I am Stacie, the oldest child in our family, along with Keith, my brother, and Jessica, my sister. My sister and I each have a teenage daughter, and my sister Jessica has another one on the way. Our stepdad, James Board, passed away from an unexpected accident over a year ago, and ever since then, it seems more bad than good has been happening. I tell this story so you can know and feel everything we are experiencing.

It is very hard letting this all out there, especially because we have done so much to hold us all together as a family and get through all of this. But unfortunately, it is becoming extremely hard to keep us going financially and, most importantly, as a family all together. My mother, Karen, has had some difficulty with the grief from it all, as we all have. So many hard times keeping up with the necessities needed to feed and house the family. There have been some hospitalizations as well throughout for some of us. As I said earlier, there is another addition coming into our family, which is a great blessing, but I would want nothing more than to provide a less stressful environment for all of us as a family. We are beyond grateful for the help we have been given and strive to keep going and doing what we can. We've tried and have exhausted all the help we can find, as this is so hard to have to go this route. Please take my deepest regards as I know everyone has so many hard times of their own, but maybe letting this out can help us.