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About me? Well, I'm starting my life over again and it is scary. I'm doing the best with what very little I have been left with and working hard to be independent again.

I have two wonderful children. (the only good thing I got from my marriage) One is on his own and so brilliant working with a major computer company. And my youngest is going to college and working toward her own goals of becoming an entrepreneur. They have become amazing adults and I know there is more to come from them both. I'm very proud of them both!

I hate asking for help, but there comes a time when we all have to give in and let others do what they can for us. I'm afraid I'm at that point :( I hate the fact that I have to depend on my parents when it is time for me to be taking care of them. I hate the fact that I have to come on here and ask strangers to help me financially, but I am desperate - and grateful that this is here to help people like me who find we are at a dead end and need help out.

I had cancer a few years back, it put a stop on everything it seems. I am totally cancer free today :D and trying to get this body back into it's pre-cancer shape lol. My goal is to be completely healthy before I turn 50. It's hard when you dont have the money to buy good food and fill up on carbs to make it through the day. But someday it will all come together and I will be who I should be again.

I live in a small house that is totally falling down. My husband did not take care of the place, he hated doing any kind of work on the house, so now it's up to me to try to find the money to fix the things that have fallen apart. I like doing the work but hate doing it alone, I like to have someone by my side when I do remodel or repair work. And believe me there is a lot to be done here. It seems I am always trying to find money to fix something. I have a bathroom that is totally ruined - the floor is falling in cuz of his crappy plumbing job - so I just keep the door closed hoping some day I can get it fixed. (and yes I do have a 2nd bath)

I have cats and dogs. After the cancer everyone wanted to make me happy so I got puppies and kittens. I guess I needed that unconditional love since my husband had emotionally abandoned me at that time. I love each and everyone, but sometimes I find them totally exhausting. But they are my responsibility (and I love them) and I gladly take care of my responsibilities. 

I am desperately trying to get myself independent and get a job. I have found that being a mother and taking care of a home and family for 25 years does not count for much when you suddenly find yourself needing to be the sole support for that home and family. But I would not trade one second of it. I just wish that somehow I could transfer all this knowledge into a degree or an awesome paying job so I can be self supporting.

I hate to ask for money from people but I am at that point in my life where I need to. It makes me cry to think that I now depend on charity from others. I will get my life together and I will repay each and everyone who has helped me through this crisis I am going through. I was just thinking, cancer was not this hard lmao. I guess I felt I had no control over cancer and I cant stop thinking I should have more control over this.

I am just hoping that the kindness of strangers and perhaps the network of people on this blog will see that I am a good person, that I am reliable and intelligent and that I can do anything. Perhaps someone out there can not just help me through the financial problems I am having at the moment but help me get my independence back through an awesome paying job.

Thank you for reading this.

(is it obvious I love to talk? LOL)

I am the mother of 4, ages 9-18.

For the last 10 years of my 27 year marriage, my husband drank alcoholically.  Especially nightmarish for me because I grew up with an alcoholic dad, never would have married an alcoholic let alone have 4 kids by him.  He started drinking when I was pregnant with our 4th.

He has been 5 months sober and has turned his rage on me.  Everything is my fault, our financial situation (not good), the kids anger towards him, even the fact that he drank in the first place. 

This morning he announced to me that he is going to force me to sell our house and divorce.  We rebuilt this house about 5 years ago, I put blood, sweat and tears into this house.  Have lived here 20 years.  But worse...

I have no regular income.  Have tried to be a real estate agent for the last 1 1/2 years (after staying at home with the kids for 16 years).  I knew it was a tough time in real estate but I also knew that it had the potential to one day make decent income, especially for someone who has been out of the job market for so long.  I also liked the flexible hours so that I could be here for the kids when needed.

I have made barely enough money to cover the costs of this business.  I have been looking for other jobs but I live in NJ, one of the most costly states to live and there's very little there, certainly not enough to pay rent or get a mortgage.

 We are luckier than most, our mortgage isn't yet upside down but he doesn't make enough to support one household, let alone two.

 Anybody out there have a job for a very intelligent, quick learning middle aged mom of 4?  I worked for a number of years in a human resources department at a school/special hospital and for a few years as a research analyst for a defense contractor.  Not sure I would desire to go back to either field but I also know that I really can't be picky at this point.  I love learning new things and usually pick up new skills very quickly.

I would love to use my RE license, I really do love this business and it breaks my heart to have to leave it but I need something that will supply steady income and this isn't working out that way.

