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Mom in Trouble, Can You Help?

August 7, 2008 · Written by Heather Juma

What the Hell Happened?

I began researching Marketing Online and ways to make money online from home about two years ago now. Maybe not quite that.

I turned to the internet and it’s infinite vastness to earn an income as a physically handicapped individual. You wouldn’t know I was disabled unless you saw me try to walk any distance or whimper in pain at doing the silliest little things… like opening a car door, brushing my daughter’s hair, or getting the sugar down from the cupboard.

Prior to being afflicted with Fibromyalgia, I have lived the “good” life and did it SINGLE, with children. I had the car, the house, the bi-weekly trips to the coast, shopping sprees at the outlet malls. I was active, fun, caring, and above all else - a lady.

One morning I woke up, literally, to two sprained ankles. It was nearly impossible to walk. The day prior to this morning was normal. I dressed in my sweet dress, pulled up the pantyhose, added my lapel pin to my beautiful pink jacket, slipped on my high heeled shoes and burst out of the house - to drop off my baby at the sitters and make it to work Just in the Nick of time. I parked my car, I ran (in my heels) across the street and into the building. Said all my good mornings and hellos and proceeded to have my normal day at work.

So why? Why did I wake up the next morning with two sprained ankles? No one has been able to answer that for me. After two years of testing, pokes, prods, images, and med soups (that’s different combination of meds) - still no one knew what was wrong with me or how it happened. I was then labeled with Fibromyalgia and became unimportant.

It’s been a little while now and I have become accustomed to the pain as long as I don’t move much. I came online to find a way to survive and get back my dignity and my spirit. I have learned so much! I really have. I’ve been through the ringer, waded through the crap (pardon my language) and now am finally getting to the nitty gritty- to the answers and hopefully the solutions.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t regret the path I have been on. I learned my most valuable lessons along the way. And, I am sure there is still much to learn. But, just as I begin to implement and go forth with some real action… I get hit. And I mean hit hard.

Today I went to an appointment with the State of Oregon District Attorney for Family Support Division. It was so hard for me to go. I was filled with fear. My middle daughter lives with her father. She is here half the time, but she resides with him. He’s a great Dad and has gone out of his way to be one! He’s a great man. The last thing I want to do is be amiss in my responsibility to my children. I went to the appointment with a heavy heart, not knowing if they would put me in jail.

You see, now that I don’t have my nearly $2600/m job, I can’t pay the $162 I owe and I have gotten over $2000.00 behind in payments. And they want me to come up with $192/m until I am caught up or they will take away my license to drive. If they do that I can’t drive my youngest daughter to and from school. And, if I can’t manage to pay that $192 a month, starting this month, and they have to suspend my license, then comes jail time. - All this because I was struck with a disease I never heard of before.

I wish this was the only dilemma we were facing.

Two days ago, we received an eviction notice, because we couldn’t pay the remaining $260 rent for last month - or even partial rent for this month. We thought a local social agency was going to help. But they came up with a full $50 to help. I should be grateful for that. I just feel a little bitter right now.

If you know me at all, you know I don’t do any type of drugs and I don’t drink any alcohol. I don’t smoke and, really, my only vice is coffee. (Folgers ground coffee) with some creamer.

So, how did I get here? Sometimes I wonder if God backhanded me for no reason. But, since I have been online, branding myself and getting myself out there - among the people, I have begun to see that I almost forgot my motto in life - “There is ALWAYS a way”. So I reminded myself of that, wiped myself off and moved forward. Really, I have come quite a ways and am sitting at the crossroads. Here is where I start to climb and excel guys!!

So, I don’t know what to do, other than to push to the front of the line and take a firm stance and say this:

I have been learning, implementing, networking, and helping for quite a while now and there are no more excuses… here are the things I know how to do and what I am good at doing… PLEASE consider hiring me or pass on to your friends that I am available!!

Online Experience

Put up and design websites

Writing - anything (good writer)

Internet research

Put up and design MySpace, Facebook, Squidoo Lenses

Social bookmarking

Set up, design and use WordPress

Professional Experience

Excel spreadsheets, interactive forms, charts and more

PowerPoint presentations

Access database programming - This is very time consuming and not a good solution for me at this point in time as I need to make money immediately.

I am willing to discuss any legitimate task

 

Signature - Wendy J. Roan

P.S. This is the hardest post I’ve written… but the words came much easier.  :)

Visit Wendy Roan at her site:

http://www.powerful-marketing-resources.info/blog

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