I moved into my place about a month ago starting off to a new start with basically nothing. Living paycheck to paycheck... paying bills and providing for my children is taken care of but i never have anything left to start saving for furniture and household items. I am in need of gently used furniture (living room) minus end tables,maybe a dresser for my kids room, they have a queen size mattress but its not any good... the springs are coming through the top. Like anything would help really... Read More

I moved into my place about a month ago starting off to a new start with basically nothing. Living paycheck to paycheck... paying bills and providing for my children is taken care of but i never have anything left to start saving for furniture and household items. I am in need of gently used furniture (living room) minus end tables,maybe a dresser for my kids room, they have a queen size mattress but its not any good... the springs are coming through the top. Like anything would help really... bathroom things, kitchen, wall art... Just trying to make our apartment feel alot more homely and comfortable.

I have three teenage but two are under 18. (16 and 13) We are in a very difficult position as their father has stopped paying child support. I have all three children's birthdays and Christmas happening in the next couple months and I need help. Money for clothes Money for Bills Money for Groceries Money for gifts Gifts Rent Specific Sports supplies (high school competitive cheer and high jump and junior high cheer and track) I currently make $2400 per month and I lost $1100 in child support. Read More

I have three teenage but two are under 18. (16 and 13) We are in a very difficult position as their father has stopped paying child support. I have all three children's birthdays and Christmas happening in the next couple months and I need help.
Money for clothes
Money for Bills
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Specific Sports supplies (high school competitive cheer and high jump and junior high cheer and track)

I currently make $2400 per month and I lost $1100 in child support. Our bills before food are $2800 and I am at a loss as what to do next. Please know I am educated and frugal. I am doing my best but I really need some help and have no family to call. Thank you.

I'm a 47 year disabled who recently found out he had a 16 yr old daughter. It's the greatest gift I could have gotten. I unfortunately dont make much money and have a very unreliable vehicle. My credit isnt good (not that I could afford a payment) my family has very little and I have few friends. I need a few thousand dollars to fly to PA from Arkansas round trip it's close to 800 and need a place to stay while I'm there. This is my last resort I know I'm not sick or had a catastrophic event. Read More

I'm a 47 year disabled who recently found out he had a 16 yr old daughter. It's the greatest gift I could have gotten. I unfortunately dont make much money and have a very unreliable vehicle. My credit isnt good (not that I could afford a payment) my family has very little and I have few friends. I need a few thousand dollars to fly to PA from Arkansas round trip it's close to 800 and need a place to stay while I'm there. This is my last resort I know I'm not sick or had a catastrophic event. However, being disabled I dont have much now having a daughter has changed that. I just need the means to get out to see her sign some paperwork so she can come here. Please help me.

I usually volunteer so it is really difficult to be on the asking side of this, but I'll try. I have spent several years building a better stable life in Hot springs. Almost 2 years ago, I moved to Fort Smith. I struggled but started to get ahead. About 3 months ago my apartment told me they were selling building and it was to be tore down for remodel. We were trying to work long hours at a factory here in town, and maintain a little community interaction, so we didn't have enough time to even Read More

I usually volunteer so it is really difficult to be on the asking side of this, but I'll try. I have spent several years building a better stable life in Hot springs. Almost 2 years ago, I moved to Fort Smith. I struggled but started to get ahead. About 3 months ago my apartment told me they were selling building and it was to be tore down for remodel. We were trying to work long hours at a factory here in town, and maintain a little community interaction, so we didn't have enough time to even pack all of basic life, let alone furniture. They had given us 30 day notice, but part of that was under different pretenses due to an verbal agreement that we could stay for the same rent, but we pay our own bills. It was about a 200 increase we were going settle for. Long story short we moved on the spot, all we could move in 1 day, we had no family to help, which somehow all of my stuff was left behind by accident, with every bit of furniture and household stuff. All I had worked for, was demolished with that building. We are still trying to aquire living items, but we are now in a bigger spot. My boyfriend and I worked the same job. He recently was laid off and I was forced out of a job after a man touched me inappropriately at work and I filed a sexual harrassment charge on him at hr. I was unfairly pushed out, although plant manager, several supervisors and another were fired after he investigation. I have a petition for eeoc to hear my case. But we paid all our money for first and last month on new place, a deposit on the water, and other expenses. My boyfriend gets 300 for unemployment and that is all. We have the deposit on electric, the water and electric bill, rent, car payment ( I am $400, 3 payments from completely paying it off from near $5000), registration/tags are expired tomorrow, my insurance on my car is a couple of days past due, and I have already pawned all the stuff they will take. I have now been selling my clothes and shoes one by one. I'm not close to catching up. I have ad out to help clean in exchange for unused household items, which in turn have been giving some to people in my community. I have come into a lot of people just needing a little help. I am asking for help in any way, but also would love a pull behind trailer that would fit a few furniture items in, so I may go to surrounding city's and pick up unused furniture, such as beds, and deliver them to the household that need. If there is any way I can have a little assistance, I will bounce back and be strong for other's weakness. Thank you for taking the time to be on this site, and thank you for caring.

