Libby you’re a good person, and I hope we see you around here often. This isn’t a donation site, it’s pretty much only for advice, boredom relief and for making friends. And it’s great. The cyber-begging sites are out there, but the donations are drying up I hear because so many people are asking.

Theresape had some good suggestions. And for other non-monitary problems, we’re here.

I really admire the work you did for cats, which are a pet priority (no pun intended) of mine. But then I admire anyone who reaches out to help others. I am trying to help you think of other alternatives not because I think you don’t deserve a windfall from some generous stranger, but because I know you are unlikely to get one.

So please consider my suggestions as attempts to be helpful. Maybe if you put on your thinking cap you can come up with some other creative alternatives.

I actually didn’t mean for that message you read to post. I was just trying to become a member and was then going to give a long explanation of just what I’ve been going through. But I cannot figure out how to get that explanation onto the site right now. Not good with computers.

I’ll just say this for now–When I was working years ago, my husband and I felt a calling to help poor people get their pets spayed and neutered. In my city back then there was little help available. We rented the cheapest place we could find where we could keep 30-40 cats at a time. We went into poor neighborhoods, knocked on doors, and found people who needed our help. Sometimes we helped with other problems they had. Once we bought a car for a poor lady working fast food. Another time I found a way to get an old man’s hospital bill paid. Do I sound like I’m bragging? I’m not.

I suddently had to go on Disability at age 41. My income dropped from 2400 a month to 792 a month. We had to stop our animal work. In fact, five years later we had not given a dime to anyone, and it was making me sick. I have been hospitalized for depression, anxiety, etc. twice, mainly because even with my husband’s income we can barely take care of ourselves and our 4 cats and 3 dogs. I thought by now, 11 years since going on Disability, that we would have our house paid off by now and we could start giving again, some to the homeless and poor and some for animal organizations. Everything was on track until December when Mama died, leaving “Dan” with no income (we had pleaded with him many times to apply for Dis., and had taken him to court once and got shot down.) Our house (first mortgage will be paid off in July.

I just thought that if we could get that Line of Credit ($5500) paid off, now that “Dan” will have some income finally (SSI), we will soon be able to live again, I mean, give again.

Libbyc

What about it, poster–are there other things you can do?
If you’re not working, could you take a job? (I know many disabled people who work.)
If you’re working part-time, could you work full-time?
If you’re working full-time, can you take a second job?
Could your husband get a higher-paying job?
Can you sell homemade baked good, pickles, knitted bootees?
Can you sell your home and move to a smaller, simpler place?
Can you move in with one of those generous relatives?
Can you rent out an additional room?
Do you have any possessions you can sell? Cars, computers, jewelry, TV?
Can you get any funds from the Social Security Administration for taking care of your disabled relative?
Do you have any retirement funds you can draw down on?
Are there any life insurance policies that have a cash-in value?

I am not unsympathetic–I am just trying to help you think of ways to raise cash in a crisis.

I wish you luck.

i takethat back then

But you can’t blame someone for trying to improve their situation

what do you mean?

give her a break, she just came on here for help