Hello, my name is Jessica Morgan. I am beside myself that it has come to this. I’ve chosen to sacrifice whatever dignity and pride I have left because the universe keeps coming for us, hit after hit.

My wife and I have had custody of my niece for five years, from age 5 to her current age of 10 years old. During this time, her bio mom has been absent for the majority of those 5 years. Bio dad has had a relationship with his daughter, facilitated by us, even during his many drug relapses, homelessness, joblessness, etc. Neither pay any child support. In the last three months, we have been taken back to court by bio mom, and now bio dad (who has no home or job) is taking us to court for his “father’s rights.” So, we have had to spend an exceptional amount of money on attorney fees.

In addition to this, five years ago, my wife had a catastrophic back injury. Since 2020, she has had 11 back surgeries and procedures. She has been on 100% disability for about two years. Her situation has not changed in that time; if anything, she is worse. **Friday, November 21st, we received a letter from SSI/Disability that my wife no longer qualifies for disability and that starting with our November check, she would no longer receive her payment.** So, we were notified Friday that our check scheduled to come the following Wednesday would no longer be arriving.

My wife has worked for 42 years without any government assistance. This is our first experience with Social Security. And while we are obviously going to look into what is going on, hoping we can appeal this decision, etc., having found out that our anticipated income is not coming with only four days' notice has put us in a terrible position. Most of our savings have gone to medical bills, copays, etc., so we are stretched pretty thin month to month.

The November check was already delegated to an installment for our attorney as well as our Thanksgiving groceries.

I know we are in the expensive holiday season when people already have their charities picked out. I can’t even think about what our holidays will look like this year.

So, I’ve created this GoFundMe out of fear and desperation, not so much for myself, but for our kids. **I would just like to try and salvage their holidays.** If anyone feels so inclined to make a donation, large or small, it would be more than appreciated, you’ve no idea.

Thank you for reading!