To make this very simple. I'm a 47 year old disabled man and I moved to Arkansas and have nothing but my disability to get by. I recently found out I have a 16 year old daughter!!! I have no other children and she lives in PA. I dont have the money to fly out to meet her and I desperately want to see my only child. I have no one to ask for help and I need this ...I dont drink, do drugs I just have severe anxiety a depression. My disability will not stop me from seeing my daughter Isabelle only Read More

To make this very simple. I'm a 47 year old disabled man and I moved to Arkansas and have nothing but my disability to get by. I recently found out I have a 16 year old daughter!!! I have no other children and she lives in PA. I dont have the money to fly out to meet her and I desperately want to see my only child. I have no one to ask for help and I need this ...I dont drink, do drugs I just have severe anxiety a depression. My disability will not stop me from seeing my daughter Isabelle only money the most irritating part of all of it. I love my daughter PLEASE HELP ME SEE HER!! I'm asking for a few thousand so I can see her a couple times then hopefully her mom will fly her to me. I would even happily pay it back though I dont have much youd have my word.

My family needs a miracle! We have ended up in difficult times due to him moving to a "better career" the company had an accident a few weeks in and he has been out of work for 2 months. We have both been trying to find work on the daily, I work on the weekends but it's not enough. Our car was repossessed and I managed to be able to get it out. Every single bill is behind and due for shut off Friday. Rent is 2 months behind and we are ANY day from a 3 day eviction notice. So I picked up some Read More

My family needs a miracle! We have ended up in difficult times due to him moving to a "better career" the company had an accident a few weeks in and he has been out of work for 2 months. We have both been trying to find work on the daily, I work on the weekends but it's not enough. Our car was repossessed and I managed to be able to get it out. Every single bill is behind and due for shut off Friday. Rent is 2 months behind and we are ANY day from a 3 day eviction notice. So I picked up some freelance work, the check I received and after request of physically paying someone else for their services too with the company owner. This check was enough to save my family. We ordered a uhaul and have been packing our things since Saturday so we can move somewhere where we can provide for our children and thrive as a family. This morning I got up at 3am to drive to the specific bank in Nashville TN because I didn't want to pay someone else before the check cleared. Its fraudulent, every bit of hope we had for the situation is gone. I used the money I earned this weekend 80$ for gas and am now stuck in Nashville with my husband in a really bad situation. We are going to end up on the streets with absolutely nothing and no way out. The transitional living facility is full. We need to be able to pack our things and move to Wisconsin by Friday or all is lost. No electric, no water and soon no home. I've taken every opportunity to earn what I can to care for my family. We are lost, please help us get to a safe place.

Hello and if you are reading this... I just want to say thanks for even considering donating to this cause. I will give you a little background first, briefly... I was raised by an extreme OCD, Bipolar, and has flight of thought constantly, Mom. Never did I have the typical childhood up bringing. I basically raised myself and watched my mom go through the legal amount of times you can be married in our home state. Just that statement alone should tell you I had no consistency and it was Read More

Hello and if you are reading this... I just want to say thanks for even considering donating to this cause.

I will give you a little background first, briefly... I was raised by an extreme OCD, Bipolar, and has flight of thought constantly, Mom. Never did I have the typical childhood up bringing. I basically raised myself and watched my mom go through the legal amount of times you can be married in our home state. Just that statement alone should tell you I had no consistency and it was constant change.

My mother was a mother to 4 girls, mostly a single parent, the latter part of my upbringing. With this being noted.... I always thought to myself that my mom didnt really teach me much as a child, but I am mistaken. I learned what not to be to my kids and how not to act to my children. I learned to love your kids and show them this affection on a daily basis, unlike my household- it was to be understood. We never said, 'I love you."

