Here is my story. I am a 40-year old working mother of two children. I work two jobs and go to school full-time. I got divorced after eighteen years of marriage three years ago. I was never rich, but with two incomes it was a lot easier to make the bills. When I got divorced it limited the jobs I could take, since I couldn't travel any longer. This also limited my income. I got another job and went back to school. This is where the help part comes in. I don't make much money even working both jobs. I do get child support but even with that the ends aren't meeting. I can't get help from Social Services, they say I make too much and I am working ($20,000 a year is not enough). I will have to give up school (I just can't afford it) if I don't find a way to pay some of my bills off and pay for the classes. I read about a woman who went out on the internet and asked people to help her pay her credit card (which...by the way...I don't have any credit cards) bills and they did. So I am trying to get some help for myself and my family the same way. I live in a small two bedroom apartment that was furnished by Goodwill (yeah...I love that place). All my clothes and my children's clothes are purchased through the same.
Now I will give you the background on my marriage and family history. My ex-husband started using a lot of drugs and got my oldest daughter into them. It took me over a year to get her off them again. I live in a community property state so when we divorced we split the bills (all of which were in my name). He has not been paying on his part and they are way overdue and my credit is shot. I also have to pay the bills, since they are in my name. If I don't make payments on them, they garnish my already meager wages (found that out the hard way). Even knowing this, he does not pay them. He is supposed to pay 1/2 the medical and school bills, but again, he does not. When asking the court, they stated I could take him back to court. That works out great, except I still don't get the money from him. They can hold him in contempt but again...no money when in jail. I was the one who asked for the divorce after his girlfriend and her kids started to move in with us (which by the way are also felons). After this, my oldest daughter was drugged and raped. I won't go into how much that cost with counseling and medical bills. I had kids to think about and did not want that around them, so I left. I got my house foreclosed and almost lost my car (thank you for the help you gave me mother...I do truly love you for that and so much more). My family has helped me as much as they can and tell me I am killing myself with the hours I am putting in. At this point I have no choice.
I am not asking for anyone to give their life's savings...just what you can. I will make regular posts on this site to let people know that they are not being taken advantage of. I help people when I can and am hoping that there are enough others out there like me that I can make a difference in my life and the life of my children.
Thank you again for all your care, love and support.
TJ
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