Single mom, laid off, desperate for help.
I was laid off more than a year ago. Everyday , I apply for jobs and hear nothing back. I have now used all of the little money I had tried to save for my child's college fund to keep a roof over our heads and medicine. We lost our Health Insurance last year and since then, I have had to pay for every doctor visit and medication out of pocket for over a year. I tried those tv insurances and they took my money with no benefits unless I have a catastrophic accident. My son and I suffer from asthma. He also takes medicine for ADD and the medicines, Doctor visits, dental visits, and prescription costs, have exhausted the little bit of savings I had put away. I went from Pristine credit to bankruptcy. I did everything I was supposed to do. I went to college and graduated with a 3.6, I went to grad school and earned a 4.0. I paid all of my bills on time and devoted myself to a full time job - all while raising my child alone. I was abandoned by his dad when my son was a baby.
After 16 years together, he left me with our son, for a younger woman. I carried on. I have raised my son by myself for 12 years. My son is an honors student. He has played violin since he was 5. I can not afford for him to take his Jury or to buy his music books at this time. He is a great person. He sees me falling apart and it is stressing him. I am fighting the good fight. Alone. The Pro bono waiting list for bankruptcy is 8 months long. I will be evicted by then; I am harassed everyday by collectors. I am sinking deeper. In my life, I have always been the giver, the helper, the one who cared, when no one else did and now, I find myself at a loss. If you have donations to spare, it would be accepted with such gratitude. Between student loans, medical bills, and credit card debt, I owe nearly $40,000. I have no income but for a small amount for child support that I use for food and to get my son back and forth to school. Please help a single mother who has tried so hard all along. I am desperate and devastated. I am so humiliated to have to ask for help. But I am immensely grateful for your compassion. Thank you.