There are so many of us that need at least a little help, nice to know I'm not the only one pulling my heart out from the stress and trying to fight off the sadness of it all.

I have a lot of bills, a lot of debt, a couple health problems, no job, no health insurance, no prospects. I've applied for half a dozen jobs this past month, scored on a couple interviews but nothing panned out. Pet sitting has helped me with the bare essentials but that is pretty dead-end and not enough to reduce my debts or get ahead.

If there were some type of scam-free grant that could allow me to go to college, or to find a place that I could go that would ensure me a job, that would be an answer to my wishes. I don't understand how to write a grant, if I did I would have already tried that, kudos to those that can!

for the last 4 weeks my car has not run & don't know what is wrong with it & nobody else knows except for a mechanic & right now I can not afford a mechanic, even just to tell me what's wrong with it cause they're gonna charge me for a diagnosis , i have a part part time job in which I only get 20-25 hours a month if I am lucky & I need a car so I can look for work.

    I don't know what kind of assistance you provide, but my finances is in dire straits I need a fincial boost just to get me out of this situation I am in., if you can provide me some names for assistance as in recieving a donated car & assistance for my finances & slao assistance for a place of my own, which I am ashamed to say I am 35 years old & have never had my own place right now I live with an uncle & I owe him bigtime & he keeps hinting for me to leave but it's kinda hard when you don't have money or a car, so please if you can help I appreciate it.

   also I have bounced around from job to job , in the last 4 years I have had at least 8 or 10 jobs , just bad decisions on my part & I have paid for it since

my name is vickie i have 8 years sober and i was just offered a job at la frontera as a recovery support specialist i work hard and my recovery they offered the job i have a ticket that i need to clear up before aug to accept job judge will let me get my license  i need to pay fine no insurace back in 1999 i have 200.00 need 200.00 more i will pay it back ill be making 11.00 a hour b right now im on social security 56 yrs old and need to work i can [pay back  with this check aug 3   i just need to clear this up befor aug 2  please help i will back and intrest if necessary i need this job i can help other and it will continue to help me help give me a chance  momzr 4 real 53@yahoo.com

I'm only 17, my dad died in 2005 and my mom wants nothing to do with me :( I moved to a foster family but they were really terrible to me and the social services treated me like a baby. Now I live with my mom again, except not really, cause she took my key and she'll only let me in at home when she's in a good mood ( not very often ). I need a job now so I can get my own place and go back to school and get myself a future, but it's pretty impossible when you're only 17 and don't have any education. But I'm almost 18 and when I'm 18 I better have a job and some cash or else I'm dead.

I'm in Sweden btw. And it's kinda late her, so I'm gonna stop typing now. I'm really sleepy and the internet cafe I'm at is closing up. I'm off to my friends place...

But does anyone have anything helpful to say maybe? Thanks...

I'm a 24 year old newly single mom who just fleed from a domestic violent relationship that I just couldn't take anymore. It was more verbal than physical, but I am really broken because of it. I have to be strong for the baby, but I am hurting bad. I was a stay at home mom so I have absolutely nothing to help me get on my feet. And he knows this. I came back to Florida because it, but I am sleeping on a tile floor with a couple pillows and a blanket at my moms project home. I'm not suppose to be here because she is on a government housing program. So, I could be on the streets at any given moment. On top of that she is a major drug addict and I really don't wana be here. I'm getting assistance with food so that's a blessing. I'm trying real hard to get on my feet so this could turn out to be a success story. I went to school for dental assisting so hopefully I find a good job with that soon. I'll be praying for me and my baby if no one else does.

I am a single father of a 16 year old son. I've been going through a divorce since December. My son has lived with me since he was one year old. His mother was never a big part of his life.

In 2007 I left my job of 10 years due to health problems.

I remarried in August 2009. It has been nothing but heartache.

Currently I'm in need of help paying my rent.

Last week my van broke down on me and it took all of my rent money to have it fixed.

My current job doesn't pay all the bills and the job market isn't what it was in years past.

So....it's been an uphill struggle to right this ship.

i am out of work construction worker. I have skills ln sheet rocking,tile work,framing,brick mason,general carpentry. If any one can help find work. please contact. rent due. thanks so much.

