Anyone who knows Chris & I, knows we are not ones to ever ask for handouts. It pains me to even be sitting here writing this right now. I never thought my life would end up like this. I’ve always been the kind of person who figures everything out & for the past 10 months we have. Lately it has just been so hard. Some of you may know, I gave birth to our second son in May. I went on maternity leave for 10 weeks when I originally had 18 weeks off. I had to go back early (July 22nd) because we were struggling to make ends meet. Chris injured his back very badly therefore he was let go from his previous job. He found a new one 2 weeks later & I returned to work as well. For those 2 weeks the only income we had was my maternity leave which set us behind on rent & bills horribly. Our apartment complex has already started the court process of eviction if our rent isn’t paid in full. We currently owe over $2,000 but I’m not even asking for that full amount because we are both currently still working & can afford some of it. We also have rg&e, car payments & car insurance to catch up on. If we don’t get this paid immediately us & our 2 children will be homeless. We don’t have anywhere to go. We have family that would only let us stay with them temporarily & even then, if we had to go with them we would have to give up all of our belongings as there isn’t any room for them. Then we would also not be able to get a new place with an eviction on our record. Please, even if you only have $1 & a heart you could literally save us & our children from homelessness. I am absolutely devastated & so embarrassed to even have to do this. This was not on my bingo card for 2025.