Rebuild Hope: A Car for a Caring Mother

At the risk of embarrassing myself, looking pathetic, being ridiculous or whatever else it may be called- I’m going to ask for help. I have fought so hard for so long and honestly don’t know what else to do. If you have ever heard of a story about how someone’s life snowballed out of control, this is just like that.

We moved 4 times last year after I faced an almost 40% pay cut overnight completely out of my control. The job in Florida was a disaster and lied about the pay. The job I left up here realized they made a mistake and brought me back. The mess was so huge that I couldn’t clean it up on my own despite working nights and weekends for months. They said they were bringing on a third party company to help and that my job was fine but then fired me completely out of the blue because again someone can do it cheaper. Even with being sick and having all these tests I still showed up every day. I scheduled appts early and had friends drop Alivia off at school. I worked through horrific pain. I helped teach managers, waited on customers, you name it. Now I’m still battling my health issues and have to find private insurance to continue to cover my medications and start over on the deductible I had already sunk thousands into this year. I’m also trying desperately to find a job I can do while trying to juggle that and being a mother of a 6 year old that only has me as a parent. I have applied to over 60 places and haven’t gotten an offer that I can live on. I have made calls, sent messages and even wrote individualized cover letters. In all of this chaos and loss of income and unexpected expenses, I haven’t been able to make my $500 car payment for several months. I went to take my girl to school this morning and it was gone. Rightfully so, although never once in the beginning of all of this would the bank cut me a break. I clawed us out of bad living situations and now I just need a car. I need a car to go to work, to make my appointments and to take my daughter to school. Even if I can just get enough for a down payment at a crappy lot, it’ll be a start! There are a lot of options on marketplace too. I just don’t qualify for a traditional loan. If you made it this far, thank you. As they say, anything helps us