Now..... I will say that I have had my moments and have sewn my wild oats after high school and then decided to get my life right and I finished college got married had kids.... But my mother has always been a constant battle. We never have gotten along, but I did want to respect her as she is my Mother. Even though I really had a rough child hood.... I have tried to be the better person because at the end of the day she did bring me into this world.

After I got married... My family hated the fact and was jealous that my husband bought me a house and let me stay at home with the kids, etc. So there was a lot of talk behind my back about how I had always been a screw up throughout my life. Even though I still tried to give my mom the benefit of the doubt to be a good person.... It always backfires on me.

Needless to say, my Mother has always tried to live her life through me and hates that I have bettered myself. With all of this... I have three beautiful children, one 13 year old, 4 year old, & 3 year old. I have over the years been constantly beat down and put under a microscope and scrutinized for every little wrong thing I do in my moms eyes....

I am 36 years old and 3 weeks ago she sent me the last of the texts before I flipped. I was already in a state of depression because of the situation with her.... I decided i was finished living.... My sister and husband standing in front of me ..... I turned up my bottle of 60 1mg xanax and started chewing.... I had had enough and as I type this I cry because someone out there reading this could never wrap their head around a mother being like this. I get it, I am a mother and could never do my kids as she has me.

So after my husband saves my life by making my sister call 911 and sticking his hand down my throat ... I dont recall much after that until I wake up in ICU 2 days later and had been intubated... Then the hospital sends me to the Mental health facility for a week....

Once I get out, I find out that my mom came and got my kids from my sisters house, went straight to my attorney and wrote him a check to get temporary guardianship of my kids... My mom hid my kids from my husband and wouldnt answer his calls. Needless to say... It is a huge mess... My oldest daughter has cut herself because she hates my moms mental torture she puts her through. She isnt allowing me to see my kids. I have wrote and spoke the governors office, I have called the DHS Child abuse hotline three times last week, and I have filed a grievance with the supreme court against the attorney for the conflict of interest as he represents me in an open case at the moment with my oldest daughter and her father in a custody battle. That case has been an ongoing and current open case at the moment. My mom works for DHS as a PA and removes kids from homes, so she thinks she has the right connections and can get whatever done she wants ..... My ex step dad is a cop... I am really fighting a HUGE ARMY because its a small town and they do what they want.

I have sought counsel, but the lawyer wants $5,000.00 to even start. My kids are really being put through torture and the hospital staff had to pull my 13 year old off of me because my mother sent her to the 3rd mental health facility in 2 months.... My kids only want me and this all would resolve... But I am fighting every angle to get them back....

I cry because I love my kids and hate the fact that the mother that raised me is now putting my kids through mental torture because she is wanting money... She wants every penny she can get and still lives off her mom at 56 years old.

My goal is 5 thousand but anything helps and goes towards my goal of getting my kids back.

God Bless and Thanks for your Time

Ok...I am in need for help to get my Entergy(lights) bill paid.I have children living in the home...ages 2,4,and 13 years. I just started my job and havent even brought my 1st paycheck home to pay anything. When I called Entergy to explain my situation and see if they would extend or put it on time pay to give me time to get my first check,they told me they couldn't. While I was at work today, the light company came out to shut the lights off! So please please,if anyone can help me or know of Read More

Ok...I am in need for help to get my Entergy(lights) bill paid.I have children living in the home...ages 2,4,and 13 years. I just started my job and havent even brought my 1st paycheck home to pay anything. When I called Entergy to explain my situation and see if they would extend or put it on time pay to give me time to get my first check,they told me they couldn't. While I was at work today, the light company came out to shut the lights off! So please please,if anyone can help me or know of places I can go to get my lights back on for my babies,I would be very greatful and appreciative of your help!

I am a single mother of a 5yr old little girl and I am currently struggling more than usual paying my bills because of less hours at work and colder months. I am currently making $50 payments every two weeks on a car that cost $1200 on a layaway plan so that I can finally have a car for my daughter and I. So far I have only paid $300. It's all I can afford right now. It has been increasingly difficult to get around in this weather with my child and rides are not that common or given. My child Read More

