Veteran parents need new wheels!

As beautiful as it is to know you can reach out to the public for help for the horrible situations I'd rather not wait that long... I wish it was possible for us all to help people when they're struggling before they completely lose it all instead of waiting until they hit rock bottom and can't even lift themselves up. People want to be self sufficient for the most part but sometimes you need help... You should be able to ask for it and people tell you not to be ashamed to but hearing all the reasons people can't help you can be devastating. It doesn't mean you're selfish but it hurts feeling that rejection when you e finally pushed your pride aside and asked for help. Generally people aren't actually looking for more than what they legitimately need to make it through. It's nice to know that people will pray for you, or send good vibes your way... But it doesn't fix the problem. This is what my sister expressed to me in tears as she struggles to make ends meet and take care of her children. Working as hard as she can but its not enough. Every opportunity in her field could potentially take her out of town and away from her family so she's had to pass on them... She tries to work remotely since paying for child care for 5 would be so much but she can only do so much..... That's why I made this page for them. To help them breathe a little. There won't be a day after this, if we do raise they money, that they'll stop working and trying to survive. But I figure if at the least I can help with this, then things wouldn't be so damn hard. 

But honestly, I've watched a lot of people in my family struggle and couldn't help but think that people wouldn't have to lose it all if at the point when they were struggling they could get a little help with alleviating the stress by getting rid of one bill for a little while. What if you didn't have to pay your student loans for an entire year? Or what if you could pay off your car and didn't have a monthly payment? Could be a huge help to just get rid of one bill. It could mean you don't have to hit rock bottom and could stay afloat and keep taking care of yourself. But it's all too common to have things continue to happen and because there's never a break in that things do fall apart.

 They have a 2 door cobalt that doesn't run and a 93 van that dies about twice a week. They owe so much on the cobalt they have to decide whether to fix it and risk sending the loan into default or keep making the payment on time so their credit doesn't take a hit, but pretty much they're just left with a parking space holder.

They've been through a lot. My sister and her husband lost their first son while he was still in the army and it fractured their family to the core. My sister and brother-in-law were stricken with depression. My sister actually found her son and unfortunately the cause of death was never determined. Her husband was so devastated by things that he even considered taking his own life at one time... when he finally got out of the Army they tried to move in with family back in Michigan so they could both attend school, by this time they now had 2 children that required care, their living arrangements never worked out more than a couple months. Everyone said they understood and would help but no one really meant it, either that or sometimes people just didn't have a lot to give. After being fed up with his family being shuffled from place to place my brother-in-law decided he needed to make a choice to try and keep his family a float. So he opted for a computer education opportunity in Ohio and for some time he commuted to Ohio from Michigan and slept in a tent in order to attend class 3 days a week. Luckily it wasn't too long before he met up with fellow veterans who allowed him to move in. This was much needed because by this time my sister could no longer stay where she was and soon after she moved in with her husband and 2 other vets in a small trailer in Columbus. Well it would appear their luck hadn't yet changed because shortly after that they had to leave there as well. They were forced to live in a motel until they were able to figure out something to get them a place. Essentially they were homeless. Homeless with 2 children and now a third on the way... By the time their 3rd child came along things had gotten better. They were able to get what they needed to get into a house and they were both working. They were finally ahead! Bills paid on time, kids fed, surely the worst had come and gone right? Of course not, life has taught us all one thing... things can (and generally do) get much MUCH worse. My sister lost her job and my brother-in-law’s depression had become so consuming he could no longer sit at his desk job anymore so he quit to start his own business. Unfortunately like many small business owners his first endeavor was unsuccessful. They lost their truck with only 4 payments left but they had no way to get the money to pay it off so it didn't matter if there were 4 payments or 40, they still had nothing.

My sister scrambled for some time taking temp work and my brother-in-law watched the kids. After all with them both working childcare for 3 kids would excessively expensive. Anything one of them made from one job would all go to child care. Fast forward to now, they are up to child 5, my sister works from home struggling to get work as a developer so she can work from home and watch the children (something that's not always feasible) and my brother-in-law has been working 2 jobs equaling out to about 70-80hrs a week. Sometimes he doesn't even go home he just sleeps in the van and drives from the parking lot of one job to the other. As you can well imagine with that being the case he doesn't see the kids much at all. He does so much for them and yet he barely even sees their faces when they aren't sleeping. 

My brother-in-law has finally gotten a new job that would definitely help him provide for his family but the car, it just can't wait. If this 93 Struggle bus dies on them. That's it. It could mean he loses his job and the opportunity to provide for his family.  They've done so much and pushed so hard and I've always wished that I could help them on my mine but I just never had the funds or the space. I've given them all that I could over the years, even if I just ordered them a pizza online with my last 15 bucks so they kids could eat for the night. They NEED this, they need it so bad!

If you don't have anything to give I'd appreciate just a share, and if you've managed to read all of this and stay awake, thank you so much for your time. There are billions of people logging on the net each day, so just a buck a person to do something good is all I'm asking.