My name is Ashley, i'm 20 years old, I live with my mom and my younger sister who is 18. We desperately need help. I almost feel ashamed for even being on this site and asking, and I feel bad because that there are so many others out there that have worse situations.
My family has never had much money, but until I was 15 we survived. When I was 15 my dad died, and we were left to fend for ourselves. I started working eight days after the law said it was legal...eight days after I turned 14. After my dad died I worked as much as possible. My sister started work young as well. My mom hopped from job to job trying to find the best one for us. The past couple of years she has been sick on and off due to her many health problems. Recently, the past two months, she has been completely off work due to kidney stones putting her in and out of the hospital and endless surgeries (which we have no insurance for, and we are currently at around $30,000 bills). I work in retail and make hardly anything. My sister does as well, and she is still in high school. I am in school as well at a community college.
We are about to lose our house. My sister gets Social Security from when my dad died, until just today we found out they wanted to cut it off. Social Security is -the- only thing keeping us afloat right now.
We need help bad, and right away. The local churches won't help us. We've tried looking so many places. I just don't know what to do.
If anyone can think of anything or can do anything, our appreciation would not be measureable....
Thank you everyone for taking the time to read this. Thank you so much....
Ashley
