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I am being strong today. I am asking for help.
When I fell from my horse 13 years ago, I was training for Cross-Country, Circuit Jumping and Dressage in 2003, 2004 and 2005. I worked and practiced under the watchful eyes of two masters of dressage and was receiving great encouragement and training in Little Rock, Arkansas. That fateful day in October 2005, my life changed forever. While free riding with my daughter in a pasture, a flock of birds scared my horse and after falling I'd find myself being described as quadriplegic. I no longer had use of my arms or legs but I remained strong for my children and continue to stay strong now for my grandchildren. We went on to live as normally as we could.
But life threw me another curve ball when I least expected it. Someone who had sworn vows and made promises to me and has always been there for me... suddenly wasn't, leaving me without support. We have fallen behind on the mortgage payments, so the bank would like to take away the house; they asked for the entire $90,000 but after speaking with them they now ask for $9000 by the end of December, and we continue with payments after that. I must face the fact that my home, my haven, my sanctuary is going to be taken away from me unless we can stop it.
We are used to being able to take care of our own needs as a family, but right now we are adjusting to our new reality.
That is why I am feeling strong today in asking for help to save my home. Without help I cannot pay my mortgage right now. I honestly do not know what I will do if the mortgage company forecloses on my home. I don’t have a fancy wheelchair or a handicap-accessible van. What I do have is a home that provides shelter for me and my children and their children.
It feels like this is happening because someone decided that they dont care about me; that I dont matter. But I do matter, and I know that there are people who care. So I'm reaching out.
Please help me continue to be strong through your gift, even $5 will help. Remember, there is strength in numbers.
All donations will go towards my mortgage.
When I fell from my horse 13 years ago, I was training for Cross-Country, Circuit Jumping and Dressage in 2003, 2004 and 2005. I worked and practiced under the watchful eyes of two masters of dressage and was receiving great encouragement and training in Little Rock, Arkansas. That fateful day in October 2005, my life changed forever. While free riding with my daughter in a pasture, a flock of birds scared my horse and after falling I'd find myself being described as quadriplegic. I no longer had use of my arms or legs but I remained strong for my children and continue to stay strong now for my grandchildren. We went on to live as normally as we could.
But life threw me another curve ball when I least expected it. Someone who had sworn vows and made promises to me and has always been there for me... suddenly wasn't, leaving me without support. We have fallen behind on the mortgage payments, so the bank would like to take away the house; they asked for the entire $90,000 but after speaking with them they now ask for $9000 by the end of December, and we continue with payments after that. I must face the fact that my home, my haven, my sanctuary is going to be taken away from me unless we can stop it.
We are used to being able to take care of our own needs as a family, but right now we are adjusting to our new reality.
That is why I am feeling strong today in asking for help to save my home. Without help I cannot pay my mortgage right now. I honestly do not know what I will do if the mortgage company forecloses on my home. I don’t have a fancy wheelchair or a handicap-accessible van. What I do have is a home that provides shelter for me and my children and their children.
It feels like this is happening because someone decided that they dont care about me; that I dont matter. But I do matter, and I know that there are people who care. So I'm reaching out.
Please help me continue to be strong through your gift, even $5 will help. Remember, there is strength in numbers.
All donations will go towards my mortgage.