I am a single mother of a 5yr old little girl and I am currently struggling more than usual paying my bills because of less hours at work and colder months. I am currently making $50 payments every two weeks on a car that cost $1200 on a layaway plan so that I can finally have a car for my daughter and I. So far I have only paid $300. It's all I can afford right now. It has been increasingly difficult to get around in this weather with my child and rides are not that common or given. My child suffers and it makes me feel like a failure as a parent. I know this may be an unusual request but I would really appreciate any help at all towards this imminent goal. Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

my wife passed a little over a year ago. cancer, started as breast cancer and spread to brain, bones, eyes, lymph. during 2016 she needed 24/7 care. we got no real help. lost nearly all over the course of 2016. when I lost her I had no time to mourn. it was beyond words. she passed 6 days before our 20th anniversary. we could not afford the place we kept nor the food we ate during her final year. within a month I was living in my car. I am still homeless. that car died midsummer n I was out of Read More

my wife passed a little over a year ago. cancer, started as breast cancer and spread to brain, bones, eyes, lymph. during 2016 she needed 24/7 care. we got no real help. lost nearly all over the course of 2016. when I lost her I had no time to mourn. it was beyond words. she passed 6 days before our 20th anniversary. we could not afford the place we kept nor the food we ate during her final year. within a month I was living in my car. I am still homeless. that car died midsummer n I was out of work for about a month. it was very hard, baking all day and tormented my mosquitos all night. my current job lays off during the holiday season. I barely managed to get financed for a car last month. I could not make it thru that layoff without a car nor get one any other way. the worst happened, a wreck. on the way back from yard work, sleep deprived, a witness places the fault on me. my insurance has highest deductible available(was gonna change it after 1st month). when I have a car I have enough work. but now I'm down to just my regular job, which doesn't resume until jan9 and is never enough by itself even before this. I'm set to lose everything before I can catch up. car payments, sales tax on the car, living out of the cold, and my storage unit that holds my remaining will to live, all beyond me since the wreck. I've kept a perfect mvr for over 20 years until that wreck and care a great deal about driving safely, have made half my living/survival this year driving professionally, making it ironic that a wreck is the final nail in my coffin. I've struggled thru a very hard year with no real help. I've worked very hard and I've kept heart thru a lot of suffering and functioned on thru the loss of my wife. but I can't plough thru this with any degree of willpower, pride, or inner strength. I need financial help. I'm asking for it. ask me anything, including proofs that all I'm saying is true. I can give a more detailed account of how thi's all played out. meantime I will never give up.

Hello, this is extremely difficult for me to do. First thank you to whomever may 've reading this. I am a single mother struggling to make ends meet. This all began when I moved into this home. The original idea was that due to rent being lower I would be able to save money and get back on track. This has turned into a money pit. The bills are so expensive they just over take my finances. I had to let my car go back and have since gotten another one but can't afford to pay taxes and tags and Read More

Hello, this is extremely difficult for me to do. First thank you to whomever may 've reading this. I am a single mother struggling to make ends meet. This all began when I moved into this home. The original idea was that due to rent being lower I would be able to save money and get back on track. This has turned into a money pit. The bills are so expensive they just over take my finances. I had to let my car go back and have since gotten another one but can't afford to pay taxes and tags and still have to drive it to work because it's all I can do. I have arrangements on all my bills and not sure if I can pay them all. And very little food in my house. I really don't know what to do anymore. If there is a way that someone could help even just a little I would be forever greatful.

Hello and Merry Christmas, thankyou so much for taking the time to read my post, My Daughter and I were separated when she was just a baby, she came to visit me for the first time in 15 years 2 weeks ago, I spent all the money I had in my savings account to fly her here. Well as irresponsible as this may sound we were having the best time and we got her return ticket confused, I thought she was to return on the 7th but when we checked her ticket it said the 6th, after calling the airport and Read More

Hello and Merry Christmas, thankyou so much for taking the time to read my post, My Daughter and I were separated when she was just a baby, she came to visit me for the first time in 15 years 2 weeks ago, I spent all the money I had in my savings account to fly her here. Well as irresponsible as this may sound we were having the best time and we got her return ticket confused, I thought she was to return on the 7th but when we checked her ticket it said the 6th, after calling the airport and many attempts to get them to redraw her ticket on the 7th they said it simply wasn’t possible without purchasing another ticket, I am absolutely broke and do not have the funds to purchase another airline ticket, I’m reaching out to you wonderful good samaritans and asking if you would please find it in your hearts to help my daughter get home with a bus ticket to Pittsburg PA, it would be such a blessing, and would make this long awaited reunion go a little bit smoother, because my daughter is very stressed out because she has to be home for some business she has there. Thank you so much for reading and considering us, it would also be absolutely fine to buy the ticket for her directly from the bus station..Thankyou so much and may God Bless everyone of you..Happy Holidays

