IAM 26 YEARS OLD, WITH A LOT OF RESPONSIBLITIES. IAM CURRENTLY WORKING FULL TIME AS A MEDICAL ASSISTANT. EVERYONE THINKS THAT MY LIFE IS GREAT, WHICH IT REALLY IS BECAUSE I HAVE A WONDERFUL LOVING FAMILY. BUT WHAT THEY DONT KNOW, HOW I REALLY FEEL INSIDE WHICH IS... FEELING REALLY STRESSED OUT. AND THATS BECAUSE I WORK REALLY HARD AND MOST OF THE TIME I TRY TO MAKE OVERTIME, JUST TO SEE MY PAYCHECK VANISH AS SOON IT HITS INTO THE BANK. THE REASON IS, I HAVE A TOTAL OF 6 PEOPLE LIVING IN MY 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT. THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE THAT LIVES WITH ME ARE AS FOLLOWS... MY 1 YR. OLD SON, WHO I ADORE SO MUCH, MY FIANCEE, WHO IS NOW CURRENTLY OUT OF WORK, MY FATHER WHO IS ALSO CURRENTLY OUT OF WORK FOR OVER 2YRS. BECAUSE OF HIS EMPHYSEMA, WHICH I RECENTLY APPLY FOR S.S.N. BUT STILL NO RESPONSE FROM THEM. MY MOTHER WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. SHE TAKES CARE OF MY SON WHEN IAM AT WORK & ALSO FOR MY FIANCEE COULD GO AND LOOK FOR A JOB, BUT SHE IS STARTING TO FEEL WEAK DUE TO HER CHEMO TREATMENT, SO SOONER OR LATER I WOULD NEED DAYCARE WHICH I COULD NOT AFFORED AT THIS TIME. AND LASTLY, MY BROTHER, WHO RECENTLY GOT LAID OFF FROM HIS JOB. SO IT LEAVES ME, WHO HAS A JOB BUT MY PAYCHECK IS NOT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT EVERYONE. I APPLIED FOR CASH ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMPS BUT THEY ARE TAKING A LONG TIME IN APPROVAL. EVEN IF APPROVED IT WOULD STILL NOT BE ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US, BUT IF I GET JUST THAT, I WOULD STILL BE HAPPY,(ITS BETTER TO HAVE SOMETHING THAN NOTHING AT ALL!)SO AT THIS TIME IAM ABOUT TO GET EVICTED AND MY ELECTRIC WOULD BE TURNED OFF THIS WEEK! ALL THE UTLITIES ARE LATE AS WELL. ALSO OUR CAR IS DYING ON US! WHICH MEANS THAT I WILL PROBABLY LOOSE MY JOB FOR NOT HAVING TRANSPORTATION, AND MY MOM WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE TO HER DOCTOR'S APPT.NTO RECIEVE HER TREATMENT! THE CAR HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC, BUT THE MECHANIC IS TAKING HIS SWEET TIME IN FIXING THE CAR BECAUSE WE STILL OWE HIM MONEY FROM PREVIOUS REPAIRS. I HAVE TRYED MY BEST TO HELP THEM BUT I FEEL LIKE I FAILED. WITH TEARS IN MY EYES, IAM ASKING FOR SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT COULD DONATE ANY AMOUNT OF CASH. ANYTHING WILL DUE FOR NOW TILL I FIGURE OUT WHAT COULD BE MY NEXT STEP IN HELPING MY FAMILY WHO I LOVE AND CHERISH. WHOEVER IS WILLING TO HELP, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME IN READING MY MESSAGE. GOD BLESS AND MAY GOD BE ALWAYS WITH YOU.....Mon, 11 Jun 2007
WELL, JUST LAST WEEK ME & MY FAMILY GOT EVICTED FROM THE APARTMENT. ON THAT DAY WE GOT A UHUAL TRUCK, BUT THEY ONLY HAD SMALL TRUCKS AVIALABLE, WHICH MEANS WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO 3 TRIPS TO PUT ALL OF OUR STUFF IN THE STORAGE. BUT WE MANAGED TO PUT HALF OF OUR BELONGINGS IN IT. THEN THE SHERIFF CAME TO OUR DOOR WITH THE MANAGER OF THE APARTMENTS. THEY TOLD US TO LEAVE NOW! SINCE WE ONLY GOT HALF OF OUR ITEMS IN THE TRUNK, I POLITELY ASKED THE MANAGER