Help my struggling family
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We do what we must for our children.
I am not above begging for help, to keep our family going. I suppose this is just another way of doing that. I am not ashamed of our lot, it is what it is. But, I do wish I was able to give more to my son.
I am disabled. Unable to work, due to knee injury, weak joints and chronic pain, and severe depression. I like to paint, and try to make money selling those, but I'm not a big earner. It's all I can do, to take care of my home, and my son. My husband works hard and that coupled with my retirement disability, we barely keep bills paid. Any given month, it's roulette to see if mortage, lights, medical, insurance, etc will be the one to be sacrificed. We sometimes cannot get enough groceries. My son is on food asst, but that only provides bread, milk, eggs, and peanut butter. We make sure our son at least has food, even if we go without. We (adults) don't qualify for family food asst. But that's OK, we get by. Things like shoes, clothes, car service, etc it often takes months or years until we can swing it. We haven't taken a family vacation in years.
But it is a constant, constant, tight struggle. Day in, day out. "Can we afford meat this week?" "Should we borrow money for gas?" "Can we afford a movie? Milk?" There are days where we can't afford toilet paper. Its very hard to make the ends meet. But we have faith, that God will help lead us to better days.
Our son came after I became disabled. Very, very unexpectedly. We had been trying for 12 years to have kids. I was a full time, private daycare/preschool teacher. For many years I worked hard, saving for when we would have children. In one moment, a fall at church changed everythjng. When I couldn't work anymore, care for children, I lost who I was. I lost all hope, until God showed me that I still had a purpose. One part of my life was over, but another was just beginning.
So here I am. Looking for help. Begging for it... Because my son is worth more, than any tiny drop of pride.
So please, help us out if you can.
Thank you. God bless xx
I am not above begging for help, to keep our family going. I suppose this is just another way of doing that. I am not ashamed of our lot, it is what it is. But, I do wish I was able to give more to my son.
I am disabled. Unable to work, due to knee injury, weak joints and chronic pain, and severe depression. I like to paint, and try to make money selling those, but I'm not a big earner. It's all I can do, to take care of my home, and my son. My husband works hard and that coupled with my retirement disability, we barely keep bills paid. Any given month, it's roulette to see if mortage, lights, medical, insurance, etc will be the one to be sacrificed. We sometimes cannot get enough groceries. My son is on food asst, but that only provides bread, milk, eggs, and peanut butter. We make sure our son at least has food, even if we go without. We (adults) don't qualify for family food asst. But that's OK, we get by. Things like shoes, clothes, car service, etc it often takes months or years until we can swing it. We haven't taken a family vacation in years.
But it is a constant, constant, tight struggle. Day in, day out. "Can we afford meat this week?" "Should we borrow money for gas?" "Can we afford a movie? Milk?" There are days where we can't afford toilet paper. Its very hard to make the ends meet. But we have faith, that God will help lead us to better days.
Our son came after I became disabled. Very, very unexpectedly. We had been trying for 12 years to have kids. I was a full time, private daycare/preschool teacher. For many years I worked hard, saving for when we would have children. In one moment, a fall at church changed everythjng. When I couldn't work anymore, care for children, I lost who I was. I lost all hope, until God showed me that I still had a purpose. One part of my life was over, but another was just beginning.
So here I am. Looking for help. Begging for it... Because my son is worth more, than any tiny drop of pride.
So please, help us out if you can.
Thank you. God bless xx
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Joan M Honeycutt Ballard
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Knightdale, NC