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Four years ago our house was paid for. The only debt that we had was $13,000 for a camping trailer.

17 years ago I worked for a Fortune 500 company. I got sick at work due to chemicals and they fired me. My doctor said that I can only work from home. I can’t find a company that will allow me to do that. My husband had a good job as a union truck driver but the company closed his terminal so he also lost his job.

Before my husband lost his job the FMCSA made him get an exemption to drive. He was off from work for 9 months. Then he had to have 2 hips replaced and was off again for 3 months. During that time we had some major expenses like a new well and furnace. Two weeks after my husband lost his job our home was flooded and our insurance didn‘t cover anything. I also lost my car that was 11 years old. I now drive one that’s 15 years old and my husband drives one that’s 12 years old. My husband did get another job 3 weeks after he lost his but he makes 1/3 of what he did.

During the time that he was off from work and since he lost his good job we wanted to keep our bills paid and our credit good. We were forced to use our home equity loan. Now we are almost at the limit of $100,000. With the housing market falling our house is now worth about half of what it was. We owe way more than what it is worth. I’m am afraid that we are going to lose our house. This has caused marriage problems between my husband and I. I am depressed and anxious most of the time.

My prescriptions alone are $1260 a month. The year before last my husband made less than $28,000. This year he did make over $30,000. We make just enough that we are not in poverty. So, we do not qualify for any assistance. What kind of help is available for the poor working middle class that is trying to keep their bills paid?

I was one of the few employees laid off in a state that somehow survived the recession largely intact, but my position didn't thanks to a governor who rejected parts of the stimulus package. After a struggle for searching for work at home, I set out, with the meager earnings I was able to produce through freelance writing, at a whopping two cents a word, camping along the way, to apply to every open position I could find across this country. 23 months later, I'm still searching. I'm not bilingual, and I don't have a degree. What I do have is experience, an amazing way to deal with people face to face and a ridiculous work ethic, but apparently those aren't the traits looked for in this job market, merely the person who was committed enough to spend four years on a campus.

The math, well, that and the awesome algorithms behind gmail tell me I've applied to 3,150 jobs in over a dozen states. Maybe a hundred interviews from the whole lot. And according to the IRS paperwork I sent in recently, my income last year was a far cry from the most recent classification of the poverty line.

Anything helps, and would be forever appreciated.

One of these days an application will lead to an interview which will lead to an offer, but until then, what? All I can do is keep plugging away. Sleeping in my car when I can't afford a cheap motel room. Waking up to an aggravated foot and hip thanks to my injuries in a life I feel so far removed from it doesn't even feel like it was real anymore.

And I guess, come across this site from the random google search of a desperate person, trying to find some help in a world that seems to have rejected her.

The more I write, the more I keep hearing that little voice on my head saying "Quit your bitching, there are those who have it far worse.", so I'll stop now. Again, any type of help is beyond appreciated. Thank you for reading this far.

Hey, here is my story in the short form. Was in a lifelong committed relationship that lasted 22 years from the time I was 18, married in 1993 and had to flee in 2007 when my husband became violent towards me again. During a family camping trip he came at me and slammed me up against a motorhome and grabbed me by the back of my neck and squeezed it very very hard. Once he passed out in his truck I grabbed both kids and the family dog put them in the minivan and drove to a friend's house where the children and I would be safe as he did not know where we were.
The physical violence had stopped for many years before the marriage so I felt that my love had "HEALED ALL HIS WOUNDS" I was so wrong and fled with our kids the very first time he became physical against me again. I was a stay at home Mom when I fled from him the first time he became violent again. I had no job and he never again deposited his checks in our joint account to cover "our" current debt.
I always thought (and was told by many others) that he would be held accountable for 50% of all the joint debt that WE had racked up over the last 22 years.
WRONG! He/She who has the highest paid attorney will be able to pull you in to court every 2 weeks until the one with the less money breaks.
I work hard but put my kids first. Their Father leaves the USA on average for 6 months a year and misses any visits with his kids during his absence. He also does not pay his court order payments on time.

