I never thought I would have to beg -- either online or any other way. It's humiliating, but I desperately need your help. I am, for the moment, unemployed, but will begin a new job within the next couple of weeks -- and, of course, my first pay will not come for a few weeks after that. I am, at the moment, literally penniless. I do, thank God, have a place to stay, but no money for gas or food. To make my stress level worse, the day before we were to move from one state to another, my wife suddenly and unexpectedly left me -- said she was going out for food and never returned. Anything I have heard from her since has been hateful and vitriolic. So a happy holiday season is pretty much out of the question, but my concerns are more mundane: I just need a few hundred dollars to get me through the month... then I'll be able to pick up the pieces and start again. I'm now 60 years old, completely alone... and I never expected my life to be like this at 60. Anyway, a sincere wish from me to you for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And I will do whatever I can, once on my feet again, to take the kindnesses I have been shown, and to pay them forward. I now know what it's like. Thank you so very much...