PLEASE HELP ME BRING MY SON HOME

Hi everyone, I am reaching out because my son, Jacques has been stuck without any family, in Australia since the beginning of March.

As many of you know, I have always been very hard working, as well as raising my son on my own full time. My family in Australia was also helping us by contributing what they can to help support my son. 

A few days before the Covid19 lockdown, my family decided without forewarning, that they no longer want to contribute any support to helping me with raising Jacques as a single mother (for reasons unknown!) 
I relied on some family support in order to raise my son alone. So this meant that I overnight, no longer had enough to cover our expenses at the end of each month.

Therefore, so that I could immediately be able to work 10-12 hour days, and work nights, and weekends; a very dear friend of mine, Liz, from Australia, whom is a teacher, said she would take care for my son for a month or so, in order for me to be able to deal with our emergency financial situation. 

She flew out from Sydney straight away, and I had to send my son back to Australia with her. I would not have been able to work enough hours straight away, as a single parent without any form of support from my family, nor child support.
 
Thankfully she is also homeschooling him and supporting me with the Covid19 “Remote Learning” now that parents have to homeschool their children until schools reopen.
Jacques is 9 years old and is Dyslexic. He is in 3rd grade and struggles to read, which has seriously effected his self esteem, so his education is a priority. 

Two days after I put my son on the flight to Australia, the Covid19 Lockdown happened in New York, as well as most of the rest of the world, which I obviously had no idea would happen when I sent my son to Sydney.

I am a Life Coach and the majority of clients I had been working with, unfortunately due to losing their jobs, had to pull out of their Coaching agreements. My plan to get multiple jobs and work 24/7, was suddenly no longer possible, and I overnight, found myself going from successfully supporting my son and giving him a healthy and good life.... to being a single mother with no income at all, or family support.

I had hoped to fly myself to Australia to bring him back at the beginning of the Lockdown, or to put him on an emergency flight home, but I was advised by the Australian Consulate not to fly or put him on a flight at that time.

As many others in this Covid19 situation, I have not been able to pay rent or any bills, and whatever I have, only pays for food. I have been working night and day, from home in order to salvage our situation, to be able to care for my son and to bring him home.

My son is not coping well at all and has had a complete emotional and mental breakdown. The entire experience has been devastating for him.  My friend Liz, whom he is with, has managed to get him in to see a Child Trauma Therapist 5 days a week, after he had his initial breakdown.

I need to get him back to me, to his home and life as he knows it, so that I can give him stability and security, regardless of our financial situation.  I cannot wait and leave him waiting in this situation any longer than we already have.
He needs his mother, and it is completely ripping me apart not to be able to be with him and pull him out of this.

There is only United Airlines, that have a flight from Sydney to the U.S.A.  They are only flying directly to San Francisco, and they have agreed for him to fly as an Unaccompanied Minor. They will not however be able to transfer him as an unaccompanied minor onto a connecting flight to NYC. 

I have contacted a very dear friend of mine, Elias’ family in San Francisco, and they are going to help us and pick my son up, once he lands in SFO and clears customs... and re-check him in, as an unaccompanied minor onto a flight to NYC.

 I am also trying to work out a way, for when I get him back home with me,  to be able to homeschool him and be able to work full-time to support us financially, while being able to fulfill being there for him and raising him, without compromising his needs.

Reaching out is not my forte, as I am the one usually helping others and giving, however, now I have gone into complete single mother survival mode and I am just desperate.

So therefore, under the circumstances, it is without shame as a mother, and with complete humility, that I am reaching out, because I am not able to do this alone without help.

I realize this is the worst possible time to be asking anyone for help financially, as most of us are all struggling, and have nothing to give, however, I have no other way of being able to bring my son home, so I'm doing whatever I can do in any way.

There is no amount to small to give if you can.
Every tiny bit counts towards helping to organize to get Jacques back AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I cannot express enough, the GRATITUDE in my heart for anyone that can help me with my son.
 
Even if you are not able to help, can I PLEASE ask you to share my message with anyone else in your life whom you think may find it in their heart to help in any way.

This circumstance has been so unexpected and unfortunate, but I believe when we go through adversity, we come out stronger, and so anything you can do to help, will make a world of difference in my son's life right now.

With all my love, prayers and blessings.

~Grace~

JUST THE TWO OF US.
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