Who ever thinks they will end up here.  I just need a job, and am willing to relocate me and my daughter to get one.  Rent is due today and I have half of it, I will get the rest somewhere, this i have faith in.  My worries are my daughter, she is 15, I want to make sure that she always has what she needs.  Christmas is 11 days away and I can't seem to get into the spirit this year.  I have already sold all of my jewelry and anything that is of value.  We live off of and need only the bare nessessities, I read all these posts and want to help everyone, that is what I used to be able to do, what happens?  what on earth happened to this country.  I have applied to every place that would take an app, there is just no work if you do not have a major degree.  I have a vehicle for now, and can get to work, If anyone needs someone to do anything, please let me know.  Thank you, and God Bless everyone here, reading and posting, I wish you all the very very best.

NEED money to move im disabled and still after 3 years waiting for social security to do what is right i was a marine for six years and for 17 years i worked and paid in social security and i was over 35 grand and paid in about 2600 a year to them. and my back is broke and i had to go on medicaid because my wife and i went through our savings and then some and now they cut us off because and my wife makes over 2200 mo for a family of five also apperently your just suppose to have the card not use also of to much asistants we lost will sold our house and had to move with the in-laws im 46  and she is a cna i dont know what this site is put we need to get out of this place we want to go back to pittsburgh pa but i really dont know what this site dose i just google it and this what i got

I am having a really hard time finding work I had a small bussiness and it went under so I have lost everything about to lose my apartmentif I don't pay my rent by this coming up saturday 08/15/09 I need some help can someone please help me?

I am a mother of three kids with a genetic bone marrow failure disease and immune defiency disease. We, my husband and I were told at Mayo our daughter had another disease that was not genetic even though we are both in the health care filed and thought our oldest seemed ill as well. Then we had our third child, a son like my oldest and he was born with neutropenia, lack of while blood cells to kill bacteria. This was tramatic as we then knew our oldest had to have it and traveled to get a diagnosis which Shwachman-Daimond and undiagnosed immune disease is as close as we have gotten. They are horrible disease with many health issues ranging from bad teeth to bone abnormalities and organ involvement to lifethreatning infections and Acute Myloid Leukemia or Aplastic Anemia. We moved away from our home to be close to Duke so my daughter could have a transplant. None of the doctors have ever made much sence and change their minds daily. We did finally find a good man who is helping these rare kids with this rare disease that honestly, they pretend to know but do not. At least we are fortunate to get the best care we can right now at the best place but concerns with overwhelming medical costs and my husband losing his job are present. I would like to give hope to those who so need it as I happened upon this site looking for aid with braces. God has been so faithful to our family. Sometimes, it can feel like no one cares but He does care. Why does He allow us to suffer? He suffered greatly for us and why should He have. I know it can be little comfort but from a family who has been through so much as there is a whole lot more to our story than just this, we have found fellow man and God to bring us great comfort and help. My husband and I have often thought, why do so few have so much and so many have so little. There are many ways to look at this and for us, our JOY, is in our hearts and minds and nobody can take that away. Our kids are here with us know and that is an amazing gift that comes daily. When we start to feel sorry for ourselves, as everyone does, e think of those in third world countries with illness and pain and suffering and of war. It's all how you look at it, it's all in the mind!

Hello,

I am writing to see if its true that someone can help you get a car? I lost my job eight months ago, and have four children, one who is very sick. I need a reliable car to go to his many appts. He has had a heart transplant, C.F. and he has seizures. I am constantly going to doc appts for him. I just dont know what else to do. Thank you and God Bless

I am eighteen jobless and as of four months ago, motherless. I'm frightened because the Job market has been so bad, people with more experience get the job before I do. I cannot afford to eat, pay rent, and put myself through school on my own and yet I am forced to do it. I can no longer live where i am living because the people want more money than I can afford and are actively trying to make me uncomfortable so that I would mover sooner than the amount of money they took from me pays for in rent. Does anyone have anything or any suggestions for me? Please send up a prayer on my behalf. Thank-you

Need money to help daughter to come back home and get her a place to live.

Hello, PLease dont judge but I got put in jail one month ago for not following up in court and showing I paid fines, which I did. In that time I fell behind on rent and all bills. I only served 10 days, but lost my job. I also lost my children to CPS. So now I am actively trying to find employment without any success. I have managed to catch up on my water and electric by selling most of my belongings, but now I realize I should've paid my rent first.  So if anyone out can help me or know of any resources, please enlighten me. I need to pay an attorney for representation, catch up on now two months rent as well as other bills. Please I am desperate and drowning, HELP!! I also have let my nursing license lapse and need to find money or services that would assist me getting it back.