Give my sons a home

My sons are the most amazing children. they have both changed my life in ways I never would have expected. River just turned 18 and Ephraim is going to be 10 in September. This last year of their lives have been the best year of their lives.

Both of my sons have Autism. Both are higher functioning, excellent speach but many struggles in other areas. Neither of them have been able to handle mainstream school and I have homeschooled them for the past 9 years.  

Between the homeschooling and the autism, my sons never had friends. With all of their struggles and health problems of my own, I haven't been able to work outside of the home in 13 years. I have struggled and sacrificied to give them the best life I could.

In march of 2013 we moved into the home we live in now. It is beautiful and perfect and we all thought this would be our home long term. The children settled in, we found a wonderful school and for the first time in their lives they have friends. People who see them for who they are and accept them. 

Suddenly we have to move. Repairs the house need are bringing the landlord to have to sell the house and we have to vacate in one month.  I have been given notice to leave our home by August 15th.

In our home we have grown, we have started to really live. I started university classes to persue  a degree in alternative medicine with the plans to become an ND. I want to help my children and I want to help other people. Finishing school is the only way I can make their lives better. Thesse boys may never be able to live on their own and I want to raise us out of poverty. School is expensive and I have had to take out large loans on top of the financial aid. I can't stop now. I have to finish, for myself and my sons. 

In our home we started to dream a better life. We started a garden, we got chickens and the boys both got a black lab pup. We plan to train the pups to be service dogs to help the boys through life.

And now we are having to let all of it go. I am struggling to find another rental home like this and in our price range we will end up in an apartment where we will be far from the wonderful school we found and all of the friends the kids have made.

I am struggling to find the words here.

My children have never had a real home. I am trying so hard to provide better for them. All that they have gained in this last year is being taken from them. They have never had a fair shake at life. 

Because of our struggles, I dont qualify for any form of loan even for low income people. My mother is scrambling to find a way to help us and a few friends told me to take what I say on my blog and bring it here. So here I am. Asking the world to give my sons a home. Give them a chance to continue to grow here. To be near their friends and this school and their doctors and to keep their animals and live in a home that belongs to them.

My words fumble today. I haven't really slept in the last 2 weeks. I spend my days comforting distraught little boys, trying to continue to study and searching rental listings.  I have found listings for homes for sale in our area for $130,000 or less. Homes that can answer our prayers. Homes that if we had one could never be taken from us again. Where I can finish school and give them a better life, Where they can keep their friends and make more. Homes that I can't give them on my own.

Maybe read my blog, and if our story touches you at all. Maybe you can help us or tell someone who can help us. 

Thank you for the time it took to read these rambling words.

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