A Forever Home for Gabriel
Gabriel is my son. I know all mothers say this but he really is the light of my life. He's smart and funny, has a wonderful sense of humor, is compassionate, he loves video games and is a Doctor Who fan. He's also Autistic.
Ever since he was little, we have never stayed in one place for very long. Renting was all we could ever afford. Come to think of it, I don't think we have ever lived anywhere longer than three years. Simply because incomes change, rent goes up, or his SSI amount is lowered. We end up having to pack up and try to find some place cheaper to live. My son has no concept of what it means to truely have a home of his own.
We thought we had found a solution to that when we found a house that an elderly woman was wanting to sell. Said she was willing to rent to own. I suppose it's my own fault for being so naive and wanting to believe that this was the last house we would ever have to move to. I agreed and we settled on a monthly payment and my son and I moved in.
But, it was too good to be true. I'm not sure if it's because she lied to us or if she's simply old and honestly does not remember the agreement, but now she tells me she never agreed to sell. and like an idiot, there is no paperwork. Just a verbal agreement that is allowing us to stay here.
Two years later, the place we are renting now is falling apart around us and we simply cannot afford to move again. The house has no insulation, the summers are sweltering and the winters are horrible because the house cannot hold a stable tempurature. I could give you a list as long as my arm as to what is wrong with this house. And the landlady won't help us. She's in her 70's and living on her own.
What I want to accomplish is to be able to buy a home for my son and I. A home we can truely call our own, and never have to worry about moving ever again. I want to be able to find a safe neighborhood where I'm not afraid of my son playing ourside and being bullied by the neighbors kids. He's eleven years old now.
He needs to know what a 'Forever Home' really is. Some place he can grown up safely into adulthood. And if something happens to me, he wont be put in a center for patients with Mental Disabilities.. He'll have a home.
That's all I want.
Ever since he was little, we have never stayed in one place for very long. Renting was all we could ever afford. Come to think of it, I don't think we have ever lived anywhere longer than three years. Simply because incomes change, rent goes up, or his SSI amount is lowered. We end up having to pack up and try to find some place cheaper to live. My son has no concept of what it means to truely have a home of his own.
We thought we had found a solution to that when we found a house that an elderly woman was wanting to sell. Said she was willing to rent to own. I suppose it's my own fault for being so naive and wanting to believe that this was the last house we would ever have to move to. I agreed and we settled on a monthly payment and my son and I moved in.
But, it was too good to be true. I'm not sure if it's because she lied to us or if she's simply old and honestly does not remember the agreement, but now she tells me she never agreed to sell. and like an idiot, there is no paperwork. Just a verbal agreement that is allowing us to stay here.
Two years later, the place we are renting now is falling apart around us and we simply cannot afford to move again. The house has no insulation, the summers are sweltering and the winters are horrible because the house cannot hold a stable tempurature. I could give you a list as long as my arm as to what is wrong with this house. And the landlady won't help us. She's in her 70's and living on her own.
What I want to accomplish is to be able to buy a home for my son and I. A home we can truely call our own, and never have to worry about moving ever again. I want to be able to find a safe neighborhood where I'm not afraid of my son playing ourside and being bullied by the neighbors kids. He's eleven years old now.
He needs to know what a 'Forever Home' really is. Some place he can grown up safely into adulthood. And if something happens to me, he wont be put in a center for patients with Mental Disabilities.. He'll have a home.
That's all I want.
Organizer
Sarah Eastwood
Organizer
Lake Charles, LA