Just recently my husband and I have hit a rut. Before the New Year he ended up in the hospital with blood pressure 200/125 and pressure in the chest. Doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong because his cholesterol was fine and the tests showed nothing wrong. Our special needs son Landon was stressed out and not acting like himself while daddy was in the hospital. He didn't understand what was going on. Finally when Landon came home he was told to take it easy and he took his vacation time from work. My husband works for a contract company for GM. Not a Union job. Thankfully he was due vacation time and spent it resting and healing. In January I was laid off from my job at the marina I am a housekeeper at. There wasn't much work for me to do and $8 an hour working 2 days a week in 3 hour shifts wouldn't even pay for gas. My busiest time at work is the summer time cleaning up after members who take advantage of your kindness everyday and treat you as though you're the dirt on their shoe. Its not an easy job and putting up with people who think they're above you because you're a housekeeper and your not rich is not a job everyone can do. I gotta say working there has made me seen the side of people I never thought I would see. Its pretty sad when you think about it.
Unfortunately life has handed us another challenge. One we cannot fix unless a miracle happens. The day after Christmas our family vehicle died. It went kaput and when my brother tried to start it air was coming out of the engine. But before that we were having problems with it. It would shake violently when we would stop at a red light. The van was our only transportation for doctors appointments for the kids. Family drives in the country was our favorite thing to do. But after Dec 26 2013 that all ended. Our special needs son requires MRI's, EEG's and other tests that we had to put on hold because of the blasted van. Here is a photo of it and you can tell in this photo of my daughter Cheyenne it hasn't moved with the mound of snow in front of it.
We don't even have the money for our rent and had to pay to keep our electricity and our gas bill because of the negative temperatures here in Michigan is $600. So we're scrapping at the moment with a "95" Camaro that over heated on us last night. So needless to say 2014 has started off for us in a hard time. Usually my husband and I try to stay positive and keep on trucking as my mom would say. We just live as best as we can and try to find good in all of it especially for our kids. Our twin boys gave us a dollar they earned to put towards fixing the camaro. My cousin Leanne said Your Facebook post about your kids wanting to contribute was so sweet! You’re obviously a good parent to instill this caring and generosity in your children.
We try to teach them everyday that helping others is a good thing. It shows people that you care and shows that there is hope in this world when people are shown kindness. They put together a box of toys they didn't play with and sent them to goodwill last year and this year they're sending a box of toys to a shelter not to far from our house for kids to enjoy. My little ones love giving back to the community. We're raising them to be there for others when they need help. Its how I was raised. My parents instilled it in me and I am instilling it in my children. We try to be humble and don't like to ask for help. But my friend Megan insisted we make an account on gofundme.com to help us raise money for a van. Nothing fancy or expensive just something to get our family back into routine and back to all the appointments we have missed. It was her idea that I post the link to my blog so here it is.
http://www.gofundme.com/6ea0z0
Even if anyone who reads my blog would rather pray for my family I want to say they're greatly appreciated. We will take anything to make our new year better. Since it started off really depressing. And I know you're thinking "well that's a part of life." and you're correct. But with a special needs child our life is 100 times more challenging. But regardless we wouldn't trade our little ones for anything. Look at this photo and tell me you would.
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