Angela,
I DO understand. I am in your shoes. As a single parent raising 2 kids (1 in college, 1 in high school)I have ot fight all the time for child support. I do not qualify for any federal aid, I am awaiting a final decision on my disability case and I work part time - but yet do not qualify for most aid. But some how we manage to get by. MY car is 13 years old with 114k miles on it. i have never had a new car and my dream of owning my own home is just that - a dream. but if I gave up, where would i be? Where would my kids be? I would still be with my crack addict husband and probably locked up in an institution somewhere. So yes, I do understand your frustration, believe me I do. There has been many times when I cried myself to sleep at night because of how limited I am, because of all the things I could NOT do for my kids, because of the unfairness of it all. But I have been doint it for 11 years - alone. There is help out there. I have many pages of resources for people like us. pages that took me time to find and post here to make it easier for people to find them. Many have found some type of assistance just when they were ready to give up. I cannot make any gurantees, but I do know it is there. My best suggestion: take a break, go for a walk, take a nap, whatever it takes to give youself a rest. come back to the site later today or even tomorrow. Recheck the links and do some research. With a fresh mind and perspective, you might be open to new ideas and suggestions.
