Hi everyone, It's Joleen. As most of you know, I had to step back to subbing in the middle of last year. My youngest has early intervention multiple times a week and my oldest wasn't in school yet. As the oldest starts school this year and the youngest is still in E.I, I've been doing yard work and helping landscape whenever I can to make money and Matthew had been working OT to make up for the salary I was missing. We never got remotely close to the salary I was making but it was at least enough to scrape by. Today we got the news that Matthew has been let go from his job. Due to this unexpected job loss, we are going to be unable to pay the bills until he gets another job. I can pay some of them but not all of them and it leaves no money for the few school supplies I still need to purchase. I hate asking for help without doing work, but this last week has been hell week and this is definitely "when it rains it pours" situation. Anyone who knows myself personally and Matthew well both give you the shirts off our backs and have been helping people this week cutting and moving trees due to my park getting hit so badly. I exhaust myself doing yard work to hustle and keeping up with the house. I've lost over thirty pounds in two months due to the stress and heavy labor. I'm asking for help so I can take a breath and enjoy my child's first day of school and last few weeks of summer. Matthews income paid most the bills and the little money he can make right now will have to go towards child support. I hate this because it feels like begging but at this point I just need life to cut me a break, between a broken car, hard working, him working OT and never getting rest or down time? It's been a lot.. Matt had been working with dot since Sept 2021. I'm not asking you just to donate, I'm asking you to see me and my family as people that are just down on their luck. Normally I figure everything out myself, this time? I can't do it all by myself. So I'm asking my friends, family and community for help covering bills I'm already late on and after this Thursday we won't be receiving a paycheck to cover what I can't in a month. Sorry for the paragraph, I'm trying to not sound whiney, or like I'm just asking for a handout because I'm not that person and have been working my butt off and am now in a state of panic. Thank you for your time. Please share or donate.
Sincerely,
A mama that is stressed and tired
Joleen
