.  So much for trying to start a new life, right? Anyhow, I just came upon this sight and decided to let it all out. I hope I haven't offended anyone here. Any help I can get would be greatly appreciated.  All I have to go on right now is my faith in god.  I'll keep praying, but I can't stop the crying. If you got this far in my letter then I thank you for allowing me to vent and I would be grateful even for your prayers.  Thank you, Lisa Simmons

Help me to help Brandi. She is the eldest of my six children and she has Epilepsy. She is the sweetest person you would ever want to meet in your life. She loves tennis and dancing and she wants to be a nurse. This past year she has had several bad episodes which has caused her to be in the hospital several times this year. Each time was from 4 days to a week to two weeks. Our medical insurance is now exausted. We have accumulated a great deal of medical bills because of this. Our plan is to pay the bills off and then get switch to PPO insurance instead of HMO so that she will be able to see the Epilepsy specialist we were referred to. He only accepts PPO. Go figure. Also I would like to focus some much deserved attention on the rest of the children. They have been extreemly supportive of her and us and are like little Samsons. I would like to take them to an amusement park or something like that so that they can just focus on fun for a change.

Now I am currently emloyed full time and I have an interview with the school district for a second job on June 11th. I am usually the one giving assistance instead of asking for it. Even though I would rather be the giver, the truth is I really need the help. So with that said I appreciat all the prayers and help I gan get for her. Thank you and God Bless You All,

Don

P.S. My wife Is a worrier and is really distraught because Brandi ended up going to the hospital on her birthday. So any type of assistance with Birthday stuff or something like that would be appreciated also. Brandi likes stuffed rabbits, books, tennis and music and dance.

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I have two boys ( age 7 and 9 ), my 7 yr old has epilepsy and my 9 yr old has adhd. My (9yr old) has been having emotional problems due to me taking him off the adhd medication, big mistake, but he was taking 9 different pills daily, because he has really bad allergies and asthma. I felt like at the age of nine he shouldn't be on so many meds. Well he really does need the adhd meds after all. We have an appointment to get him started back on them next week.  But due to all the stress this has cause  my son (7yr old) had multiple seizures Sunday. After which my husband left us because of their health problems.  Said he can't deal with having what he called broken children. They aren't broken he is. He left us penniless. I got a job but it barely pays the past due bills. Not even sure if I can fill the gas tank for heat once the propane runs out. If anyone can help us I will repay in February with my tax refund. You don't have to send money. But  if possible, some gifts for the boys would be great. and maybe a tree. I don't have either. Please help. pray for us GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!

I need help with finances. I have arthritis and lupus and am deaf and had to leave my job.I am a single mom supporting my daughter as well as my disabled mom and disabled sister and I get no child support. I have borrowed my friends and family to the max limits. I am behind on everything and desperately need money to pay my bills. Im 3 months behind on the house payment and have used every ounce of savings I had put away.  I have a paypal account (anoraonebay@yahoo.com ) donations can be sent to, anything will help and thanks in advance.

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Thank you so much for your consideration,

UPDATE: I was thinking last nite I needed to be proactive in my own life. I feel like things are just "dead in the water", so to speak. I contacted Voc Rehab, who got me my hearing aids, cuz they said they would help me learn ASL (American Sign Language) too and were supposed to let me know something "soon"...well its been months and months, so I contacted them via email (its Sunday) but have gone one step further and contacted my local community college and enrolled in the ASL training program and I have found I qualify for financial aid and can get my courses free just based on my lack of income, so thats good news. Not so good news is its mid-session now, the courses I need are not offered over summer and that means I have to wait until fall term to get this moving....soooo again, not one to be discouraged, I have emailed the director of the program and asked her if there is anyway I can come "sit in" on any classes or some way to get private instruction so that I can do this sooner...like yesterday. So I am encouraged about this one thing in my life....      I was also thinking that if I go back to school, I still have all these crazy insane amount of credit card bills, medical bills, loans, etc who are knocking down my door....and in fact trying to kick me out of my door, since the house payment is 3 months behind so I checked with welfare....UGH I dunno where all those rumors and myths about folks sitting around "getting rich" off welfare came from....it may happen somewhere, but it aint happening in Mississippi thats for dang sure. On the TANF program, a needy person gets $110 for the first person and then $36 for the 2nd person and $24 for each additional person after that. So for myself and my daughter, we'd get a whopping $146 a month to live on....Im  very very discouraged on this point, because I was hoping that I could go back to school and finish my degree (ASL interpreting) and that would allow me to get a good job. BUT while Im in school full time, I was thinking maybe TANF would be enough to just "get by" and keep the bill collectors at bay until I was able to pay them myself....so much for that plan. Now Im at a loss for my next step.  I have a partial plan for school, but it does not help me keep myself out of jail for defaulting on these loans and it does not keep my utilities on or the house from being reposessed....

Any ideas, help, suggestions, loans, donations, thoughts & prayers, anything is appreciated

i have a disability. i have not worked for over one year. my family has been so supportive. Money is now a big problem. I want to help them the way they have helped me. everyone is running out of money so fast. i have appealed disability twice and now they tell me another year for a hearing. How can me and my family survive? Incredible medical debt, low or no income, there has to be somthing i can do. i thought of going to vocational school to try and develop a new career.  does anyone know how i can get some kind of loan or grant to help me and my family? even money for 7 to 12 months of school could really help. i looked on line many times and most programs i see for helping you find money only want your money.

hope for help. thanx. 

michael

I live in New Mexico am a father of 9 children  I find myself in need of some help the high cost of  lights and gas put me behind on my bills am on disability due to me getting hurt at work five years ago  i have 3 children who has a disorder called NF that have tumors and they get disability as well  I get food Stamps but it does feed us all  I get $496 dollars in stamps the gas bill is due to be cut off on Monday  I owe them $1.486.13  this is for the whole winter  and my lights is $2.253 for the winter  so if there is any one who can help me keep my lights and gas on  I would be so  greatful  for any type of help anyone can give me but I need  help this week  so please email me at       h87410@yahoo.com  i can proof to you I need this help ASAP  any day my lights be cut off  Thank You Henry     

I am 31 years old and was diagnosed in the last 2and1/2 years with multiple disabilities.  The first of wich is arthritis, fibromyalgia, arthralgia, osteoperosis, 2 bulging discs in my back and finally I have to have major brain surgery.  I am asking  from the bottom of my heart, if anybody knows of any organization or donation fund, please let me know.  After my surgery I will be laid up for 6 weeks. We need help with bills PLEASE!!!!!!

I would appreciate any help.

little indian

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I'm writing to you in regards to my brother and his family. He's 45 yrs. old. His mortgage business has closed down. He's in terrible debt. He's epileptic, and over the years has grinded his teeth down to nothing from epilepsy. It would cost thousands to fix them. I'm worried about his health. I just want my brother to smile again and get his self confidence back and his life! Please help my brother and his family.