Support Niki and Josh's Journey Back Home

Hi everyone. My name is Jane. The beautiful photo you see is of my daughter, her husband Josh, and their family, most of whom are currently stranded in Missouri. In June of 2024, Niki and Josh received a phone call that they never dreamed would now negatively impact their entire lives, and the lives of their children. Niki's MIL (Josh's mom) claimed her health had tanked, and she didn't have much time left. My daughter and her husband (with their hearts wide open) did what anyone would do and packed up their family to travel 1100 miles to help in any way possible. Almost immediately upon arrival, the family was hit with negativity and lies, finding out almost immediately with a couple of doctor appointments, that Niki's MIL had lied about her health detriments, and the fact that she was nowhere near as sick as she had claimed.

Niki and Josh (her husband) have had trouble with this woman in the past, ever since Niki and Josh started dating. They started dating in 2001, married in 2004, and have been together, hand in hand, ever since. Josh's mother tried to get Josh to not marry my daughter, claiming she was no good for him, that he deserved better. Later claiming that Niki was the reason that their family had the bond that they did, stating that Niki was an angel here on Earth (which she absolutely is)!! My daughter's MIL is a manipulative woman and does not deserve the love that my daughter has given to her throughout all of these years.

Since arriving in Missouri, Niki and Josh have given their all. Niki cooks and cleans, Josh works hard around the house chopping wood, doing yard work; they both take care of all of the animals in the house, and anything else that is needed to help deter some of the responsibility that falls on Josh's stepfather's shoulders, who is an AMAZING man. On top of the above, Josh is working at Home Depot, while Niki is having a hard time finding a job (as a nurse) that doesn't require her to travel an hour in one direction (another lie the MIL gave -- stating the jobs were plentiful, and they're not). Their car is not in the shape for her to travel right now, so she has had no option but to decline some opportunities that have come to her.

Without writing a novel, some of the absolute disgust that has happened to my family since being in Missouri are as follows:

1) My grandchildren being ignored by their NEENA, day in and day out, as if they don't exist.

2) My 15-year-old grandson telling me he HEARD his Neena yelling at her husband from upstairs that she would rather live in a homeless shelter with six people she didn't know over living here with us.

3) This woman sits upstairs in her room all day every day, and doesn't interact with Niki or Josh, OR my grandchildren. Unless she's complaining about something.

4) This woman also stated (when my oldest grandson and his fiancée went to visit at the beginning of the year) that my grandson's fiancée wasn't allowed at "her property" at all (which she later backed out on, so she wasn't made out to be the MONSTER that she is). Not caring that this house is where my daughter and grandkids live as well. It's THEIR HOME TOO!

5) Lately, she has also been turning the internet off every night, so that my grandchildren cannot play games with their friends and family back home or talk with me or their grandpa or their brother, back here in NY.

There is SO MUCH MORE, but I'm going to stop there. My children and grandchildren need to come home, where they feel love and support, and don't feel so alone. My husband and I are on a fixed income, and sadly cannot do this on our own, or MY kids and grandkids would be here by now. They need to get their car fixed, they need a rental vehicle to fit everything to come back home, they need a hotel after traveling halfway for safety and not driving 16 hours straight, they need US!

I'm humbly asking for your help. Whether you are a friend or family, or a stranger that has stumbled upon this, ANYTHING and everything adds up. Anything helps, and it WILL HELP GET MY BABIES HOME!! My daughter's depression is getting out of control, and I'm horribly concerned at this point in time. So, I'm reaching out in hopes of reaching the Heavens, and showering my family with the love and support they need and deserve.

If you cannot donate, we completely understand. Please though, share this far and wide, and say some prayers along the way. My family doesn't deserve to be in this situation. They made this very difficult decision to leave their family out of simple love and support. My daughter now feels she is the worst person in the world, putting her children into such a mentally abusive situation, unbeknownst to herself, and she regrets having the heart she does, allowing her better judgment to be masked by what she had hoped was the right decision. She has never regretted anything in life. Her MIL has succeeded in drowning my family in turmoil. Please help me get them out. Thank you.