Re: I need help

["mmphosis" <markstock@mail.com>]

If I had a dollar, I would send it to you.

I appreciate you sharing.  With only a year left, sounds like it would
be good for you to finish. Not for the "job", but just because it's
sounds like something you've always wanted to do.

fixme1@gmail.com wrote:
> I feel so dumb posting my personal life here, but desperate times call
> for desperate measures. You all don't know me very well, except for
> maybe a couple of you. After 20 years of doing stupid things, I had
> come to a crossroads in my life, due to an injury at work. I decided to
> go to school and make a career out of something that I love, computers.
> I have attended IHCC to get an AAS in Computer Networks and Security
> since last February. Since I screwed up when I was a teenager, my
> student loans defaulted and I was unable to pay for school. I tried
> consolidating but the loan went to judgement and they won't consolidate
> it. A state agency is paying for my tuition and books, but that is all.
> No frills as they would say. Due to my class schedule I am unable to
> work. My wife works at the local Wal-Mart in the photolab to support
> us. I knew going into this that it would be hard, but I didn't know it
> would be this hard. We go from paycheck to paycheck wondering if we are
> going to be able to afford all of our bills, and as of right now, we're
> not. We are behind on rent, the rest of our bills are behind and I am
> looking at having to sell some of my stuff to buy groceries. The strain
> on my wife and I is enormous, and we're on the verge of leaving each
> other. I don't want that to happen because I love my wife very much. If
> I quit school to go back to work, the short term will be ok, but we'll
> be in the same boat a few years from now. I don't want to quit because
> I only have a year left. In the area that we live in even part-time
> work is hard to come by. Not sure what to do about any of it, so I
> decided to ask the community for help. I am not asking for loans, or
> big amounts of money. I am just asking if each person could send a
> dollar, that would help a lot. As you can see this is not a ploy for
> drug money or anything else. Just a man who wants to take care of his
> family the way he should have done a long time ago. Not asking for
> much, but if anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Who knows,
> one day, when someone asks for help, I'll be able to help them too.
> Please contact me at the email below.
> 
> Thanks
> Riley Millage
> r.millage@msn.com