Megan's mom needs your help!
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Hello friends and family,
Today I have HUGE request for you - to help my mom. As many of you know, my mom is an amazing woman. She is generous, almost to a fault, and more than willing to help anyone out if she can. She raised me as a single parent from the time I was 5 years old. It was not always easy and as I have gotten older, I have realized more and more how unbelievably strong she truly is. She is a determined and smart woman that taught me to always trust in the Lord. Some of this, you might already know, but here is the part you may not: she is in desperate need of some good samaritans.
When this last recession hit us, I was in grad school and it hit my mom, who is a real estate agent, extremerly hard. This woman, my Ma, who has supported me as a single parent, stayed in a job she hated for years just so I could get a repeat college scholarship offered by her work, paid double rent for an entire summer so I could live in LA to do an free internship to better my chances of landing a spot in a film school, has fallen on extremely hard times.
This started in grad school and part of the loans that I took out then went directly to supporting her. Although she has been able to sell a house or two in this time, it has been 7 years since she has lived in any true stable situation. She moved out of her own apartment to save costs, started renting rooms from people and is now living in a lady's living room -who doesn't want her there. When she got a little money from a job or sale, she generally had to pay back all the bills that had piled up or the people that had been nice enough to loan her anything. Then she was left with nothing all over again. It has become a never-ending, now going into 8-year, cycle. I have remained quiet about this to most people and tried to simply suppport her as best I could by myself. I took in her cat, Kona, who was supposed to be with me for 6 months max. It has been nearly 6 years and he misses her. God has been generous in keeping us afloat this long, but we have reached the tipping point.
My mom has her real estate license. However, she hasn't been able to use it for almost 6 months. She needs to pay dues of around $600 to hang her license with a broker. That's $600 she doesn't have. She also has to renew her license by taking state tests and other things. That adds up to more money she doesn't have. As a result, she has been applying to jobs in every field from retail to escrow to real estate assistants for over half a year and although she has gotten promising interviews, ageism, a broken-down car and health issues are making this process very difficult. My mom is 62 and has heart conditions and an auto-immune disease that although undiagnosed, is akin to lupis. She just saw a doctor for the first time in 10 years last month thanks to MediCal, but won't start seeing specialists to find out why this disease is causing her so much pain until next month because the waits are so long. Her car's transmission is about to go and she is not current on her insurance because she cant afford to pay it. It is a nightmare.
Here's where I come in...as all of you know, I got married to Kyle just over 6 months ago. We paid for our own wedding with some help from Kyle's parents and shortly after that, all the student loans that piled up from grad school came knocking. We continue to pay for anything we can in regards to my mom- cell phone bills, medications for her or my little sister, Darla (a cockatoo bird that has been in our family for 30 years now), gas for interviews, food or storage bills...but we simply are not able to support her entirely.
I know what it probably looks like. I am an adjunct professor, Kyle has a full-time job and we live in Irvine. We should have enough money to support her and us right? I wish we did -trust me, but we don't. Kyle doesn't have full-time benefits and neither do I. He makes $10 an hour and I only get paid when I teach so we are only a bit more safe during the semesters. In fact, summers mean that I never have a steady paycheck so we live off my freelance gigs and Kyle's job. Plus we have credit card debt and student loans making it more fun. We are weathering it and can make it. God is certainly providing, but we just simply cannot do more than we already are. We live in a small 1 bedroom apartment with 8 other souls in here with us - our animals and my mom's cat.
The place my mother is staying in is horrid and they have officially given her the boot. She has to be out in 6 days! I am hoping this is a blessing in disguise because there she gets yelled at and wakes up screaming. As her daughter, I am heartbroken and feel helpless. To be an only child and watch your Ma go through all this and hear her crying on the phone because she hasn't heard back from an interview or because the people she is staying with are verbally and emotionally abusive to her literally leaves me in tears. I pray every day that something turns around. We called my home church in San Diego, but no one can offer a place for her to go, job leads or financial help. She is on food stamps, MediCal and accessing every governmental help she can, but she needs further help. More than I can give her. Please help me help her. I know she just needs a normal, sane place to live, a job and a financial boost to get her back on her feet. ...so here is where I am hoping and praying you all come in...please help me help her!
Here's how:
My mom is trying to find jobs and a room to rent in Orange County that will allow her to take Darla. We both feel that if she is closer to me and Kyle, then she will be more emotionally supported and that perhaps,the job market might be better. So here is how you can help- Any job leads, leads on places to rent a room-- email me at [email redacted]
and/or financial help. See below:
On this site, I am humbly asking for help from all of you for the financial boost.
She needs about $1500 to rent a room: That's the cost of two tanks of gas to move her (Kyle and I will be manning that endeavor), a deposit, first/last months rent & part of an additional month's rent to start her out.
She needs $800 to hang her license again and pay for renewal fees get herself back on track with real estate. (She will continue to apply for full and part-time jobs as she gets into the market up here for real estate).
She also needs a some wiggle room so that if she can't land a job right away she has some security to pay for rent and doesn't face being homeless again:
$ Please donate any amount you can $
We will continue to pay for the things we have been and she will stay on gov support until she is stable as well.
That's a total of $2,300+ to kickstart her life back into order. My mom doesn't think this will work. Although she trusts God, she doesn't believe that people are willing to help her in this way. She is beaten down and has been through too much. So I ask all of you to help me show her some love. Show her that people do care about her. Help if you can- in any way you can- but if you can donate even $20 to kickstarting her life again, please do.
Thank you so much for all of your prayers and support!
