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 Hello Everyone! My name is LaTonya. I'm 23 years old with two girls ages 3 and 5. My youngest daughter has cerebral palsy but has come a LONG way.  we are very blessed. Like everyone else i am struggling to pay bills and keep food on the table but i want to have a different approach to this struggle. I feel like if i can be a blessing to someone else and stay positive then things will eventually turn around for the good. It's hard to understand, It's hard to deal with at times; because NO MOTHER wants to worry about being on the streets with her kids or not able to feed them and believe me I have been there, and been homless most of my adult life. About this christmas: I think we as parents are more hung up on the material aspect of christmas. Every family wants gifts under the tree but having our life [as hard as it may be right now] and each other should be the main focus. As much as our hearts hurt WE can give our children a christmas full of love. Children are easy to please and although life is full of disappointments, they grow up to understand. I did. Sometimes we have standards set and if they are not met we feel like things are about to crumble when really someone else is going through ten times worse.  A home made gift , a special note, time spent all these things are special too.  I would take this time to enjoy my children even if i am unemployed. Take this time to smile at a stranger. Take this time to wipe someone elses tears. It's a challenge but i know we all can do it. If you are hungry: If you are to the point where you have NOTHING [which in this country should never be an issue] I will share with you. I will not give anyone anything expired. i made a post about food that i can share. i even listed the food i had. I'm sure if someone out there has nothing to feed there kids they will except my offer. This is not food that i dont want it is food that i got for my kids. I made a post about giving a little girl christmas: To my surprise i was told to list my toys and clothes on freecycle... and donate my food to a food bank... Ok...and what about the people on here? or is this site designed for people to just ask for money to buy their kids christmas...or money to buy food? Im curious and need to know. Freecycle was designed to eliminate waste so ppl post things they were about to throw away. I am not about to throw away brand new clothes and shoes with tags. These are NICE NEW items that i purchased and my girls never wore bc they grew so fast. The offer still stands for a little girl or two in need.  If you are in financial need or behind on bills: I UNDERSTAND!! i know how frustrating it is not to be able to pay your bills. I am new to this site and i am spreading the word to see if there are any churches or families that can sponser a family on the verge of loosing their home or being in the dark. I am in the same boat so i  understand how it feels when BASIC needs are not met. I can only go by valid proof though. there are too many ppl that are greedy and scammers that like to take advantage of a kind heart. I appreciate your time and reading this. If you need assistance and i can help. please send me a message.

I am a 60 year old female I started loosing my teeth when I truned 40 and found out I had diabetise. I have Never had the money or job that offered health insurance. I recently lost my home to foreclosure and recently lost my job to lack of funds. I really believe if I could get my teeth replaced to plates I would be able to get another job and it would help my health because I would be able to eat better, which with no teeth I can't chew. I have less than 10 teeth lelft in my mouth. If you know of a place wher I could get help In Georgia, Area like Kennesaw or Marietta of within 30 miles of these towns. Please respond thank you for letting me vent.

i AM A 59 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO HAS LOST EVERY THING HER HOME HER FAMILY SPLIT AND JUST RECENTLY GOT A LITTLE JOB THROUGH THE JEWISH FAMILY AND AT 40 I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD DIABETIES AND THE MEDICATION I TAKE HAS MADE ME LOOSE ALMOST ALL MY TEETH AND I NEED HELP GETTING A SMILE ON MY FACE AGAIN I TRULY EMBARRESED ABOUT MY TEETH AND HAVE NO MONEY OR INSRUANCE TO GET THEM FIX CAN YOU HELP ME

I am a single mom of a 10 year old daughter and 7 year old son and am 5 months pregnant.  I need assistance for this holiday season and don't know where to turn.  I am in Georgia.  Any advice.  I am also needing a good deal on a vehicle we can all fit in after the baby is born.  Right now I am driving my dad's pick up truck but we won't fit when the baby comes.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I am a 66 year old retired great grandmother & 24/7 caregiver of a severly handicapped beautiful little 6 yr. old boy named Jordan.

Jordan was born with Tuberous Sclerosis & as a result has 6 inoperable tumors on the brain. Since he is unable to walk it is very difficult to get him around & I am in desperate need of a van with a lift in order to get him to his numerous doctor, therapy appointments. It is getting very hard for us just to get to the grocery store. Jordans dad (my grandson) lives with us but must work alot of hours with minimal time during the day to help us get around.

HI  I am a single mother and I am currenty a Jionur a Spelman College

And I  am a nurse. That just moved to canton,ga. i just started to work at a hosptial near by and just need my bills paid until i receive my first check can any one help I am willing to pay back. I just need a to get back on my feet. Thank you for reading.

