Spirits Tags

My family and I put our trust in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, when
tribulations and trials come I know God uses others to Bless those less
fortunate, but I just feel like..............
I CAN'T go on by myself anymore!!!!!... I feel like there is a lot on
me. My husband wanted to take his life, but I was able to encourage him
not to give up! My husband was let go on a job he loved, right before
his 90 day evaluation on April 3rd. It
took him 3.5 years to get a job, since both of our job losses in 2008.
I was a store manager at Sears and my husband was a warehouse manager
at Sears, we both made good money together, until our store closed. My
husband finally gets a real job, only to be let go from it for no
reason. My husband worked at temp places, but nothing permanent ever
happened. We thought since my husband was Blessed with this job in Jan
2012 that this would be the job, but it did not last(I still say it was
a Blessing whether it lasted or not.'..The Lord giveth and the Lord
taketh away)... we can't pay bills, get toiletries/necessities, things
for our girls, etc...The Lord must have something else in store for my
family:
Have been Blessed to get expedited food stamps, so now we can
eat...Praise God....Have three girls that have been through alot
their house taken in 2010 and had to move to a bad area, but Blessed to
have a home.
My husband said he did everything right...just don't understand? Girls
have no church clothes,
shoes, or enough underclothes, neither do I, but
I don't care about me...we were trying to get stuff for them gradually.
I'm hurt right now been praying and praying and asking for God's high
favor for my family. My husband is trying hard to find a job. God's
high favor will get us a financial Blessing, as well as a spiritual
one, and right now our spirits are broken. I would love to thank you
for all your kindness and giving. My family and I are also cheerful
givers, so I know the high that you feel when you know you have done
something special for someone, it is a great feeling, so I want to
thank you for being in the cheerful givers club....it is an awesome
place to be! If you do not have it in your heart to Bless my family at
all, I still thank you for being a giver, we need more true givers in
this world...Praise God he gave my family and I a giving spirit. If you
would like to be a Blessing to us, I will let the amount be between you
and God...we are GRATEFUL for whatever God Blesses us with:)

My email is mlab022@aol.com

My husband's and I anniversary is May 16th...married 12
yes!!!!!....Praise God!!!!

God Bless,
The Lamb Family

Hello, I am a 45 year old single mom of 2 boys, 20 and 16 years. My oldest is a type 1 diabetic on insulin for 16 years and recently celiac disease. He has not had controlled blood sugars for years and has had difficulty finding and keeping a job as he rarely feels well. He was just released from the hospital a week ago due as he went into DKA which has now pushed back his hopes of finding a job and getting out on his own, My 16 year old suffers with bipolar disorder and has had a really rough time trying to deal with not only financial issues, but his brothers illness. I have always worked, but seems I can't get even much less ahead, now my employer has cut my hours to nearly half, I am very close to foreclosure and have never really been to the point I am having a hard time just going to the grocery. I know this will sound silly, but I am wanting to go to school for dog grooming. We are all dog lovers and I have seen just how much having a dog can lift your spirits, help with self esteem and make your life better. However, I simply can't afford to go and hoping someone out there can find it in their heart to help me do this and hopefully include my sons to start a business of my own grooming dogs. I would need $1500 for all tuition and supplies. But would greatly appreciate anything given toward this goal. Thank you for your time and have a blessed day!

Updates: September 11, 2011 - I have been able to get a part-time job which is good news, but the rest is just about the same. Thank you for your help Malum Designs
and Pete B.
Since my previous posts have yielded only four donations over the last five months I thought I would try this approach. My financial problems are quite real. If you find my fable entertaining please send a small donation.
- Fortuna vitrea est, tum cum splendet frangitur -

The Grasshopper and the Ant
A Classic retold by Joseph the Beggar King
Part One

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, there were two friends, the Grasshopper and the Ant. Why these two became friends is a bit of a mystery. The Grasshopper was a dreamer and a drifter. The Ant was a believer and an achiever.

In school the Grasshopper would look out the window without thought and only learned the subjects he found interesting. Sometimes he would fall asleep in Math class, other times when a angry teacher would jump him with a pop question he would give the correct answer in way that would confound them.

The Ant was a teachers dream, he soaked up every subject the system taught him, gave the correct answers in the correct way and got straight A s. He would delight his Math teacher by doing compound interest in his head. The Ant believed that what they taught him would help him succeed and was very completive. After graduating High School the Ant got an Academic Scholarship and the Grasshopper got a Pell Grant.

Within four years the Ant got two BS degrees in Business Management and Engineering. The Grasshopper dropped out after the first year. He went to live with the Rainbow Tribe for a few years. On the way to the bus station he found an old fiddle in a trash pile along the road and when he got station he was able to panhandle his bus fare. That was the Grasshoppers first beg.

