Happy holidays to the people taking the time to ready this. I’m a 52 yr old (male)starting over, life has thrown me a series of hardships, one after the other, leaving me struggling to make ends meet and lately it feels as it takes every ounce of energy just to get out of bed and to face another day. It all began about 2.5 years ago after losing everything in a house fire (I had a fixer upper trailer home , that caught fire ) Since then , I had been living in a motel until my funds ran out as I became unemployed during that time . In August of this year I moved to Americus Ga (a friend of mine and his wife , opened up there home to me , giving me a place to live as they knew of the struggles I’ve been facing). A month after moving in , I found a job through a temp agency as it was the only way of getting a job after failed attempts of trying to secure one on my own. Americus is a small run down town with not many job opportunities (both employers & employees) don’t seem to want to work. I recently just became unemployed for that very reason and the temp agency has no other work available until after the New Year. Since being here my friends have lost there benefits from state as I tried to apply for benefits for myself when first arriving here and was denied as people in household already receive benefits from same address(I feel sooo bad about this , my friends who were just barely getting by with help of government benefits lost everything because of me) .It feels as though I am constantly fighting against a never-ending cycle of obstacles and setbacks, causing stress and worry . I’m desperately trying to find a way out of this hole. That is why I am humbling here asking strangers for money/gift cards (for food,bills and Christmas) or even better a job of some sort . The thought of not being able to provide for myself is a constant weight on my shoulders, and I cannot help but feel bad by my friends generous act of kindness by inviting me to live in there home , only to end up losing there benefits. All of this has left me with depression , guilt & anxiety. Now all I can do now is hope that who ever reads this would be willing to lend a helping hand to help pull me out of this difficult time as I continue to pray asking God for a miracle of some sort. This isn’t an easy thing to do either , to swallow my pride , asking complete strangers for help of any kind (I’m not even sure I’ll get any if honest), but also , I’d be so very thankful for any help if given any
Thank you for your time
- Listing ID: 11612
- My City: Americus