I have been pretty quiet about this but as of June 25th, 2026, my husband and I are separated and once we've been separated for a year (North Carolina's draconian laws governing divorce), we plan to divorce. I never thought that at age 40 I would be starting over a second time. It has also been almost a year since I had to cut my mother out of my life for reasons only those closest to me know about. It's just Nibbler and I now. I left North Carolina and now live in South Carolina. Navigating this crazy ass world. Luckily I have some very amazing women in my life who support me emotionally. My sister Shea and my best friend Shelly, to name a couple. I'm really not one to ask for help financially. I tend to fight my battles alone. I always have. I was raised to just deal with my problems and not ask for help. But, I am at a point in my life now where I have no choice but to ask for help and it's scary. I went from being able to save money every month to having no savings and living paycheck to paycheck, to now being at a point where I'm going to have to live on credit cards in order to survive. I've been dealing with this quietly but I'm in a position where I need help in order to eat, pay my bills, to feed my boy, and to keep my head above water. If anyone out there can spare a couple of bucks in this messed up economy, just know I would appreciate it more than you know.