Help Riannon Rebuild for Her Children

Hi, my name is Riannon. I’m a single mother of 5 and I co parent with my mom for 2 of my kids. My youngest son’s father just left us with only a 2 hour notice and he paid majority of the bills. Apparently asking for more help around the house was just too much for him. I know how judgmental people are so I’m gonna be up front about my past. I used to be a drug addict and got in a lot of trouble so everyone assumes I have bad motives or always up to no good but this is my last resort. I’m just trying to get the help my kids dads should be doing so I can get on my feet and my kids can always rely on me. I’m asking for any kind of help even free babysitting. My kids and I have gone to food banks and Salvation Armys, for help with rent I’ve called churches and they don’t have the money which is understandable. I had no income because I took care of the kids and could only do eyelash extensions my sons dad convenience. He worked and I worked around his schedule which was one or two appointments a week. So that equals out to about $80 a week. I’m a licensed cosmetologist and I do eyelash extensions and anyone that’s been in this industry knows its a pretty hard business to get into especially in this small town unless you’re consistent and I just couldn’t be because my life and career revolved around my ex. I actually love doing eyelash extensions and I’m good at it. So the main issue is I have an 8 month old who’s been on about 3 different waiting lists for daycare I have absolutely no money to pay anyone to babysit. I just feel stuck, I have no way to get out of this without paying a babysitter to start a consistent work schedule. I just don’t have the recourses to get started. Any help would be appreciated even if it’s someone babysitting at my home for free for a few weeks or help with rent that’s due in about 2 weeks. I just have no idea how I’m going to do this alone and I know single mothers do it all the time but I’m a felon so I think we know how that will turn out and my kids are the only things keeping me going. Asking for money or anyone for help is very embarrassing but I’m out of other ideas. If any of the proceeds go over what I’m asking I’d be glad to donate to another single mother going through the same things.

Thank you for reading if you lasted this long. Love you all.