A New Hope

Hello there, to who ever is reading this. My name is Michelle and... well I've never really been good at things like this. My whole life my little family has always gotten by. We've never had excess money but it's always been enough to pay the bills and make everything okay. We could at least survive by ourselves. But a little over 4 years ago my mom had a massive mental breakdown. She had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and severe depression when I was younger, but she had always been able to keep herself together. But something snapped in her mind and from there nothing has been right. My family went from a middle class two income house, to my dad solely working a low paying job as a security guard and it was barely enough to get food on the table. But we kept pushing. I got a job as soon as I could and tried my hardest to help when I could. But life had other plans for us. Both my mother and my own mental health severely deteriorated, which has affected my father's own stability. Almost a year ago, our landlord for the small duplex we had rented decided that she no longer wanted us as tenants and forged our lease to say that it was up 5 months before the actual end date and raised our rent $200. At that point we had to choice but to move into my grandmothers house. It was a kind offer for my grandmother to allow us to live here, but since both my parents are long time recovering addicts, (they have been clean for as long as I have been alive at this point. 20 years, I'm very proud of them.) Living in a house where my uncle is an active prescription drug addict and abusive personality is not healthy for my severely mentally Ill mother as well as my clinical depression and anxiety. We need to leave this home before my mother has to be hospitalized again and my dad breaks from working every day of his life. I've never been able to do much and at this point theres so many things going on that I dont know what we can do anymore. Everything keeps happening and piling up on us and I'm so terrified my dad is going to become sick from the stress thats being placed on him. The money donated will go to us being able to have a deposit on an apartment. We can afford the rent of some places but it's just so expensive to get in to anywhere here in Austin. I will promise to keep everyone who donates updated on our situation so you know we wont just waste your money. Please take pity on us. I want to make this goal low, just to help us get a saving started. But all in total it will take about $1500 for us to be able to move out of my grandmas home. We need help. I hate asking for it but my family needs help. Please, even if you can only give a dollar it would help. I dont even know if anyone will see this. I dont know how this works or if it even does. But if someone out there is reading this, if you can help my family it would mean the world to me. If you want to ask more questions about my family and the situation, please do. I will answer any and all questions. I'm so lost right now and my family needs hope. A little spec of hope and maybe everything will be okay.