Help Me Keep My Home
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I do not know how to begin something like this and I feel like a panhandler over the internet for doing this, but the thing is that on the advice of a few other people, I am asking for help for keeping my home for myself and my animals. At the end of November 2014, I came very, very close to losing my apartment and in the last hours, with the help of a few friends I was able to save that month...but once again I am on very shaken ground and trying to get out of this rut.
6 years ago, I lived with my mom where we split the costs of all the bills and we got by, sometimes barely, but we made do on what we had. Unfortunately, my mother developed stage 4 lung cancer that matasticised to the brain. As she became more and more ill, I had to support both of us on just the income I was making. Four years ago, she passed away. For the most part, she was the only family I had, so depression kicked in drastically. and then the medical bills started to pour in.
Since that time, I have gone on a downward spiral. My own health took a toll a couple of times although I have recovered through them. But the financial decline kept on increasing and in November, for the first time, I hit rock bottom. Cable and internet were cut, power almost was, and I came extremely close (by hours) to being kicked out of the complex I have called home for the past 34 years. In the 25th hour, I was very lucky to have a few friends bail me out. But I have never been so scared in my life.
So here I am once again going through the terror I did in November. Now my wages are being partially garnished, phone/internet/cable is cut, power is almost cut, but I will try to find some way to survive. And although it would be nice to be able to have the finaces to have new clothes, or possibly own a car to give me opportunities to find new places to work, those are petty compared to just trying to have a roof over my head to survive. I hope that by trying to restructure my finances (what little I have), I can make things work.
I do not know if any of you can help me or want to. I know there are a lot of people in my position or worse, and although I need help, I still feel guilty for asking the general public. All I can say is that if I even get a dollar out of this, I will thank you from the bottom of my heart and will do my best to pay it forward like I try to do always. Thank you for listening and I hope everyone has a wonderful year.
6 years ago, I lived with my mom where we split the costs of all the bills and we got by, sometimes barely, but we made do on what we had. Unfortunately, my mother developed stage 4 lung cancer that matasticised to the brain. As she became more and more ill, I had to support both of us on just the income I was making. Four years ago, she passed away. For the most part, she was the only family I had, so depression kicked in drastically. and then the medical bills started to pour in.
Since that time, I have gone on a downward spiral. My own health took a toll a couple of times although I have recovered through them. But the financial decline kept on increasing and in November, for the first time, I hit rock bottom. Cable and internet were cut, power almost was, and I came extremely close (by hours) to being kicked out of the complex I have called home for the past 34 years. In the 25th hour, I was very lucky to have a few friends bail me out. But I have never been so scared in my life.
So here I am once again going through the terror I did in November. Now my wages are being partially garnished, phone/internet/cable is cut, power is almost cut, but I will try to find some way to survive. And although it would be nice to be able to have the finaces to have new clothes, or possibly own a car to give me opportunities to find new places to work, those are petty compared to just trying to have a roof over my head to survive. I hope that by trying to restructure my finances (what little I have), I can make things work.
I do not know if any of you can help me or want to. I know there are a lot of people in my position or worse, and although I need help, I still feel guilty for asking the general public. All I can say is that if I even get a dollar out of this, I will thank you from the bottom of my heart and will do my best to pay it forward like I try to do always. Thank you for listening and I hope everyone has a wonderful year.
Organizer
Anthony J. Walton
Organizer
Silver Spring, MD
