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I lost my job, and have no money to buy presents for my son\'s birthday
Financial problems for son's , Quebec, Canada
Around a month ago, the company that I used to work for shut their doors, they went out of business. As a result I have been trying to get myself a new job. I have gotten a few jobs here and there, but never one that I can stay at longer than a week. My wife has also started working because we are so low on money at the moment. My son's birthday is on February 18th, and I've lost all my sense of dignity at this point, we need money. We would only need around $20, just to buy him something nice that he can play with to get through the hard times we are right now. Between rent and food, we are quite literally broke, so anything that anyone can donate would be greatly appreciated.
HELP!!!FIRE DAMAGE1!!!FORECLOSURE
Smittenkitten, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Help me! and also Pray for me. I am about to lose my home in foreclosure on 2/10/14 because the bank would not take partial mortgage payments. They also did not have the courtesy to ever serve me with foreclosure papers.
It is quite embarrassing to write this letter, which sounds like one of those junk mail scamish letters. Be assured, though, this is for an immediate {and panicked} need. Please be sympathetic to my situation.
To top all this off on October 13th we had a kitchen fire at the electric stove {{i hate electric stoves}}---the kitchen is toast!! No one was injured. The house is still very liveable, only smoke damage. The contractors are not working because of the cold and snow. I was shaking as I watched my very charred kitchen remains being thrown in the dumpster piece by piece. It could have been so much worse. And, I have to pay a $3000.00 deductible. Hey everybody i'm still alive, but I desperately need help for this hopelessness.
I am an older disabled widow (left club foot and leg, with no cartilage in my knees), whose husband of 21 years died unexpectedly some 2 years ago. He was a disabled Vietnam era vet of 10 Army years, and had been granted 100% disability for dystemia in September, 2001 (for which he had been granted 20% on his demobilization in 1981). We had purchased a house about 2 years before he died, never thinking his illness would take such a sudden turn for the worse. He died of non-combat causes 20 days before his 100% disability would have been 10 years. Therefore I do not receive a widow’s VA pension.
However, due to a string of very odd, disturbing, and harshly negative circumstances, I seriously panicked. Some years back I was diagnosed with a series of TIA’s (small brain strokes) which unhinged some of the synapses in my brain. This resulted in my acquiring a Panic Attack Anxiety Disorder (PAAD) syndrome, which made it impossible to teach college classes or perform my storytelling show.
After being referred to over 25 agencies that I was told would help me, then being told “we don’t do that any more”, and being passed from one agency to another to another to another, I was feeling that no one saw me or heard me or believed anything I said. When I asked for help they said “yes”, but didn’t do what they promised, probably hoping I would forget and go away. So I kept sinking deeper into this mental slog of PAAD despair, which lasted for most of the last fourteen months.
The whole problem now is how to save this house. I’ve got no other place to go. I also have taken in two lady friends, a mother, and her adult daughter who has two small girls 9 years and 12 months old, as roommates, who also have had no other place to go. Besides, they both had their wallets stolen at their recent family gatherings, apparently by a cousin (but no actual proof), and are now fighting identity theft problems.
Practically, it would be less expensive for the government if I were here in my own house with my lady friends. Assisted living homes, etc. are much more expensive than what is needed to help keep me in this house (besides, I’d have to give up my computer and my cat). Preserving a very old house that pays taxes and is a part of the neighborhood is a more viable solution.
What I am asking {{??begging??}} for are two kinds of help.
First, an “angel” [in the Broadway sense] who would gift or finance me enough money to be able to save the house. Or, if possible, put me in touch with someone or someplace that would.
Secondly, Prayer to save the house. I really believe God has put me here for a reason, but this financial situation is a mountain that has to be moved. And I really believe also the devil does not want me to be here. So I look for inspiration: Luke,11:9;---And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
I ask you for both financial help and prayer, and hope that God will move you to share both with me. But if you cannot, please feel free to pass this on to any person or charity that can help.
too young to get a job, need money
i'm 13 and can't wait 3 years to be able to get a job. i have no way to earn money other than waiting for my birthday and christmas. i can't ask for an allowance, as my family is going through hard financial times.
im ready to give up!
Hi Reader.
This has really hurt some pride posting on here. But I am in need of some financial help. I had to leave my last job in housing management due to equallity and diversity reasons. I was been mocked and broken by management because I'm not a very verbal person in the work place and also homophobic remarks towards me. In the end I had to file a grievence which ended up with me been pressured into leaving. I am now job seeking at possibly the worste time of year. My job search is going terrible. I now have plantar fasciitis due to over walking/stress on my feet. Which is 8 weeks rest... Which has cut of my job seekers allowance. Now I'm on Sickness benefit which is not even covering a quarter of my bills.
Since I have left my job a few bills have built up. Internet, rental service for my TV as well as TV license payments . Fridge and washing machine and cooker. I'm getting letters now demanding monies and it's all going to be taken away. If I can't pay any.
I'm begging to raise around the £450 Mark just to keep these companys happy and get back up to date. I'd be more than happy to pay this back ASAP when a job finally arises.
Please someone help. I can't handle this pressure anymore. I'm worried I'm going to be homeless. I cry day in day out. I'm loosing weight and becoming more hermit. I'm applying for jobs left right and center. Desperation is kicking in and I'm close to just giving up. I can't take this pressure anymore. I have not got any support from anyone. I feel completely alone in all this and fearing so much.
Please please someone help.
May the angels bless you with a heart xo
My home will be broken if I can not pay these bills. :( please help me.
horrible month
My bad luck continues... i have nothing, someone ran a red light and totaled the SUV i had made one payment on, and he had no insurance. That was while i was trying to.find a place to live, therefore all my clothes were In the SUV, i must pay the deductible from my insurance to get into another vehicle, but i lost my job because i no longer had transportation to work.now I'm watching the days go by sitting in this ratty motel, looking at my last 3 days i have paid with My last check.i had no way of getting my things from the SUV bc it was too far to walk. I'm here with two sets of clothes, no home, car, or job. I'm desperate now, i have no options. i need any help possible. idk what to do anymore.
