Help A Single Mom: It’s Me. I’m the Single Mom

I’m terrified.

You're not supposed to admit to that - on here, on social media, or well, anywhere. But here I am, admitting it. I've been out of full-time work for 8 months, and my savings is gone. Unemployment insurance? Long gone. I've been surviving on wit, luck, and about twenty bucks up until now, and IT IS NOT GOING WELL.

I have been able to get by with some freelance work but even that has dried up.

I'm asking for help to keep myself and my nine year old afloat for a few months. I’m considering disability but the process can take years and the amount I’d get is not enough to live on. I’m hoping to find SOMETHING soon (I’m very hirable!!!) but my options are limited due to some newish disabilities which make mobility almost impossible. I’m doing my best with that but I’ve been pretty private about it up until now.

if it were just me I could probably get by on brown rice and hope for a few months but I also contribute to the mortgage payment at my mother’s house (if I weren’t taking up space here, she’d have a roommate with RELIABLE INCOME) so we are in some real dire straits here - as a family.

This is an emergency for me. For my family. This is the difference between remaining housed or unhoused. Fed or starving.

I would be incredibly grateful for any and all support. I’m scared but I’m not broken. Yet.

Love,

Kiala