Hello, my name is Penny, and I am taking a big leap of faith by posting on here. I have had this website saved for quite some time, but when I initially saved it I was going to be an Angel and help someone in need. Now the tables have turned and times are really hard right now. We are currently behind on our water and electric. And rent is due again on the first. We have 4 children, a son who is 12, and 3 girls ages 10,9 & 6months. My husband works a full time job and is trying the best he Read More

Hello, my name is Penny, and I am taking a big leap of faith by posting on here. I have had this website saved for quite some time, but when I initially saved it I was going to be an Angel and help someone in need. Now the tables have turned and times are really hard right now. We are currently behind on our water and electric. And rent is due again on the first. We have 4 children, a son who is 12, and 3 girls ages 10,9 & 6months. My husband works a full time job and is trying the best he can, and until I have a much needed surgery I am here at home taking care of my baby and waiting for the kids to get home from school. I’m praying someone can help us with anything right now. A few groceries? A little bit to pay on our utilities, or to put towards rent? I wouldn’t be able to thank you enough. Anything and everything is appreciated. I believe this website caught my attention for a reason. For whoever may be reading this, I hope your day is going wonderful, and From me to you Happy Holidays. God Bless You and Yours

I have a family of seven three adults four children.I take care of my mother on hospice here at home one of he adults and two of my my children are special needs my mother worked so hard as a nurse her whole life and gave and gave and now we are suffering bad I can barely cover the bills we are behind on our mortgage our vehicles are broke down our fridge is going out we had a house fire so lots of our items we are having to restart on it is like one thing after another and I just want to give Read More

I have a family of seven three adults four children.I take care of my mother on hospice here at home one of he adults and two of my my children are special needs my mother worked so hard as a nurse her whole life and gave and gave and now we are suffering bad I can barely cover the bills we are behind on our mortgage our vehicles are broke down our fridge is going out we had a house fire so lots of our items we are having to restart on it is like one thing after another and I just want to give my mother the peace she deserves. most of our windows in our home are broken doors wont lock so we all feel unsafe I can go on need gas vehicles and everything for appointments this is so tough I would love to go to the fridge and get my mom what she owuls like to eat or my kids also anyway thankyou

My fiancé and I both work and I am also in school, we live by ourselves in Mabelvale. We are in need of some financial help due to our refrigerator and our washing machine both going out this week and we have been out of propane all week as well. If these had happened at different times, it would not be so stressful but we do not have the money to buy new ones and refill our propane tank but until we get a new fridge we have nowhere to keep perishable food items and we can’t cook Read More

My fiancé and I both work and I am also in school, we live by ourselves in Mabelvale. We are in need of some financial help due to our refrigerator and our washing machine both going out this week and we have been out of propane all week as well. If these had happened at different times, it would not be so stressful but we do not have the money to buy new ones and refill our propane tank but until we get a new fridge we have nowhere to keep perishable food items and we can’t cook anything without propane unless it can be microwaved. We had been using our grill but it’s run out of propane now as well. Anything is very appreciated. Thank you for your time. Have a blessed day.

I am desperately in need of rental assistance. I just gave birth to my beautiful daughter. I had major complications with my delivery. My daughter and I could’ve lost our lives but by the grace of God we are still here and doing great. Because my doctor wouldn’t release me within the 6 week time frame that my employer gave me, I got fired from my job of almost 4 years. Now I am facing eviction from the apartment that my 2 kids and I share. I am a single parent and I’m unable Read More

I am desperately in need of rental assistance. I just gave birth to my beautiful daughter. I had major complications with my delivery. My daughter and I could’ve lost our lives but by the grace of God we are still here and doing great. Because my doctor wouldn’t release me within the 6 week time frame that my employer gave me, I got fired from my job of almost 4 years. Now I am facing eviction from the apartment that my 2 kids and I share. I am a single parent and I’m unable to get assistance from anyone. I do not want my kids and I to be homeless especially with it being so close to Christmas. I am asking for any type of assistance at this time. I am grateful for anything. God bless

About 3 months ago I fell asleep at the wheel coming home from work while my wife was pregnant w/our 3rd child. Because of this an old neck injury has been worsening & I have not been able to get back to work nor get our vehicle fixed. We have had to move in w/ my in laws because the family home we had been staying at needs electrical and plumbing repairs & is unfit for living + we are unable to pay utilities. My in laws have been doing all they can but it is taking a toll on their Read More

About 3 months ago I fell asleep at the wheel coming home from work while my wife was pregnant w/our 3rd child. Because of this an old neck injury has been worsening & I have not been able to get back to work nor get our vehicle fixed. We have had to move in w/ my in laws because the family home we had been staying at needs electrical and plumbing repairs & is unfit for living + we are unable to pay utilities. My in laws have been doing all they can but it is taking a toll on their income & they cannot fully support us all in food, personal needs, along w/ getting us to needed doctor appts. We were not even able to have Thanksgiving this year and it looks like no Christmas this year as well. I do not ask for help. I provide but I have failed and have no other option but to reach out before things get worse. I don't know what else to do. My beautiful family needs help. Thank you for your time & GOD bless you!