The Ant took the College like a fish to water. During open Rush some Greeks invite him to be a brother in their Fraternity. He earned his dues by being the Frat Houses Accountant and made beer money by writing term papers. One day while visiting the Tri Deltas he watches the girls play volleyball and is amazed that even though they are playing a vigorous game not one of them breaks a sweat. It is there he meets the girl of his dreams, Polly Fishbane.

While the Grasshopper was living with the Rainbow Tribe he never meets the girl of his dreams, but it does not really matter too much because they believe in Free Love. So free, in fact, that after what you might call the Honeymoon he found himself getting a little bored with it. From the Rainbow Tribe he learns to live off the fat of country and from his new friend, Buffalo with Runs, he learns to live off the land. Buffalo with Runs was an very old Indian that was adopted by the tribe. He taught the Grasshopper what wild plants were safe to eat or use for medicines. He showed him how to set traps and hunt small game. Then, during one winter Gathering four people froze to dead because they were too stoned to come in out of the cold. The Grasshopper became very sad and hopped away.

The Ant is recruited by a Aerospace firm even before he graduated college and goes to work on the Apollo Program. He and his new wife Polly loved the Florida sunshine and settle down to start the American Dream. They decide to have two and half children. Even though the third kid looked a bit odd the Ant loved him as only a father can. With easy money down and mortgage tax deductions compliments of Uncle Sam, they get a house with a two car garage. Next they get two cars and the Rat Race is on. The Ant loves it! Working on the Apollo Program is more than a job, it is being part of history. Polly loves it! Raising their kids and Keeping up of with the Jones. She starts selling Avon products on the side. The Ant buys the best bass boat in the neighborhood, but only uses it once a year because he too busy working. He sets up his retirement funds and a small stock portfolio. Life is Good!

After leaving the Rainbow Tribe the Grasshopper panhandles his way across the country. He sets up in parks and subways where he pretends to play his fiddle while selling jewelry made of deer anthers and beads. The noise he makes with his fiddle sounds like a cat being killed and people give him money just to make him stop. Before the Cops run him off, the Grasshopper usually made enough in one day of begging to cover his needs for the week. When he is hungry he goes to a Soup Kitchen and when he needs clothing there are the Sharing Centers. Every now and then he lets some good hearted woman try to save him. Life is Good and he hops away.

The Apollo Program ends and the new Shuttle program does not start for a couple of years. The Aerospace company were the Ant works at does not win any of the new bids. They offer him a job in California at 20% less of his salary. Polly and the kids are in a rage. Nobody wants to move and leave their friends. The Ant sells his house at a loss because the real estate market in flooded by the laid offs. The one car and the boat are reprocessed. He sells off his stock portfolio for the down payment on the new house in California and even though money is tight the Ant decides to take the family on a short vacation to Key West to uplift their spirits. He finds the Grasshopper selling deer antler jewelry at the Front Street Market. While Polly and the kids go shopping, he and Grasshopper catch up and have a couple of beers. The Ant tells his friend about the laid offs and the move. The Grasshopper asks him - Are you Happy - ? The Ant says - Yes -. His friend says, - Good - . They watch the sunset and see a green flash on the horizon.
To be continue.

My daughter was diagnosed with a form of cancer called Squamous cell Carcinoma in September of 2007. She was 17 years old at the time and has been undergoing treatments for that cancer and many related illness since then. There have been many up and downs in that time, but utlimatley the depression and anger of never being able to live a "normal" teenage or young adult life has started to defeat her. The cancer has done serious damage to her body, destroying 3 ribs and damaging vertebrae. Despite that, shs has fought very hard but that is starting to come to an end.

Part of the reason, and one of the reasons I am posting this, is that the bills and lay off's have put us in such a bad position finincially that unless she is in the hospital she is cooped up at home. She herself can not work, and the small SSI check ehs gets each month does little to help. We are on the verge of getting our utilities shut off, which will happen Friday unless a miracle happens. We also have no way of paying rent, and whike our landlord is working with us we simply have near zero funds for August.

We have been in this position numerous times over the last few years, but we always had family step in to help. They can not this time, so I am begging. I know this kind of thing seldom works, and usually results in scammers contacting you to feed off of your misery. But I am hoping that a fortunate angel see's this post and decides that my daughter and my family are worthy of a small break. Thus, I am begging for money online. Any amount helps, but the total we need to get through one more month is $1200.

Another reason I am doing this is I wish to take her on a short trip to bolster her spirits. It's in state and a place she loves, but as shown above, even that is out of reach.

