Hello I am a Single mother of two boys, One of my boys is 17, the other is 5. Recently or in the past year, we have been through extreme hardship. My oldest son came down with a condition that stop him from functioning in the real world at that time, for a whole year straight I was told by doctors and specialist that he would never be the same. Luckily, he is starting to get better, but not at a fast pace, during this time, I lost my job, my house, my belongings / my livelihood, but one thing I never lost was the hope for my oldest son. The three of us where homeless for over 6 months and we are currently in a 3 bedroom, but struggling to make ends meet. I continue to pay hospital bills, and bills from my fast trying to keep my name in good standing, but I am not doing a god job. I have fallen so hard, I am about to give up on the hope that our family will ever come up out of this, and we will remain homeless or broke for life. At 34, I had plans, and goals set, and all of that faded away, but I was also given back my son, My oldest son. You have no idea, the three of us will sleep in one bed for the rest of our lives if necessary because we know how much it means to have to have each other. But I want more for my boys. I don't need much, really even 5 dollars helps us through a week. At this point in my life, I am asking whoever may read this, if a dollar is two much, trust me 50 cents means allot to us. I hope that one day I can have a piggy bank for my boys again, I hope that one day, I can feed them without explaining why we are eating leftovers for the third night. Life is hard on everyone, and I hate to ask for help, because I know that worse things are happening to people. For instance, we just lost a dear family friend, he was only 9, but we did everything we could to be there for him, helped at fundraisers, and went days in the same clothes, just to be by his side. Our family has been through so much in the last couple years, I just wish for one blessing, and for it to help us out of debt, and into a different path in life. I want to sunrise to look bright again, and my children to smile with no worries. I tank you for reading, and you may email me! Thanks again, Clark family.

We are a family of four who under a tremendous amount of stress right now. This is very hard for me to do and to write. My husband has a job but his insurance is really bad and we have to pay $530 a month out of his already very minimal paychecks of $1600 he is a type one diabetic, he was ill when he was little and then got diabetes because his immune system shut down we have to pay $135 a month out of pocket in addition to our insurance costs for insulin and other medicine and we have to pay $900 every 3 months for his pump supplies its getting ridiculous i thought insurance is supposed to cover things not make it so you can't provide food for your kids if my husband doesn't have this medicine he will die any help you can give would be appreciated so to ease the amount of stress on our family.

My wife started remembering the abuse & rape done to her by her father when she was little. We brought charges against him, but it was too late for anything to be done. She stopped sleeping, started drinking more and became irrational. We argued and she attacked me while holding one of our boys. I held her until she calmed down, but in doing so I caused her to relive her past abuses by her father and another man. She left me and took our children the next day. She filed for separation a few days later. All of this happened last May (2011). I finally got to see the children in September, but it has been an uphill battle. She doesn't want to talk to me at all and there are now allegations of abuse. I have been trying to get custody of my children for over a year now. My lawyer has been amazing. She has fought all the false allegations brought against me with nothing but pure truth. It has been really easy to fight these lies, but the fight takes time and time costs money. Last November my bus was hit by a woman on her phone. It threw the bus 20 feet and gave me a concussion. It messed up my eyes, hearing, back, neck and spine. I haven't been able to work since then. I am on worker's compensation, but they decided to stop paying at the end of April. They are fighting all the claims and refuse to settle. I love my children and my wife. I will keep waiting for her to come around. As a husband, I believe I should love her no matter what. I want her to get better and I want my kids to be safe. Unfortunately, I don't think they are safe right now. My oldest has been grabbed by the throat by his care provider. The eight and seven year old both saw it happen. The youngest wasn't there to see it. The seven year old showed me bruises given to him by their care provider. I reported all of this to DHS and the police, but with the separation they believe I'm just trying to cause problems. The reports were called lies and my children have to go to the same care provider. I have been fighting to get custody for a long time now. My credit cards are maxed out with legal bills. My phone rings 3-4 times a day with collections calls. My lawyer sent me a letter last week asking for more money or she will have to drop me as a client. I need help. I'm not sure about doing this, but I'm at the end of my rope. I need to get my kids to a safe place, even if that means they're not with me. My feelings don't matter. I just want them safe. Please help me get my kids to a safe place.

This year has been interesting. I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, had to get my entire thyorid removed and go through radiation treatment. All after suddenly becoming a single mom and having to leave cosmetology college. My hope is to have a special christmas with my daughter who will be 2 in January. I know it hasn't just been me who has gone through all of this and I would like to celebrate us making it through all in one piece. I recently got the results to my Ct Scan and they weren't happy with what they saw, I think they may be waiting until after the holidays to give me the bad news, but for now I'm going to focus on the positive. I'm not asking for a lot of money, just a few dollars- anything to help me get my daughter a few gifts to open on christmas and maybe some grocery money. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and god bless. And feel free to pray for me, my daughter and I truly could use it. It's been quiet the roller coaster and I'm praying for a peaceful start to our new year.

I am financially in the hole with student loans, and I am loosing my job. My boss wont talk to me anymore and I am slowly loosing my hours. I practically ran my half of the company without any issues until my boss hires this new guy. he is practically taking over. And now I see myself out of a job, or with one that wont be able to pay the bills. So now I am looking into trucking. The only issue is, I cant afford the schooling. Its like seeing my way out and having to stand at the door. The trucking school near by cost around 6k by the end. And I am only looking to better myself and help my family, but i cant do it without help I am finding out. If anyone is willing to help out, PLEASE, please do.