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Ok soooo idk where to start…me and my kids have been on a spiral downhill since I left our stability to help a family member out. 
I’m a single mother of 4 boys. I’ve never received much help from the state nor their dads so I’ve been doing a lot of it on my own. It’s been 19 yrs and I’ve never struggled the way I am now. 
I left my job, my home and everything we’ve known and moved to help a family member who was caught living a double life and his family wanted to move to Texas to make things work. I was told there was more help in said county where there was actually less help and we were stranded a lot of last winter because my van doesn’t like to go uphill in normal roads let alone add snow and ice and she wouldn’t budge. Even with brand new tires. I had my mother bringing me groceries on the days I couldn’t make it to the store myself. 
Well, their marriage wasn’t working so the wife started the eviction process of me and my children. I then secured a job back home and was traveling 50 mins to a hr one way 6 days a wk or whenever I was able to pick up shifts. 
I got a storage unit and moved our belongings back home before the eviction could reach my record because we all know, with an eviction it makes it that much harder to find housing. Let alone only on a single mom’s income. 
I was paying $2000+/month for my kids, animals and myself to stay in a hotel. 
The hotel we were staying in had pipes burst this previous winter which caused them to close down and rebuild over half of the hotels 3 floors. They tried relocating us to a bed bug infested hotel with drug activity and prostitution and I said that was NOT going to work for me and my family as I was NOT willing to have my children around such activities. I felt that It was a very unsafe environment so I called my grandmother who allowed us to stay with her. 
After a few months of being verbally assaulted my mother physically assaulted me in front of my kids. When I called 911 to receive help, they made us get rid of our animals to the shelter and us leave our place of residence instead of my mother. 
One of our dogs has been my oldest son’s emotional support dog for the past 10years(Dr documented). Which has made this process even harder on us. My oldest has a social and learning disability so even though he’s 19…he’s not mentally 19. 
We have been staying with another family member who has now been showing the same signs of when we were at my grandmothers. 
I can’t allow me nor my kids to keep on this track!
I just recently found out that I have a lot of health issues(degenerative discs, slipped discs, end plate problems, and a few other problems)just in my neck alone. I’m waiting to get ct scans of the rest of my spine to see how bad it really is. 
I’m currently trying to get disability with zero income and little help from the state with food. I’ve tried 211 and shelters and everything is full. Leaving us in a not so safe place to stay. I DONT like asking for help but at this point, I’m beside myself and don’t know where to turn or who to ask for help. 
Im unable to work as I have a 2 yr old who I dont have anyone to babysit. I believe he’s autistic and im the kind of parent who does gentle parenting and everyone where we’re staying now wants me to spank him and smack his mouth when he’s naughty so we still aren’t in a good position. kids with autism can be hard to raise and some people just don’t understand and think it’s easy to “correct”behavior instead of trying to understand and comfort them. 
I have ZERO help from family and friends. My family is toxic and I refuse to continue the toxic cycle.

my kids and I would be forever grateful if anyone can find it in their hearts to donate,share or just send positive words,prayers or if you could lead me in the right direction for help. 

Every little bit helps 

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Amanda Grice

Cedar Springs, MI, USA

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