More information and links to news articles done about my daughters illness are available upon request. I am more than willing to discuss the issue with anyone who contacts me. For those who wish to donate I have a paypal account in my name and a fundrazr account set up for Jenny's trip. I will provide either upon request.

And finally, the other reason I am here. I would like to request that anyone reading this, whether you are a blood sucking scammer, someone else looking for aid or an angel looking to donate, please pray for my little girl and my family. We long ago accepted that we would likely lose her to this damned desease, but it is very difficult to watch her wilt away as she is doing now. The finincial and emotional distress is killing us, and while I have never been a good Christian, I believe the energey generated by the power of good thought and goodwill can work miracles.

My name is Jeff and this is my last result, I have lost my job after 18 years and and have been trying find work and to survive with my wife of 18 years that has been disabled from her job for the last 8 years ( still in court ) have modified my home and got a small reduction on monthly payments but this whole time have used up all of our savings and have had to use credit cards to pay some bills, as of today I don't have any credit left and have resulted in selling off most of my worldly possessions, my car that I have been paying on for the last 3 years is going to be repod if I cant get any help, I would appreciate any any help, a penny, nickel, dime, quarter anything to help, every penny I will appreciate and use to pay off my bills and get back on track.

God bless all : )
trying to keep my spirits high.
Jeff.D

The laundry list is long of all the things gone wrong...
Hell my life IS a song--one of those bad backroad country tunes people listen to. Anywho. My grandma didnt get run over by a reindeer, but I've got two big problems that need immediate attention.

1. IRS is after me for some old tax debt from an innocent mistake on a tax return I didn't even know about years ago. They don't care about anything but their money and in this economy I read they're putting the screws tighter to people than ever before.

2. Can you help me get a new pair of glasses? Can't see without em. Law requires current eye exam so got to pay for that too. High prescription.

I recently lost the only job I could find after a long search (and it was lousy). Surviving by charity of friends and family. Maxed out the credit cards with gas, food and necessities. Don't have enough left to buy a pair of glasses (old pair just broke and not repairable).

I believe in the kindness of others as I have given when others have needed me. It is unusual that I find myself in these circumstances. SERIOUSLY. My heart aches, I don't sleep at night, I don't eat right. Poverty makes you old before you're time. My good looks are starting to fade (ok I'm only slightly better than average looking but still)...

I NEED ABOUT $3,000 JUST TO GET SOME BREATHING ROOM

Trying to keep my spirits up. Your donation will mean the world to me. $1. A quarter, a penny--anything to start closing the gap. THANK YOU!!!!

Our family has endured a rough year, and my little brother has had a hard time dealing with all of it. With our mother fighting cancer this winter and suffering a broken ankle this summer, we’ve been through a lot, and I would just like to be able to get my brother a nice present for Christmas to cheer him up. However, as a student, I have little funds.

Mom faces another surgery in December, and may need to have another to fully regain her ability to walk. Therefore, a lot of our money is going toward hospital bills. I appreciate any donation you can give to help me be able to get him the toy he has been wanting. I know your gift will lift his spirits as well as mine and our mother’s.

Thanks!

I need help with rent and additional bills. I am looking to raise $975.00. In short, I lost my job on 12/11/09, unemployment has turned me down for the $182.00 per week that they originally said I was entitled to. I'm going through the appeal process.

I contracted to mentor class on Wednesday night for one month and get paid $600.00. I'm ashamed to say that I asked those people to pay me in advance. Now I have to get to them for the next three week which is approximately 25 mile each way. My rent is $975.00. Not to mention any other bills. I have taken out a car title loan of $900.00. That just makes another bill that has ridiculous interest of $290.00 per month for 12 months. I have turned in all of my gold for cash, got $380.00 from that. I told a few people in a jokenly manner that I had a thought to commit a crime the other day. I'm really serious. My spirits are very low. I have sat in this chair some days sending out resumes until I had to add cushions and my hand was swollen. Honest to God, there is no greater pressure than not having your rent money. I'm praying, networking, I'm applying for any kind of job. I'm under-qualified, I'm over-qualified, and I owe everybody. I have just run out of resources. I realize that things could be alot worst, like the victims in Haiti. I'd like to get myself back in shape to possibly assist in that effort. I normally watch another network for the news, but I happen to catch a reporter talking about this website. I believe in miracles because it is certainly one that I am still in this apartment. I truly believe that someone will accept my plea. I will be forever grateful and pass the blessing. If you need any credentials to substantiate what I have stated, I can definitely provide it for you. Thank you for your attention. Please consider my request.

May God Continue To Allow You To Bless Others,
LaTonya
talkingjazz@yahoo.com