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Date Posted: 21:43:12 11/17/04 Wed
I need some help, I can't believe Im doing this but here it goes.
I enclosed a copy of our situation just in case you know of any outside sources. I have sent a copy of the letter explaining our current situation.
The area that we live in is Revere, Mass.
We live at 60 Fernwood ave.
If you know of any place that I can apply for help would you please e-mail me.
I'm not sure how to quite explain my situation. I don't even know if this is an approperiate thing to do. But here it goe's. I need help.
I'm a single mother. I have 2 children. My daughter is 12 and I have an 11 year old son. (with learning disbilities.) who goes to a learning disabled school. last November I took in a 16 year old boy.His only support system is (was) His grandfather who is 72 years old and obviously a little too old to raise a 16 year old. so I took him in. Damien the 16 year old is a great kid, he's done a 360 in school and with a structured home life. I try my hardest to help those who need it. I do have a good heart. But now I need help and I dont know who to tell or where to go for it.
I've never cried poor mouth nor would I.
I would just like a little help if their is any out their. Honestly, Im usto helping others, showing up at x-mas for others children, Iusto be able to do so much I've donated, clothes, canned goods ect. when I could. I've even given to chariety's. I've helped with fund raisers.
But I've never been in this position before.
When my son was first diagnosed with learning disabilities, things were of course easier. That was about 5 years ago.
Unfortunately, I ended up having to leave college. A full time job. I needed to make my self available for my son's academic schooling, his doctors appointments.
This really hasn't changed much. I am still needed at home and at meetings, ect.
However, I have since learned how to juggle my time.(well ) I have also had to build my family back up. We kinda had to learn how to do things all over again, their were a lot of adjustments.
I have now managed to hold a part time job at my sisters business. I clean it for a little extra money.Every two weeks. I've adjusted well. We all have, I shop wisely, I cut corners, use coupon's and I had still managed to save.
My big problem started about 4 years ago. (I'll explain) I bought a car at a dealership, through a friend of a friend being a girl woman I thought every thing was as it seemed on the up and up. I was even given an in house loan. Big Mistake. I have all the paper work thank god. Well it turns out that the car of course was a lemon. One problem after another. I could just cry. I ended up going for months on end, without a car. While they were supposidly fixing it in their shop. So I was told. Now I know differently. I had to file a complaint with the attorney generals office, because every time I would get the car back it still had the same problems. (internally.) so back in forth I would go. It got to the point that I even would hafto bring others with me to the dealership. Just for moral support. However they would not give me my money back. they wanted to sell me another car. for a 6 year agreement paying almost 600 hundred a month in car payments, well reguardless I am now waiting on the court proceedings. After the last straw happened which was that the car literally caught on fire. with me in it. while I was driving. Then I find out their was no work done internally, not were their any signs of new parts. Im hoping that the attorney's generals office will resolve my car situation, I had given them all my saving's.
I had put $2,300.00 down. with $400.00 car payments a month. plus the insurance that it cost me and another plus $1,000 for a warrenty. that they never put thru, thank god I have the reciepts for all of this.
Well, I really worked so hard for this. Im sure that you must understand how I feel. However, even with all the media coverage, that has been going on about this dealership, things seem to be dragging out it's almost 4 years since I put in the original complaint. Its now been over a year since they were taken to court. Everything keeps getting postponed. Well the good thing is that I have such wonderful neighbors. Anette's my next door neighbor her mother felt so bad for all that we had gone through she gave me her very first car that she had bought however the car of course is old and was in storage A pontaic 6000 an 1988 to be exact. I am so greatful to the fact that I had been given this car and that she has been nothing but wonderful to me and my children ( all 3 of them) but all the extra money I had saved, once again is now being put into this car. I knew that I would hafto fix some stuff up. however, things keep piling up. I have put in oil gaskets, manifold gaskets,a new cadallaic converter, an alternator, a battery, and all new pluggs, a new tail pipe, plus something called an oc2 sensor. Last week on the way back from picking up my daughter from school,My break lines snapped, those needed to be replaced which I did the very next day, and now I find out that the transmission is slipping and needs to be replaced. Honestly, I would'nt care if I had a car or not. Except for the fact that, I need this for my son's dr apts, schooling, work, ect. I need a working or at least workable car. As I see it, this now means that I hafto use all of my christmas money. To fix the transmission. I know that christmas is about family and being together. However to an 11year old boy and a 12 year old girl christmas is also about having a little something under the tree, It expresses love and appreciation to them. It's suppose to be a special day of giving and recieving. a day that's special.
I am so beside my self right now, see I would honestly ask my sister for help, but I can't. she actually needs my help. And I dont''' want her to worry any more than she has to. My sister's husband was just diagnosed in Sept with cancer, then he went in for surgery and come to find out the cancer had spread to what is known as his adnoids, glands to help you understand It's his mid side area. Things seem to be tough Laureen may now loose the business . She built this from the ground up. She's amazing. This took her 10 years and she just moved and expanded her business last year. I have been watching her children 3 day's a week just so she can make an appearence at her business, and get the basic's done on the work front while I help her on the home front. Greg her husband is on bed rest he has tubes 2 of them running down his leg and movement is quite hard for him. Greg will now be going in to chemotherapy for the next 12 nonths. This is also why I need to be able to fix this car up. (repair the transmission if possible) Zoe is 5 and Griffin is 3 My sister's children they really need me, they cant see their father go thru this they need me to help and support them. They just lost their nana (gregs mother) 2 years ago on the 18th of December, This was rough enough she lived in the same house as them. It's one thing after another. I guess I'm fortunate. I thank god Im alive every day. I swear it. When it comes to the bigger picture of life. However, it's just that so many people are depending on me. I honestly need a dependable car. I need to be able to be their for everyone's needs. I know that if I take the $700 I have saved for xmas. And I fix my car, then my niece and nephew and my kids wont' have anything for christmas. If I skip the car and do christmas then I cant take my own kids to their schools. ( my sons is in a different city 3 towns away) I won't be able to make the meetings and or events and then I won't be able to watch my niece and nephew for laureen. (my sister) Then she"ll have to drag the kids with her every day for the next 3 months to his chemotherapy appointments in Boston, and then hafto go with them 3 times a week for the next 9 months. I really don't want them to see this. Our mother lives in Maine she has knee problem's driving for her is rough it's over 4 hours away. We usto visit her, because traveling for her for that lenght of time was advised against by her physician, so Im basically the only one that she has.
I have no husband. I can honestly say that the 16 year old helps out as much as he possibly can. But he has no income, and I don't want to make him feel bad for the situation. Were all in.
I"m being so very honest about all of this. I wish so much that My live was not like it is. I honestly wish that this was all a dream. But it's not. And I don't know who to ask for help. Or where to go. If you know of anyone who can help me. Would you please call me 1-781-286-2776. or E-mail me at - sherrie02151@yahoo.com.
I'm sorry if this seems inapproperiate or unorthdoxed. I feel foolish telling you not knowing who will be seeing/ reading this on the other end. However,I just figured that maybe someone out their will be able to put me in the right direction
Well thank you very much for your time.
yours sincerely,
Ms. Sherrie Lupi
60 fernwood ave
revere, mass. 02151
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