42 Year Old Disabled Single Mom In Debt Seeks Grants For Online Education

by Kimberly Newsam
(Elkton, KY, USA)

I am a 42-year-old divorced, never remarried, disabled single mom in debt looking for grants for online education.

I have two children. One is in college, and one lives away. I have an empty nest if you will.

My son, Nick goes to Murray State where he's majoring in theater and minoring in film studies. I am so proud of him! He's also in the Racer band.

I cleaned homes up until I got sick, and am now on full disability for interstitial lung disease and depression.

At one point I was on life support for 11 days with pneumonia, and almost didn't make it.

I have a lot of time on my hands and I need to be doing something with it. Grants for online education would help so much.

If I could get a degree in healthcare management, or something like it, I could make more money, and be a single parent my kids can be proud of.

I live on a fixed income of $674 a month, and there is no room to breathe! It's hard to make it through the month.

If I were educated, I could get a good-paying job. I could be a productive member of the workforce.

I love my kids and want to make them proud of me. I want to be a person with somewhere to go each day and something purposeful to do.

I suffer from depression, and interstitial lung disease. It makes it hard to do my old job, which was cleaning homes. The cleaning fumes are a problem, too.

I am fairly healthy, and I want to make something of myself. I believe that there must be a purpose for all of us. I just have to find mine.

I live on a fixed SSI income of $674 a month.

I have an old 2001 beat-up Chevy Cavalier that my old boss just backed into, and broke the headlight, and dented it.

I barely make bills each month, but somehow I get by. I never can give my kids what I want, because of no income.

All I can do is love them, and believe me I do! It's embarrassing to have to be in this condition and be only 42 years old. Please help me realize my dream.

To supplement my SSI income, I still try to clean a house once a week but it's hard for me to do. I have a good friend that helps me out from time to time.

I just need grants for online education. I also need to update my computer. It's an old Compaq that needs memory.

There's got to be a way for a disabled single mom in debt who wants to work, to go to school and get an education!

I just want room to "breathe."