About this fundraiser

Hi everyone, not sure where to start. I am a wife and mother of 4. Due to circumstances in life things got hard. My husband was let go from his 20 year employment 2 years ago and that's when things started to get tough. We managed not to sink for 2 years but with housing going up it became more of a struggle. To help ease the struggle we had decided to move in with my aunt and grandmother (my grandmother's house) in the hopes to get caught up so we could put money away. We'll that was a mistake, my grandmother is 97 she and my grandfather worked hard their whole life for everything they have but my aunt is now in control of the household and finances because my grandmother trusts her and is starting to decline mentally. I guess I should mention I was raised by my aunt so she is my mother. My “brother” aunts son is an addict and my aunt is an enabler. Upon moving in we found out that all of my grandmother's savings has gone to support him and she continues to support him with the money that comes in monthly for her and my grandmother. Upon moving in my aunt decided that we would support the house so she could support her son and supporting this house is drowning us. I understand helping with bills but we are paying all bills, taxes, food and household needs for my family and my grandmother and aunt.  We are now behind in our own bills, negative in our account and my husband works from 12am to 8am then sleeps till 12pm to then work again till 6pm. My aunt has so many lies going on I can't tell anyone in the family what's happening because my kids have to live here till we can get out and I don't want my kids to be around anger and screaming.(what I was raised with ontop of many other things by my aunt). We've made a huge mistake by making the decision to move in and we are having a hard time finding our way out. Hoping to get help so we can get unstuck and out of here. 

Organized by

Mintee Drew

Portland, ME, USA

Organizer