Ciera needs a miracle - seriously.

On October 11th, after more than ten years of suffering from multiple myeloma, Ciera’s father, Danny, passed away. As if this loss was not hard enough on the family, Ciera’s sister was in the middle of a struggle with hard drug addiction. Her sister consequently lost custody of her three children, Christopher (11), Johnny (5), and Zander (4). The Leone family went under immediate financial hardship after Mr. Leone’s passing, and Ciera footed the bill for herself, her mother, and the children, so the family could stay afloat and so the children were not taken by DSS. Despite the Herculean effort that Ciera has displayed, the Leone family has decided to support the sister that is still actively using drugs and has made no real attempts to stay in rehab and get clean for her children. Ciera has absolutely no familial or financial support and is now raising three special emotional needs children on a retail worker’s salary alone. She is two months behind on her mortgage, her car has broken down and is currently being held at the shop because she cannot pay the deductible for its release, and if becoming a mom overnight isn’t difficult enough, all three children need special care and therapy because of the trauma they have gone through due to their mother’s drug abuse and neglect. Her family refuses to even babysit the children while she works - obviously losing her house and car are not options. At present, Ciera has $2.21 in the bank, three hungry and needful boys who have only Ciera to care for and support them, and a heap of late charges and back payments due. She is owed child support from her sister, but her sister has refused to pay the child support, and is currently $400 behind on her payment. Ciera has received a total of $51.00 in child support. Ciera is embarrassed to publicly ask for help, but there is no shame in asking for help from the people who love you and the community, because I inherently believe that community comes together when someone is in true dire need. So I am sincerely asking you all to donate even the price of a cup of coffee to Ciera and these three boys - all who just started back to school and needed new clothes, school supplies, and etc that Ciera had to scramble for. All who don’t understand why their own mother threw them away. Ciera has not even had time to properly grieve her father’s death because of this situation and the abuse her family has bestowed on her while she has just tried to keep it all together. The amount of pain and struggle that she is shouldering is more than anyone should bear. Please consider donating, and if you can’t donate, please pray that a miracle comes through for them.