Over the past year it has been really difficult on my mother, my daughter & myself. It started when I lost my vehicle after the engine failed and had to sell it for enough to pay bills which was almost nothing. It wasent worth much. My now ex & I seperated & Arkansas is a pro mom state, so even though she had some really bad mental problems that surfaced & did not get help for, her mother helped her with an attorney & won. I couldn't afford one so I see her when they let me now I would like to get her back but at this point my main focus is trying to get my mother & myself some kind of life back, she is 71 & lives with me, lately she has had to pay the majority of rent, bills, groceries & because we have no vehicle we have to use taxis so we only go out 2 times a month. I've looked for jobs that I may get but with no transportation it's been hopeless. We are stuck & behind about $5,000 along with needing something dependable to drive & helping my mother instead of her having to help me. She already put in more than her share for a Warren Buffet company she worked with for 42 years, a company that just gave her a wristwatch & a 900 a month pension after she gave them the best years of her life. I just need us to get back to a normal life. I wish I had made a good career & been dealt better cards in life. I am ashamed that I'm not the one providing for my family, but i would rather swallow my pride for they're sake before i completely give up & fall off the edge which i feel im on right now. I don't like asking for help, but if I was in the position to help others, I'm always the first to help. I've given my last 20 to help a hungry family more than once & I would again. When you have done without food & essential items you know how it feels you hate seeing anyone else in that same spot. All it takes is 10k people to donate a couple dollars each to change a family's life & future when that family is struggling with no clearing in sight or any way out. If everyone treated everyone else like family & came together to do something like I just stated the world would be a better place & not as many people would end up where we are now. It's sad we have to feel so embarrassed & ashamed to ask for help like it's better to just slowly waste away in depression & stress alone with pride than to risk being humiliated asking for help.
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