I was hit by a drunk driver over a year ago and lost my highest grossing job because I was unable to work for 6 months and a few months ago 2 other jobs I had were forced to let me go as they could no longer afford to keep me on.

Please help me save the only house my kids have known. The market has dropped and I have been upside down for 2 years now.
The house will go into foreclosure in the next 60 days if I can't raise the funds needed.

I hope you can find it in your heart to spare even just $1.00 to help me keep a roof over the kids head also to send out a short prayer for me to find a job would also be much appreciated.
Thank you for whatever you can spare.

Hey, here is my story in the short form. Was in a lifelong committed relationship that lasted 22 years from the time I was 18, married in 1993 and had to flee in 2007 when my husband became violent towards me again. During a family camping trip he came at me and slammed me up against a motorhome and grabbed me by the back of my neck and squeezed it very very hard. Once he passed out in his truck I grabbed both kids and the family dog put them in the minivan and drove to a friend's house where the children and I would be safe as he did not know where we were.
The physical violence had stopped for many years before the marriage so I felt that my love had "HEALED ALL HIS WOUNDS" I was so wrong and fled with our kids the very first time he became physical against me again. I was a stay at home Mom when I fled from him the first time he became violent again. I had no job and he never again deposited his checks in our joint account to cover "our" current debt.
I always thought (and was told by many others) that he would be held accountable for 50% of all the joint debt that WE had racked up over the last 22 years.
WRONG! He/She who has the highest paid attorney will be able to pull you in to court every 2 weeks until the one with the less money breaks.
I work hard but put my kids first. Their Father leaves the USA on average for 6 months a year and misses any visits with his kids during his absence. He also does not pay his court order payments on time.

I was hit by a drunk driver over a year ago and lost my highest grossing job because I was unable to work for 6 months and a few months ago 2 other jobs I had were forced to let me go as they could no longer afford to keep me on.

Please help me save the only house my kids have known. The market has dropped and I have been upside down for 2 years now.
The house will go into foreclosure in the next 60 days if I can't raise the funds needed.

I hope you can find it in your heart to spare even just $1.00 to help me keep a roof over the kids head also to send out a short prayer for me to find a job would also be much appreciated.
Thank you for whatever you can spare.

Hey, here is my story in the short form. Was in a lifelong committed relationship that lasted 22 years from the time I was 18, married in 1993 and had to flee in 2007 when my husband became violent towards me again. During a family camping trip he came at me and slammed me up against a motorhome and grabbed me by the back of my neck and squeezed it very very hard. Once he passed out in his truck I grabbed both kids and the family dog put them in the minivan and drove to a friend's house where the children and I would be safe as he did not know where we were.
The physical violence had stopped for many years before the marriage so I felt that my love had "HEALED ALL HIS WOUNDS" I was so wrong and fled with our kids the very first time he became physical against me again. I was a stay at home Mom when I fled from him the first time he became violent again. I had no job and he never again deposited his checks in our joint account to cover "our" current debt.
I always thought (and was told by many others) that he would be held accountable for 50% of all the joint debt that WE had racked up over the last 22 years.
WRONG! He/She who has the highest paid attorney will be able to pull you in to court every 2 weeks until the one with the less money breaks.
I work hard but put my kids first. Their Father leaves the USA on average for 6 months a year and misses any visits with his kids during his absence. He also does not pay his court order payments on time.

I was hit by a drunk driver over a year ago and lost my highest grossing job because I was unable to work for 6 months and a few months ago 2 other jobs I had were forced to let me go as they could no longer afford to keep me on.

Please help me save the only house my kids have known. The market has dropped and I have been upside down for 2 years now.
The house will go into foreclosure in the next 60 days if I can't raise the funds needed.

