My family has had many hardships over the years. My husband (the father of my two daughters) passed away in 2016, and since then it feels like it’s been a constant string of bad luck. Some of the many things I’ve dealt with include severe depression made worse by alcoholism, (have been clean for well over a year now ❤️), abuse from a horrible ex (he strangled me at one point and a protective order was put in place), as well as many financial hardships (like the time someone stole my car and broke my windshield and I had to pay hundreds to fix it).

After getting sober and being out of the bad relationship it seemed like things should get better. They didn’t. I was forced by CPS to “voluntarily” make my daughters go live with live with my dad for a few months (they shouldn’t have gone, but that’s a long story for another time) and after getting them back home we still had to battle for a year to get CPS out of our lives. It was a traumatic experience for our family and caused pain instead of any sort of support. During the year of battling CPS I also had to battle my landlord in court. It all started when new management took over and they were saying I owed money I didn’t. That began a year long court battle with them. I thought that battle was over last December with me winning. I was wrong. I had to go back to court in January to battle them again. Originally, after that court date, I was told to be out of our current apartment by the 25th of May. We have now officially received the eviction paperwork and we have to be out the 22nd of June at 10am. If we are not out by then, the sheriff can come and force us out. The only reason we are being evicted is due to not having a lease. The only time a lease was ever signed was in August 2017 when we first moved in. New management took over in early 2021 and has been getting residents evicted (for any reason they can) so they can retake the apartments and raise the rent. Despite the long battle and an appeal the judge eventually granted the eviction judgment in favor of the landlord. It’s true, we don’t have a lease, but that’s not for lack of trying. After the new management took over I kept trying to get in touch with them but no one ever responded!

I’ve been looking for months for a new place for my kids and I to move into, but for some reason I’ve have had no success. We have nowhere to go.

I almost died last July after an ectopic pregnancy ruptured (I had to have emergency surgery). After that experience I didn’t think I’d be able to conceive again. I was wrong again. I am now currently pregnant with a due date of the 16th of June. The timing couldn’t be worse. I have to move an entire apartment, to a yet unknown new location, while having a hard time doing physical things like moving boxes, and I can’t currently work. Our main source of income is Social Security Survivor Benefits we receive because of my husbands death. We already had a hard enough time scraping by before, but now things are nearly impossible for us.

Any money donated will go to keeping us in shelter like hotels, potentially being able to board our cats, moving supplies such as boxes, a truck rental, possibly movers to help (since I can’t do any heavy lifting), and of course funding going towards getting an apartment or house rented. We may have to put items in storage and live in hotels for a bit (which is going to be hard with multiple cats!).

The short version: after lots of hardship I find myself pregnant (due to give birth any minute) and being evicted with nowhere to go yet, an entire apartment to pack/move, and extremely limited financial resources.

Anything you can donate is highly appreciated. ❤️

Edit: We are now officially homeless and staying in hotel rooms. We can only afford to do that thanks to the donations received here from kind people. I’ve still not been able to find more permanent housing. I gave birth June 24th to a baby boy that was given to an adoptive family I had arranged prior. He is with a loving couple that is going to give him a better life than I can offer right now. It’s the best scenario for everyone involved.

I was released from the hospital on the 26th (and had to go from there to our old place to finish packing and have movers get things out) but on the morning of the 28th I called 911 and was taken to the ICU because of an extremely high blood pressure reading that was causing symptoms. We found out that I have heart failure caused by the pregnancy and the extreme stress I’ve been under. I currently have 20% heart function and have to take medication daily. The good news is the doctor said it’s very rare that the his kind of heart failure doesn’t heal. So we will reassess in 90 days and hopefully the function has improved. My older daughter (that was going to sign a lease with me) decided to venture out on her own and has rented a place with a co-worker. My mom came into town, and I thought she was going to help and I’d finally have some relief, but she picked me up from my second stay at the hospital and dropped me off at my car and told me I needed to find my own hotel room. My mother really only came to help my older daughter. She helped her rent her new place and left across the county again. So now it’s just my younger daughter and myself scraping together money to keep a roof over our heads and cover food costs. I’m really hoping to find a place before school starts for her again. I’ve looked into resources in my area and keep searching for anywhere that will accept us. I sincerely appreciate anything you can donate. It helps us immensely and we are both extremely grateful.