This breaks my heart. I cant even imagine. A local family is really facing some hard struggles. I want to share this with you. Not out of pity. But, because no matter what goes on in our lives, our struggles can reduce our faith and when we get to the point we want to give up. That is when we should be able to count on our brothers and our sisters. I know this family personally. I have followed their hardships since he was diagnosed. And this is a family who needs this community to come together and help them. I am going to open my doors to help them. I ask all of you reading this, who can help a little or help a lot, to please come to 411 Fowler that is where Chi Medical Massage Practice and Day Spa is located, and lets pull our effort to help. We do not live in a third world country. We can help a family in need. A desperate need just to get through a impossible time. This could be any of us. Whatever is given will go straight into the hands of this family. They have a son who needs school supplies and school clothing. All bills are behind. The young son is in the 8th grade. Wears a mens size small, pant size 30-30, and shoe size is a 10. Food is also needed. They do not qualify for assistance because she is a hard worker. No contact with me is needed other than meet with me at Chi if you wish to help this family. Thank you. Kara Michelle McConnell 58 minutes ago THIS IS A LONG STATUS BUT IMPORTANT TO ME. -So if you read my facebook status very often you most likely have put together that this year has been VERY difficult. Let me refresh your memory. 1) My husband found out he has MS. I know MS has its ups and downs and thankfully at this very moment Dougs MS is not as bad as it was when he was diagnosed. But can you imagine being 31 year pretty healthy feeling guy with lots of goals and ambitions in life, wake up not being able to walk or use your hand or arm? And to be in constant pain. And to have a list of other things to start taking a hold of your body and changing you. Luckily Doug is walking now , most of the time with a cane. MS is like that though, one day you can walk one day you cant. They are called flares. ( I could go on forever but I will stop here on this subject ) 2) I had a really really bad infection. It is still around but has thankfully got a lot better and I am on the road to it being gone totally. This infection sucked and made me really sick. 3) I almost lost my job. - This is a really big deal. Doug needs a lot of care during his awake hours (and some through the night) and I have to be able to be home during the day and also at night I have to be able to at least run home to check in on him. So I have a job as a newspaper carrier. It is not the most awesome job and I will never make lots of money doing it but it is the only job that I can do with my education AND be able to care for my disabled husband. 4) Regarding my job- I can not have a day off work ever. The only way I can have a day off is if I find someone and pay them out of my own pocket to cover for me. This is no easy task and in all the times I have asked about a sub Emily HavensChristina Simmons are the ONLY people ever that has been willing to sub for me.But lets be honest, im poor and I cant afford a sub. - Think about it for a sec.. a lot of you have full time jobs and families.. etc.. what if you got super sick, or a family member died or you had a wreck? Would you be able to call in to work? YES. Am I able to do that? NO. So I have a little bit of stress when it comes to work because even though I am grateful for my job its hard to manage 100% perfect attendance when crazy life keeps happening. 5) I found out I most likely have lupus.- This was found out because of the infection I have that wouldnt go away. In a combination with some other symptoms I have regarding pain and fatigue they did some test and that is what they came up with. I have a couple of other miner health issues too but they are not as important and are pretty personal so I am going to leave those off of here. I know its not life threatening but still yet.. I didnt want to have anything else wrong. 6) I am super depressed. Not just your oh.. yeah we are all sad sometimes. Nope, I am really depressed. Those of you that have gone through serious bouts of depression must know that it is so difficult to have the desire to even get dressed for the day much less take on the task that my daily life has me endure. I realize with medication and time this will be controlled but right now it isnt. 7) My daddy died. - Need I say more about this? My father who was my best friend and one of the few people that I knew always had my back is not here anymore. I never get to talk to him again this side of heaven. That is all I want to say about that. I said all this for two reasons. - One is because a lot of friends and family treat me right now like everything is fine. It isnt. My life is very fragile right now. I am very grateful for my family and that our home is FULL OF LOVE. Its the glue that keeps me together. Knowing that at the end of the day creating a peaceful and loving envirement for my family and friends is what its all about. I want to know that my husband and step son and everyone around me that may rely on me is taken care of and I will do my best to make sure that happens.- The other reason I posted is because I NEED some help. A few people have helped me some along the way and to you guys. Thank you! That said, because of the events that have happened this year we are behind on EVERY SINGLE BILL. In fact I am posting this message via stolen wifi (lol) Rent, utilities, things my step son needs for school, phone bill, car needs gas, prescriptions, medical.. well you get it. The list goes on and all but the phone are needs not wants.. and tbh I count the phone as a need because my husband needs to be able to call me when I am at work when he needs help. There are a few resources locally that help out with certain things. If I qualified it wasnt for much , most of them though (including DHS) I do not qualify for because on paper, I am lower middle class and not in poverty levels. So here is my last request that you .. any of you will ever see or here from me whether it be on facebook or in person. WILL YOU PLEASE help us by sending money. I need help. If we dont get at least enough money for us to catch up on rent and utilities (about $900.00 for those two things) by Monday morning I am resorting to doing something I dont want to do. We are very close to homelessness. On Monday if we dont have the money I will be standing on the corner of 5th and Elder holding a sign asking for help. I am crying just thinking about it but I HAVE to provide for my family and I have tried EVERYTHING else. Please dont bother telling me you would help if you could or you heard of somebody that got help one time doing such and such. I have heard it all and I know you are trying to be helpful in your own way but I do not have the mental energy to deal with it. I truly have tried everything on a local level. And I do understand if you dont have money to help. I get it. LikeLike · .
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