I am a recently divorced mother of 3 beautiful girls. I really did not think I would ever have to go to these extremes just to ask for help for Christmas for my girls, but I have had a bad year and at this point even mt pride has taken a backseat to having to tell my kids that Santa won't be coming this year.

I have a 10, 5 and 4 year old, they are really geat kids they don't deserve to think that Santa forgot them just because of my bad luck.

I guess it started last year when my husband decided to ask me for a divorce on our anniversary the kids took it hard as did I really. He is now happily divorced and engaged to a woman who has 3 kids of her own, so going to him for help is just more than I can stomach at this point he is out of work. So after the seperation I moved to a small but really nice trailer with my kids we were doing ok we had a roof over our heads and food ono the table and had even adopted a small dog the kids call Corky, all in allwe were adjusting pretty well to our new life. Then in November I had a car accident I came around a curve and lost control of my car and rolled it over, Idid not receive any major injuries just alot of bruises and bumps and my car was totalled. Then on December 6th while the kids were visiting with their dad I was cleaning in the back of my trailer and a fire started behind the stove, faulty wiring I was told any way by the time the fire alarm went off and I came out the whole wall the stove was on was in flames I called 911 and ran out of the house to my sisters who lived right next door in my haste to leave the house though I left in nothing but my nightgown, Corky ran out of the house with me but I had 2 cats that were not so lucky the firemen found them still in the house. Anyway the house was a total loss and I am my children lost everything we had there which since the seperation was about half their belonging and completely all of mine. I was forced to send the 2 younger kids to live with their dad since I now had to move in with my mother again my oldest decided that she wanted to stay with me and my ex and I made the decision since she was older to let her decide.Then in September of this year I was involved ina hit and run they never found the person who hit me but he sent my car over a curve and into a tree, my insurance company said they would treat it as an unissured motorist accident and to this day they have not made a decision on whether to to pay for the damages or total my car, in this accident I did receive some injuries my head went into the winshield and cracked it I had whiplash, my face hit the stearing wheel and I got 7 stitches in my face and I have a bulging disk in my back that up to now just ached then last week at work I lifted a case of beer and turned the wrong was heard a pop and now am off work until a neuro surgeon can clear me, whatever that means. So for now I am not able to work I have no income I am living with my mother in a very small trailer that when I do have all 3 kids my oldest has to sleep on the couch I sleep on the living room floor and the younger girls get the only extra available bed.On top of all this I have a congentital heart defect that I am supposed to have monitored regularly and I lost my health insurance when I got divorced so things are a little tough right now.

I just need a little help to give my girls a Christmas I really just want them to have something good from all the bad this year. Please let me know if anyone can help, I will be glad to repay you when I can work again or if you know of an organization that might be willing to help.

Thank you for your time. And I hope you all have a Merry Christmas.

                                                                                                            Jennifer