HI!! My name is Jessica. I am a single mother of 2. Austin, 7 and Madison, 4. Madison has Spina Bifida and is paralyzed from the waist  down. She is having hip surgery on 4-23 and I will be unable to work for about 2 months. She is also scheduled for 2 more surgeries after that too so, I will be out of work yet again for about 1-2 mths. each time. She has had a total of 9 surgeries so far. She is the strongest person that I know. Austin is starting to have problems in school. He is acting out and not listening to his teacher. I have had to leave work because of meetings with his teachers and I am now taking him to see a child therapist. They are telling me he is ADD/ADHD but, I don't believe it. I think that he is just trying to get attention like his sister. I  am trying to spend more1 on 1 time withhim but, it's hard to do that when my daughter needs so much care. I am also a full time student. I attend Kaplan University-online classes so that I can get a better job and work from home one day. When that happens, I will be able to help others that are i n the same position that I am in now.

Hi my name is Barb.  I have no desire to ask for help but I am or have put myself in this situation.  I am 45 years old and by my choice have made some dumb mistakes, hindsight is 20/20.  I am fully capable of working and am quite intelligent.  I am in a place though where there is no access for me to get employment and I will be homeless once again in less than a month.  I am a sober person as well. 

I will tell you a little about my life in general.  I am 7 of 8 children, raised in an alcoholic/drug environment.  I did not choose that life for myself, I persevered and was in business for myself for 15 years and was very good at what I did.  I decided at 36 to start drinking and in less than 4 years it nearly killed me.  I decided to get sober and I did.  I relapsed this past December did not want to see the mess my life has become.  I lost everything I ever had sober, struggling to continue to keep my kids in a home and taken care of.  My life was my children and their well being.  Their father has been deceased for 11 years, and that didn't even set off my drinking career but yet it played a part.  I chose to drown my sorrows and woes and it didn't owrk the next day they were still there, and the misery of drinking I did not want that any more so I got sober again. 

So here I sit in someones home that said they would give me some help and because they drink and now that i have opted to get sober again, they have opted not to help.  I have no car the only one I had I gave my daughter to get back and forth to school in.  I was walking to work everyday when I had a job in my previous location, and then i broke my foot in some freak accident, and didn't realize it for ten days, and was walking and working on it the whole time, just thought i bruised it, so i made it worse.  I then lost that job and have had no workers comp yet.  I am working on it, but in the mean time I want to get a job.  I have no idea how to get any assistance and where to go.  I never had to, I have always been self supporting and worked.  I still want to work.  When I got out of my previous business I went back to school and I received my AA in accounting.  I am far from unintelligent, and I work hard.  I am a very fortunate person in my God given talents, he truly blessed me there.  I am a very quick learner and can multitask very well.

If you have never been in recovery, it will be hard for you to understand that you can't stay sober alone. I am not capable of getting to metings and with gas prices the way they are people dont wish to drive this far into the sticks to get me.  I am looking to figure a way to move and I dont't require much, I can live in one room as long as there is a potty.  I do require that, one of those necessary evils toilets.  I have a good sense of humor, laughter is the best medicine.  I know that somehow, someway I will get direction in what I am supposed to do, and if I don't put it out there no one can help me.

I don't expect anything for free, but this is that moment in time a handup and handout go together.  I nevr thought in my life this is where I would be today.

I am very blessed my son is a senior in college and working on his masters, and my daughter wil be starting soon. 

I may not have had the perfect life but it is what I have had, and that I must see.  I was a good mom and still am they just don't live with me right now, first time in their lives I am not withthem, and that has been a big change for me.  I like being a mom and did a good job, at least I thinks so they have learned to be respectful, courteous, kind, loving, caring kids. 

It is funny when people meet me that can't believe the kind of person I am and how I ended up here, it happens even to good people, and maybe if I post this someone will be able to give me some advice as what to do.

I am in the state of Georgia, and I am not from here, and I do not know anyone other than this person who offered help, where I am right now.  I have lived up to my part of this deal, and have accomplished all that has been required of me.  I power washed a very large deck and restained it, I raked 1 acre of yard that hasn't been raked in years, and 8 very large oaks are here, I trimmed the hedges, have helped her with the business she has, and I guess my job is done here she no longer wants me around.  I did not get any pay for any of this service, I have supported myself for my time here, I had some money from my income tax return that I have been living on, and now that that is almost gone and no job, she has decided I should move and she can't help me, she doesn't have the time, and so on blah blah blah. 

Makes no difference at this point what I have or have not done, I am need of some kind of assistance and I do not know where to turn.