TO PLEASE GIVE US A LITTLE MORE MORE TIME TO PUT THE REST OF THE STUFF IN IT. SHE TOLD US THAT WE JUST HAD A COUPLE OF MINUTES & TO GRAB WHAT WE CAN. TIME WAS UP! THE MAINTENCE GUY TOLD US TO GET OUT NOW!!! HE SAID THAT HE IS NOT GETTING PAID BECAUSE HE IS HERE WATCHING US MOVING OUR STUFF. SO THE REST OF THE STUFF WAS PUT IN THE DUMPSTER. THANK GOD MY BROTHER WAS ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE STUFF OUT, BUT THE OTHER STUFF GOT STOLEN BY THE MAINTENCE GUYS, & WE ARE CERTAIN OF THIS BECAUSE ME AND MY BROTHER SAW THEM STUFFING ITEMS IN THERE POCKETS AND HIDDEN SOME ITEMS UNDER THE GOLF CART. THE SADDEST PART WAS THE SHERIFF OFFICERS WAS THERE, BUT NOTHING WAS SAID OR DONE! AND I FELT SO HELPLESS! ALL I COULD DO IS JUST WATCH MY BELONGINGS THAT I WORK SO HARD FOR VANISH. ME AND MY FAMILY STARTED TO PANIC BECAUSE WE HAD NO WERE TO GO. THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND PAWN MY SENTIMENTAL JEWELERY( SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I HAD TO PAWN WAS MY SON'S CROSS NECKLACE AND BRACLET WHICH WAS GIVEN TO HIM WHEN HE WAS BAPTISED, RINGS, NECKLACE, ETC.) SO WE ALL ENDED UP AT THE HOTEL WITH THE UHAUL. THAT NIGHT I COULDNT SLEEP AT ALL. I WAS JUST THINKING & THINKING, TILL MY HEAD FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO EXPLODE. I REMEMBER ASKING GOD TO PLEASE KEEP ME STRONG. I DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW MY FAMILY ANY WEAKNESS, BECAUSE MY MOTHER, ESPEACIALLY HER, WOULD START BREAKING DOWN, AND I DONT WANT HERE TO SUFFER OR GET SICK, SINCE SHE IS ALREADY WEAK WITH HER CANCER. THAT MORNING I GOT UP & DECIDED TO GO TO THE UHUAL TRUCK TO GET MY FAVORITE JEANS. I STARTED TO WALK TOWARDS THE PARKING LOT..........I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES. I THOUGHT I WAS STILL IN BED DREAMING. MY HEART STARTED TO RACE SO FAST BECAUSE MY UHUAL TRUCK IS MISSING!!!!! I CALLED THE POLICE TO REPORT IT STOLEN. THE POLICE OFFICER COULDNT DO ANYTHING TILL I GAVE HIM THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER . I CALLED UHUAL AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DONT HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN THE COMPUTER, THAT IT SHOULD BE ON THE RECIEPT. I LOOKED ON THE RECIEPT AND THERE WAS NO LICENSE NUMBER. SO I CALLED THERE CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE A KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON ANSWERING THE PHONE, BUT OFCOURSE SHE COULDNT FIND THE NAME IN THE COMPUTER! ALL I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS MY SON'S PHOTOS. I RECENTLY TOOK A WHOLE BUNCH OF PHOTOS FOR HIS 1ST BIRTHDAY. & NOW ITS ALL GONE. MY HEART IS SO BROKEN, ALL I WANT TO DO IS CRY, BUT I NEED TO KEEP MY HEAD UP SO I COULD END THIS JOURNEY. RIGHT NOW IAM CURRENTLY AT A HOTEL. I JUST ASKED THE STATE FOR ASSISTANCE BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT ALL OF THERE PROGRAMS ARE FULL. I STILL DIDNT GIVE UP! THATS WHY I'M HERE STILL LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE, ALSO HOPING IF I HAVE ANY LUCK AT ALL. I ONLY COULD AFFORD 3 MORE NIGHTS HERE, AFTER THAT......WE WOULD SEE......