Single father of 3 children in need

Father of 3 children in need of help

Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to read this and to consider our family.  A little over twelve years ago, my mom decided to completely leave my dad, me, and my two younger siblings. My dad was left to raise an eight year old, a four year old, and a two year old all on his own. He constantly gave of himself for us in every way possible. He basically had nothing in the way of friendships, support, social life, and of course never had a romantic relationship, because he believed that all of the time he had, he should devote to his kids. He worked multiple jobs at horrible hours of the night/morning to give us everything we could ever need.  We have never gone without anything that we have needed, and we have had many things that we have wanted. He did everything for us, and also never missed any of our extracurricular activities. He pushed his body way past its limits just so that he could provide for, and take care of, us.

Three years ago my dad was hospitalized for appendicitis. No big deal right? It is the most common surgery… Wrong. The doctors ended up finding cancer in his body, and he was diagnosed with stage 4 follicular lymphoma. During that same month, our home, which we had lived in for thirteen years, was foreclosed on. On top of that, he had been dealing with a severe, chronic knee problem for two years, which is still affecting him today. He was also just recently hospitalized and missed work due to Lyme disease and some heart complications that accompanied it. Due to all of his health problems, he has missed over 200 days of work, without benefits or paid time off. Furthermore, he lost over a year’s worth of salary to a dishonest boss. Moreover, one of our two cars permanently died not long ago. It was about seventeen years old, and it just could not be fixed up anymore. Now my family is left with one car that is fifteen years old and always needing repair work done to it.

Honestly, I do not think you will ever meet someone like my dad in your entire lifetime. He only knows how to sacrifice of himself. He gives until he has nothing left to give, and then he keeps giving beyond that. Even though he is not perfect, he is the greatest example of what it means to be a loving, giving, caring, forgiving, and devoted father and overall person. I am hoping that you would take time to think and pray about it, and then please consider doing whatever you are able to do to help our family, even if it is just simply passing along our story.

Thank you