I am seeking assistance with housing, a custody lawyer, transportation expenses ( I don’t currently have a car).
I’ve been in and out of an abusive relationship for years, it ending in September when he took his life. Prior to that, I struggled deeply with my depression and turned to alcohol as the solution. I have been to rehab countless times over the years but after his death, I have committed to my sobriety.
In the midst of all of that, I lost almost complete access to my girls, having sheltered them from the pain and suffering I was going through, to allow them to have a life I thought would be better for them. I never stopped loving or caring for them, but I had to protect them.
Now, I’m battling for my rights to remain with them and to have a home I can support them in and transportation for them and myself, so that I can go back to work. I commute 4 hours a day on the bus to get to and from work, staying at my parents home which isn’t conducive to having two children reside in due to my mothers mental illness and hoarding of animals.
I just want to bring them home. I want to protect them from all that I can in the world and build community with them.
I have fallen so hard in a financial hole, that I’m trying to dig myself out of, but I need a ladder and support. I can’t do this alone, I’ve tried. I’m learning you need a village.