I am a single mom of 2 boys and only get paid once a month. I, also, do not get any support from the father. Money has been tight for a while now and with the holiday coming near it is getting harder and harder. I planned months ago and already have a couple gifts for my children but looking for assistance towards groceries, utilities, rental assistance, buying toilet paper, etc. Any little bit helps. I have not been able to purchase actual groceries in my home for some time. Over Thanksgiving Read More

I am a single mom of 2 boys and only get paid once a month. I, also, do not get any support from the father. Money has been tight for a while now and with the holiday coming near it is getting harder and harder. I planned months ago and already have a couple gifts for my children but looking for assistance towards groceries, utilities, rental assistance, buying toilet paper, etc. Any little bit helps. I have not been able to purchase actual groceries in my home for some time. Over Thanksgiving we managed to make it to some food banks, they tend to be only during working hours, but we do not have much in the house. Thank you for taking the time to read my need and God Bless.

In 2014 my 8 medically complex and handicapped son succumbed to a virus due to his many health issues from being born at 24 weeks. His twin sister and little sister migrated to my bed. His twin sister was born at 24 weeks too and now has many special needs and is handicapped as well. She is also immune compromised due the the liver transplant she had and the immunosuppressant medications she takes and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The little sister is healthy and normal. I’m Read More

In 2014 my 8 medically complex and handicapped son succumbed to a virus due to his many health issues from being born at 24 weeks. His twin sister and little sister migrated to my bed. His twin sister was born at 24 weeks too and now has many special needs and is handicapped as well. She is also immune compromised due the the liver transplant she had and the immunosuppressant medications she takes and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The little sister is healthy and normal. I’m only telling these things because it’ll help explain some of what I’m asking for. The girls are 11 and 4. We are all sleeping in a queen bed. I don’t feel I can kick them out of the bed since they started sleeping with me after their brother died. We are falling out of this bed. I don’t have money for a king size bed. I’m afraid of buying the cheap used ones because of bed bugs. I don’t have money to get rid of those and if they bit my immunocompromised daughter those bites might set up infection. I just don’t know. We just need a decent king size bed. I should add I’m a single parent.
We desperately need to replace our living room furniture due to some accidents from my daughters feeding tube and bile duct drain spilling when there was some structuring. You can get the smell out.

Hello. I am here asking for help with Christmas this year for my kids. As much as I hate to ask I must swallow my pride and do what is best for them. They deserve a great Christmas because they are great kids. My husband and I have had a really hard couple of years. Ever since I had our last child and got so sick we have really been struggling. I developed Postpartum Cardiomyopathy (Heart failure caused by pregnancy)during my last month of pregnancy with my daughter. Unfortunately no one Read More

Hello. I am here asking for help with Christmas this year for my kids. As much as I hate to ask I must swallow my pride and do what is best for them. They deserve a great Christmas because they are great kids. My husband and I have had a really hard couple of years. Ever since I had our last child and got so sick we have really been struggling. I developed Postpartum Cardiomyopathy (Heart failure caused by pregnancy)during my last month of pregnancy with my daughter. Unfortunately no one diagnosed me then and I was misdiagnosed for 3 months after her birth. By the time I finally was admitted to the hospital my heart was only functioning at 25% and I was told I might not live. Well because I was so sick my husband missed many many days of work and lost his job. I spent 2 weeks in the hospital and was finally released but had to wear an external defibrillator 24/7 in case my heart stopped beating it would shock me. I wasn't allowed to be alone, so again no work for my husband. Our savings was being used exclusively and was going quickly. Well it's all gone now and although my condition has improved, I will never be the same. My heart function is 42% now but I can't handle normal everyday task alone. My husband has tried to return to work twice but because of me he has lost both jobs. So now we have no money for bills and we have even less than none for Christmas. So if anyone could help us it would be such a blessing for my kids. They shouldn't suffer because of me... they have already had to deal with so much. Christmas should be all joy and happiness. If anyone can, would you please help me give that to them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and Merry Christmas.