Losing our home in 3 weeks
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It started on Mother's Day of last year. Before that, we were a normal, happy family. My two sons, 24 and 21 came home from work. After resting on the couch, my son Arturo (pictured above with my grand daughter) told his brother, Chris, he was going to see a friend. Chris noticed that Arturo was late and went to go look for him. As he was walking a few blocks from our house he heard gun shots. He saw a car speed by and that's when he discovered his brother, still alive and struggling after being shot twice in the head. He panicked and even though he had a phone in his pocket, all he could think to do was run home shouting, "Mom, someone shot my brother." I won't go into all the gory details of how I found my boy. I will just say that I lost both my sons that day. Chris now has PTSD and severe depression. He blames himself because he did not go earlier to look for his brother. He eventually lost his job and he has tried to get full time work, but it has been difficult.
Because it happened where we lived, we moved to another city to get away. We put $5,000 dollars in our house and now we have to give the bank $7,000 or we will be evicted at the end of July because Chris does not have enough job time to satisfy them.
We could make it if it were not for that. I've tried my best to have faith and keep my family together. I also have my granddaughter to take care of and I, myself, am disabled. My health has gotten much worse this past year from all of this grief. If it's not our car breaking down, it's something else. My family will be on the street in three weeks. The court date for Arturos murder is next week in another city and I don't know what we are going to do. I have Arturo's pit pull that he raised from a puppy and saved from being destroyed. He was always bringing stray dogs home. He had the biggest heart. I don't want to see Fatty put down or taken away from our family. I hate asking for money, but I don't know what else to do. We have no where to go. The bank will not wait. Please help us.
Because it happened where we lived, we moved to another city to get away. We put $5,000 dollars in our house and now we have to give the bank $7,000 or we will be evicted at the end of July because Chris does not have enough job time to satisfy them.
We could make it if it were not for that. I've tried my best to have faith and keep my family together. I also have my granddaughter to take care of and I, myself, am disabled. My health has gotten much worse this past year from all of this grief. If it's not our car breaking down, it's something else. My family will be on the street in three weeks. The court date for Arturos murder is next week in another city and I don't know what we are going to do. I have Arturo's pit pull that he raised from a puppy and saved from being destroyed. He was always bringing stray dogs home. He had the biggest heart. I don't want to see Fatty put down or taken away from our family. I hate asking for money, but I don't know what else to do. We have no where to go. The bank will not wait. Please help us.
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Doti Chappell
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Ocala, FL