God Bless,
Megan
Today I have HUGE request for you - to help my mom. As many of you know, my mom is an amazing woman. She is generous, almost to a fault, and more than willing to help anyone out if she can. She raised me as a single parent from the time I was 5 years old. It was not always easy and as I have gotten older, I have realized more and more how unbelievably strong she truly is. She is a determined and smart woman that taught me to always trust in the Lord. Some of this, you might already know, but here is the part you may not: she is in desperate need of some good samaritans.
When this last recession hit us, I was in grad school and it hit my mom, who is a real estate agent, extremerly hard. This woman, my Ma, who has supported me as a single parent, stayed in a job she hated for years just so I could get a repeat college scholarship offered by her work, paid double rent for an entire summer so I could live in LA to do an free internship to better my chances of landing a spot in a film school, has fallen on extremely hard times.
This started in grad school and part of the loans that I took out then went directly to supporting her. Although she has been able to sell a house or two in this time, it has been 7 years since she has lived in any true stable situation. She moved out of her own apartment to save costs, started renting rooms from people and is now living in a lady's living room -who doesn't want her there. When she got a little money from a job or sale, she generally had to pay back all the bills that had piled up or the people that had been nice enough to loan her anything. Then she was left with nothing all over again. It has become a never-ending, now going into 8-year, cycle. I have remained quiet about this to most people and tried to simply suppport her as best I could by myself. I took in her cat, Kona, who was supposed to be with me for 6 months max. It has been nearly 6 years and he misses her. God has been generous in keeping us afloat this long, but we have reached the tipping point.
My mom has her real estate license. However, she hasn't been able to use it for almost 6 months. She needs to pay dues of around $600 to hang her license with a broker. That's $600 she doesn't have. She also has to renew her license by taking state tests and other things. That adds up to more money she doesn't have. As a result, she has been applying to jobs in every field from retail to escrow to real estate assistants for over half a year and although she has gotten promising interviews, ageism, a broken-down car and health issues are making this process very difficult. My mom is 62 and has heart conditions and an auto-immune disease that although undiagnosed, is akin to lupis. She just saw a doctor for the first time in 10 years last month thanks to MediCal, but won't start seeing specialists to find out why this disease is causing her so much pain until next month because the waits are so long. Her car's transmission is about to go and she is not current on her insurance because she cant afford to pay it. It is a nightmare.
Here's where I come in...as all of you know, I got married to Kyle just over 6 months ago. We paid for our own wedding with some help from Kyle's parents and shortly after that, all the student loans that piled up from grad school came knocking. We continue to pay for anything we can in regards to my mom- cell phone bills, medications for her or my little sister, Darla (a cockatoo bird that has been in our family for 30 years now), gas for interviews, food or storage bills...but we simply are not able to support her entirely.
I know what it probably looks like. I am an adjunct professor, Kyle has a full-time job and we live in Irvine. We should have enough money to support her and us right? I wish we did -trust me, but we don't. Kyle doesn't have full-time benefits and neither do I. He makes $10 an hour and I only get paid when I teach so we are only a bit more safe during the semesters. In fact, summers mean that I never have a steady paycheck so we live off my freelance gigs and Kyle's job. Plus we have credit card debt and student loans making it more fun. We are weathering it and can make it. God is certainly providing, but we just simply cannot do more than we already are. We live in a small 1 bedroom apartment with 8 other souls in here with us - our animals and my mom's cat.
The place my mother is staying in is horrid and they have officially given her the boot. She has to be out in 6 days! I am hoping this is a blessing in disguise because there she gets yelled at and wakes up screaming. As her daughter, I am heartbroken and feel helpless. To be an only child and watch your Ma go through all this and hear her crying on the phone because she hasn't heard back from an interview or because the people she is staying with are verbally and emotionally abusive to her literally leaves me in tears. I pray every day that something turns around. We called my home church in San Diego, but no one can offer a place for her to go, job leads or financial help. She is on food stamps, MediCal and accessing every governmental help she can, but she needs further help. More than I can give her. Please help me help her. I know she just needs a normal, sane place to live, a job and a financial boost to get her back on her feet. ...so here is where I am hoping and praying you all come in...please help me help her!
Here's how:
My mom is trying to find jobs and a room to rent in Orange County that will allow her to take Darla. We both feel that if she is closer to me and Kyle, then she will be more emotionally supported and that perhaps,the job market might be better. So here is how you can help- Any job leads, leads on places to rent a room-- email me at [email redacted]
and/or financial help. See below:
On this site, I am humbly asking for help from all of you for the financial boost.
She needs about $1500 to rent a room: That's the cost of two tanks of gas to move her (Kyle and I will be manning that endeavor), a deposit, first/last months rent & part of an additional month's rent to start her out.
She needs $800 to hang her license again and pay for renewal fees get herself back on track with real estate. (She will continue to apply for full and part-time jobs as she gets into the market up here for real estate).
She also needs a some wiggle room so that if she can't land a job right away she has some security to pay for rent and doesn't face being homeless again:
$ Please donate any amount you can $
We will continue to pay for the things we have been and she will stay on gov support until she is stable as well.
That's a total of $2,300+ to kickstart her life back into order. My mom doesn't think this will work. Although she trusts God, she doesn't believe that people are willing to help her in this way. She is beaten down and has been through too much. So I ask all of you to help me show her some love. Show her that people do care about her. Help if you can- in any way you can- but if you can donate even $20 to kickstarting her life again, please do.
Thank you so much for all of your prayers and support!
God Bless,
Megan
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Megan Weaver-Seitz
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Irvine, CA