I hope you can find it in your heart to spare even just $1.00 to help me keep a roof over the kids head also to send out a short prayer for me to find a job would also be much appreciated.
Thank you for whatever you can spare.

I HAVE BEEN TRYING ONLINE TO GET COMMISSIONS BUT I ONLY HAVE GOTTEN $2.40. SINCE THAT IS IN THE TANK I NEED TO LIST MY NEEDS THIS MONTH. DISPOSABLE UNDERPADS $59.97 DISPOSABLE UNDERWEAR $99.95 ELECTRIC
OM PIP $149 GAS AFTER HEAP $99.00. HOME HEALTH AIDE $2400/MONTH OR APPROXIMATELY $2750. YOU SEE SEVERAL FIGURES I'D TAKE DONATIONS FOR ANY WHATEVER YOU CAN AFFORD. IF NOTHING MORE THAN ASKING YOU TO VISIT MERCHANTS THAT GIVE COMMISSIONS. IT'D BE UP TO YOU TO DECIDE TO BUY FROM STORES

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I recently moved to an apartment and am lucky to have a home and a job. Believe me, I am grateful!! Currently I sleep on a single mattress on my floor. My last job ended in January 2011 and I am working but cannot seem to quite catch up and free up enough cash to afford a bedframe or box springs. The twin mattress is fine but getting up and down with arthritis in my legs and back is tougher every morning. I do not have a couch either, just in case you are wondering why I am not using it as a bed.
I have a home, a job, and food on the table and consider myself truly blessed, but a regular bed would be nice.
A dollar or two from fifty people will go a long way in helping me purchase a used bedframe and boxframe from Goodwill or a thrift shop. I love camping as much as the next Girl Scout but this is tough.
I am single and I live alone. Thanks!!!

Hi I'm 23, my boyfriend John's almost 25, and we have an 8-month-old daughter, Jade. We moved from Austin, Texas to Portland, Oregon and had planned to stay with my boyfriend's brother Freddy, his girlfriend LaWanda, and their 3-year-old son Jack, until John got a job so we could get our own place. Just a few days after arriving, LaWanda left with Jack and filed a restraining order saying falsely that Freddy had pushed her at a time when we and one of his friends were all there, and despite him having three witnesses and she having none as well as telling a slightly different story on the stand than what she filed on paper, it all came down to she's a black woman and he's a big white bearded tree-trimming MAN and she won, which meant he as well as we were forced out of the house and we spent ALL of our money on camping, hotels, food, and renter applications, until finally one reluctant property management agency allowed a jobless family to move in provided we pay a near $2,000 deposit + a month and 1/2's worth of rent which wiped us out down to little under 20 cents. John very quickly got his job and works as many shifts as he can, but he's partly here for school (which luckily his mother is paying for), so money is always tight, and this last week we had to survive off of his tips day to day.

We have no bed. We have to watch how much water and heat we use. We're hungry a lot, I'm rapidly losing weight due to not eating enough and breastfeeding, and most of my clothes are too big for me now. No pants in Portland at this time of year sucks horribly, even my belts won't fit and I've driven new holes in them and everything. My mind is suffering, I'm forgetting what I'm saying a lot. Food stamps help but John still has to use his money to make ends meet, and too often we have to choose between milk and toilet paper. I can't work because I have a child and the best I can do to make money is waitress anyway, so if I worked, the money would just swing right around into child care and I'm not going to work so someone else can raise my kid. Even strip clubs out here are barren, so it's not about what I'm not willing to do for my daughter, I'm really stuck. We're stuck. Relatives are oblivious to how hard things are for us and only send clothes and toys for our daughter, but nothing we actually need. One of my aunts did send a $50 gift card for one of the most expensive grocery stores in town, which was nice, but at the same time, not very helpful. I could have made it go further elsewhere and I still need clothes. I have no pants that fit me now, too many sun dresses and short skirts for this season and two light jackets. What? I'm from Texas, it never gets cold there. Please, please, please help me!

