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Helping Hand

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I decided to start this page because I am tired of it all! My name is Janeen and it seems like no matter what I do, I just can't get ahead anymore. Every time I turn around, the price of everything goes up. Last year at this time, I could feed my family for about $125 a week. Now I am really lucky if I can get out of the grocery store for under $200. My homeowners insurance has gone up over $300 for the next year. It is costing more to heat my home and to put gas in my car so I can go to work. Don't get me wrong. I am not some welfare mom full of excuses as to WHY I CAN'T WORK. I have been working for the same company for the last 12 years. I have been married for almost 18 years to the same wonderful man, Kevin, and he has been a truck driver for the last 8 years, all with the same company. We are not poor. We are you average middle class family and I am offering no excuses. We are living the "American Dream", and in debt up to our eyeballs!!


I have 4 wonderful children. They are Nicole who is 17, Kristina who is 15, Matthew who is 13 and Colin who is 11.

I just look at my kids and wonder how I am going to keep this family going. I have offered to get a second job on the weekends, but my husband doesn't want me to do that. We have so little time together as it is, with him on the road all the time. He doesn't want to have me gone when he is home. He says that I have enough to do with a full-time job and taking care of the kids. But, I can't help but wonder: How am I going to afford to get anything for the kids for Christmas. How can I tell them that I just can't afford what they want?

It isn't like we have a bunch of credit cards and have run them up. We only have 1 credit card and it only has a $1500 limit. But at this time, I can only afford to pay the minimum payment, so it isn't going down. I also have $7000 in student loans that I need to pay off and a few doctor bills from sugery that I had last year. I can't get any help from our families. My husband's parents are retired and don't have any extra. My family is struggling through my dad having colon cancer and he is doing chemo and radiation and will be having surgery sometime around Thanksgiving. They are more than strapped. I am to the point that I don't know what to do anymore. I am up at night, trying to figure out a way to make it all work. But, I don't see an end in sight.

THANK YOU for reading my story. Please sign my guestbook. If you think you can help, please email me from the link below. Or, if you feel you could contribute, please go to the PayPal link below. But, please don't preach about budgeting or the like. It is impossible to budget when you live from paycheck to paycheck and the paycheck doesn't cover what is needed to be paid. I have also checked with all the community services. We don't meet the income guidelines, so they are out, if barely. With the way the economy is now, it is no wonder.

GOD BLESS and THANK YOU again!


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Email: janeen_varner@hotmail.com