Patricia de Haerne - 142,421
Dear Robin, I have tried to help others all my life and have seen hard times and the best. It's not me, I , myself, I am concerned for but my young daughters. I am a mid life second marrige woman with and two young girls. I leave my husband out of this because he would not be involved. He says to hang in there he is owed money. it will come. I understand that and I do pray it does but this thursday the power goes out probably the internet and phones within days too. I paid tha last funds to the Mortgage if not paid on the 1st no more letters no court, foreclosed on ( we live in Saint Mary's, Ga) and we had the foreclosure stalled while we attempted to catch up .. I consider us lucky for the chance so many did not get. Things just have not been working out. I have applied to allot of places and I believe my age and work history do not help. My husband keeps working, its just the company does not make enough money for payroll just enough to keep the business afloat is draining what resources it earns. In this town at least 25 small businesses are gone, shuttered up.. His pride can hurt our children though, so here I am.. I work hard and my story is long. My husband is half my age and that can be awkward at times but we have a bond and now it includes our two young girls. I am the person who pulls over to see if I can aid a troubled driver. I am the person no question, who asks if I can help when a guy's car stalls in the school drop off line to ask if he needs a push, only to learn he is out of gas and has no money. Luckily I have a twenty on me..( darn debit cards I rarely have cash) it is his twenty now,without hesitation. I am the one whose heart breaks when I see the three adjoining street, families, lose their homes. I am the one who writes every politician on my email list, call on my speed dial list to ask to help the families, if everyone ( our kids have more money saved then us, these days) gave 1 dollar a week we could save famililes, keep them in their homes. I am the one who is grieving over what is happening to families and wondering how they are surviving. Two homeless deaths in this small town,so far. One my daughter Taylor and I saw near Xmas and pulled over to him and his dog. We only had a lousy $5 ( debit cards yet again) cash.. I remember thinking I should go back to the store and get dog food at the least and more cash .. I never did .. within a month he ( maybe 35ish) was found dead from the cold, his heart gave out..died in the woods near where he would sit with a sign asking for help. I don't want this help for me.. I need it for my family. I need this for my girls to not have to suffer, for my not being able to get a job, to not raise any funds through my venues, books sales, advertising or help web- sites subscriptions, even donate buttons on my sites do not get a dime. The simple family surname books for children to be proud of where they came from. I attempt to author that never get finished each time my computer dies and I lose allot of work..These books will someday be apart of my legacy. To help children be proud of who they are and learn a little of their surname and enough of what others before them had done to want to honor themselves and their ancestors. I know because that is what my Grandfather left to me..and i pass on to my children. (I add the websites here as any website author would to push their site but the servers will be offline soon too.webfreebees.net and booknprints.com.) It is not their fault that my age ( over 47, we will leave it at that) I believe keeps me from jobs. Or that I spent half my life in an office, the other half, working as a carpenter/ welder. Who does not care to work in construction at this age unless it is to repair or renovate a home not a BRIDGE We owe with an adjustment to help bring us out of foreclosure about 135,000 on our home. The rest I renovated an old cottage to move my Mom into ( she became ill from demetia so later it became not as important. I imagine if she could not use it ) it was over 25,000 in total including downpayment and gutting and redo costs. Why that "win win' did not work. 39,000 cottage worth at least 62,000 now. I was robbed by a contractor of funds for labor and the kitchen cabinets and appliances not charged as they were to be, but his charges for what he wanted and walked away with, This happened ,just a few weeks before it was to be completed. To finish alone with no lights or power still I ran up all my other credit to finish but could not qualify even my adult son who works for a bank could not get a lousy 34,500 mortgage the cottage now worth at the least 60,000. So that is gone and yes I do get to go to court against the contractors Benji Nicks, Jacksonville Fl and Jimmy Nicks, Charlton Ga. When and if I can afford it and focus on putting it together. That is my story. I do not photo well but I will send a message with Danille 9, and Taylor 11 I will be the one in the background. God bless you for the real HOPE, and no matter who you choose. Thank you for what you are doing.. All the talk in the world does not help one family stay in their home. You not only give us all hope you try to help. You offer the mircle so many need so badly. Social Security to verify all I state. 045-601760