I am also a single mom of four. I’m completely understand your delima. Child care cost is ubsurd and working five to seven days a week to make enough income to pay for food, rent, electric, fuel, clothing for the kids, water, and the extras like TP and shampoo, soap ect. without any help or financial support is enough to kill ya. or a least put someone over the edge with exhaustion. I applaud you first of all for asking for help, every mother wants to give to thier children over the holidays, if not everyday. And it breaks our hearts to see them go without….anything. I know that pain. I’m sorry. And shame on you stone throwers, most people are all talk when it comes to judging others but, when it comes to walking in your shoes, i’ts a different story. Compassion, is there though if you look in the right places. Get with a womans center or a church, there are support gruops on line as well, search high and low ,it’s exhausting I know, I am one of the strongest people I know,lol And my kids will benefit for that. I also give amazing props to the fourteen year old thier a few of his/her kind out there willing to sacrifice their youth for thier family. Oprah should hear about this amazing kid or Doctor Phil seriously. But, that child is wonderful to be so loving and kind. Mom be an overcomer for you kids, with every dead end find a new road. And I hate hearing “You got yourself there now you deal with the consequences!” Cause guess what… it wasn’t just you, where are the responsible father/s they should be paying enough child support for these children to not be suffering….. And, truley no matter how hard a single mother tries it is the children who suffer. So please people just try to understand. If you cannot show any love or compassion, Don’t judge… Believe me God or karma or whatever you may chose to believe will judge you like you judge others! I see it everyday in my own life!
God Bless you and your children. I wish I had more to give I would help!