Hi my name is Mark. I am just a regular guy that has trudged through life doing what I am supposed to do. I work shift work for little pay and I hate it, I have been depressed for many years and have become very reclusive. I love my dog, Jesus and not much else,including myself. I want to just load some camping gear in my tiny truck that will be paid for in two months, buy my boxer Willie, a flea collar and camp at free sites across the US. I want to find myself for the first time in 38 years. I want to see the country I served for 5 years in the Marines and 3 years in the Army. I want to read, fish, play guitar, and write down the days events. Pick up a job here and there for gas, rice and beans, vehicle papers, repairs and hygiene items. Someone else can have my job who needs it with a family and I will take their place without a home. I honestly prefer next to nothing to having almost anything.

Hi my name is Mark. I am just a regular guy that has trudged through life doing what I am supposed to do. I work shift work for little pay and I hate it, I have been depressed for many years and have become very reclusive. I love my dog, Jesus and not much else,including myself. I want to just load some camping gear in my tiny truck that will be paid for in two months, buy my boxer Willie, a flea collar and camp at free sites across the US. I want to find myself for the first time in 38 years. I want to see the country I served for 5 years in the Marines and 3 years in the Army. I want to read, fish, play guitar, and write down the days events. Pick up a job here and there for gas, rice and beans, vehicle papers, repairs and hygiene items. Someone else can have my job who needs it with a family and I will take their place without a home. I honestly prefer next to nothing to having almost anything.

Hi my name is Mark. I am just a regular guy that has trudged through life doing what I am supposed to do. I work shift work for little pay and I hate it, I have been depressed for many years and have become very reclusive. I love my dog, Jesus and not much else,including myself. I want to just load some camping gear in my tiny truck that will be paid for in two months, buy my boxer Willie, a flea collar and camp at free sites across the US. I want to find myself for the first time in 38 years. I want to see the country I served for 5 years in the Marines and 3 years in the Army. I want to read, fish, play guitar, and write down the days events. Pick up a job here and there for gas, rice and beans, vehicle papers, repairs and hygiene items. Someone else can have my job who needs it with a family and I will take their place without a home. I honestly prefer next to nothing to having almost anything.

Hi my name is Mark. I am just a regular guy that has trudged through life doing what I am supposed to do. I work shift work for little pay and I hate it, I have been depressed for many years and have become very reclusive. I love my dog, Jesus and not much else,including myself. I want to just load some camping gear in my tiny truck that will be paid for in two months, buy my boxer Willie, a flea collar and camp at free sites across the US. I want to find myself for the first time in 38 years. I want to see the country I served for 5 years in the Marines and 3 years in the Army. I want to read, fish, play guitar, and write down the days events. Pick up a job here and there for gas, rice and beans, vehicle papers, repairs and hygiene items. Someone else can have my job who needs it with a family and I will take their place without a home. I honestly prefer next to nothing to having almost anything.

Hi my name is Mark. I am just a regular guy that has trudged through life doing what I am supposed to do. I work shift work for little pay and I hate it, I have been depressed for many years and have become very reclusive. I love my dog, Jesus and not much else, including myself. I want to just load some camping gear in my tiny truck that will be paid for in two months, buy my boxer Willie, a flea collar and camp at free sites across the US. I want to see the country I served for 5 years in the Marines and 3 years in the Army. Pick up a job here and there for gas, rice and beans, vehicle papers, repairs and hygiene items. Someone else can have my job who needs it with a family and I will take their place without a home. I honestly prefer next to nothing to having almost anything.

I need $75 for a camping trip for my daughters with the Girl Scouts. I got a scholarship for the rest of the fees, but need that registration money to reserve our spot. Can you please help?

I got a scholarship for most of the money, but I still need $75 to take my daughters on a camping trip with our girl scouts! Please help!

Hi, I got a scholarship for most of the cost of a camping trip with my daughter's Girl scouts, but need help covering the $75 it didn't cover. Please help!