David Combs, U.S. Veteran Needs Help To Save His Family Home

*** I uploaded some photos to at least show what this money is intended for. Obviously I can’t show most of it for privacy reasons. I haven’t made a mortgage payment since June. My mental health crippled me. I was out of work and not receiving any financial assistance. I just fell so far behind.***

Hey there everyone. My name is David Combs, a United States Navy Veteran, God fearing man, and a single Father to the two most incredible kids God could ever bless me with, Dawson (4) and Reagan (2).

I’m a very prideful man and I have always hated asking for help, and now looking back I should never have felt that way. Pride led me to where I am today.

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall," (Proverbs 16:18)

Regardless, I feel sick even typing this out, but I have run out of options. I decided to leave the Navy in 2020, a decision I chose when I found out I was going to have my first Child. I thrived in the Navy and found much success but to me being with my family was #1. When I separated from the Navy, it was during the beginning stages of Covid. Well, as everyone knows the economy and the work force took a drastic turn. So many people worldwide were impacted and still feeling it today. I finally got into a Union Electrician apprenticeship. Definitely a blessing. As time went on my mental health started to change. Everyday i regretted my decision to leave the Military. I didn’t fit in this world. I no longer felt I had a purpose in this life. I kept trucking along, burying my anxiety and depression. Now, I had a daughter on the way. I had to buckle down and make sure I get this family into the perfect home. I worked hard everyday. I did everything right. We got our dream home. The pressure of life grew so much and my mental health noticeably got worse. Long story short, it led me to the darkest depths I could ever imagine. I just wanted to give my family the perfect home. I didn’t realize the hours of work I put in daily and me brushing my mental health would ultimately cost me everything. My wife and I decided it was time for a divorce. I had attempted suicide 3 times. I was admitted into the psych ward at the VA. I never thought that was gonna be me. Ultimately I got the help and treatment I needed. Still an everyday work in progress but I no longer feel like I did. The costs of receiving treatment, meant no work. The debt racked up, and there was no other way out I felt. My wife and I filed chapter 13 bankruptcy. We felt with the divorce it would make things easier. Anyways I stayed in the home, I took on the mortgage payments, and I also took on the bankruptcy payments. I started feeling that pressure again and once again, my mental health took a turn for the worse. I immediately seemed help and got the treatment I needed. In all of that mess I lost my job and didn’t receive any EDD benefits for over 4 months. I got behind my mortgage and bankruptcy payments. Now we have been converted to Chapter 7 and I’m going to end up losing the home that I envisioned my kids growing up in. This home brings out every positive thing you want a kid to experience in their childhood. Their birthdays, their friends, the adventures they find themselves in, in our very own backyard. I can’t live with myself if I take that away from them. When my son overheard me talking on the phone, and him walking up to me crying saying, “I don’t want them to take my home”, crushed me. That’s the reason I’m writing this. I’ve exhausted all options, I’ve sold anything worth value. I was selling my own work tools to feed us. We just need help. We just need a miracle. Your generosity will help save and creat a lifetime of memories. Thank you all. God bless.