Hi I am a newbie I have a post up,it is still kind of confusing trying to navigate around here.
I want to make some change for the sake of my family,I am a mother,I have 8 beautiful children who deserve a good childhood. I never thought I would run into the problems I have now. We gotta break the chains that keep us down.
The No vehicle issue is ever growing. It isn't a temporary want,it's a neccessity that hasn't been met. As my family grew,the kids bigger,some young there are alot of things we need to get done in order to have some functionality here. There is terrible effects as the cause of not having own transportation. A family like mine must have for survival. We are very limited to the freedoms that most families enjoy. My children don't exactly know how it feels to go out to a show,go out to eat together e.t.c. See althou I struggle financially there are times when opportunity comes along but by having no vehicle to get to it,we miss out on so much. All I do is sit and think about how wonderful having a car can be. I never had the chance and I am 32 at the time. I feel so ashamed,I know this has been a issue that seems like a dream so far in reach. How much pain it's been in my shoes. I just want to be more independant,why must I be so helpless I can't even run the kids to their doctor appointments or run up to the grocery store when we need milk and bread. Or if I have to run to the food pantry,the thrift store,the school events,after school activities my kids really want to be a part of. The PTO meetings...I seem like an uninvolved mom,the truth is home is prision I barely get out! speaking of home I am in the process of having to move so it is difficult not having a vehicle and having to depend on someone else on their time,if at all. From what I see having no vehicle makes civilization inaccessible. Not every home is across from the shopping center or the doctor that takes a medicaid card isn't at the corner. It isn't here but not far just 10 minutes and I still can't make it! walking is murder on me especially with varicose veins and a hernia and a 5 month old baby,2 year old,3 year old,5 year old and the school age kids and a teen.I just wanted to mention the lil ones so you can get a visual of what I am dealing. That is tough to handle walking anywhere even if we tried to take the bus if we had one to take that is very cumbersome. When I lived in the city I used to lug a big stroller on the public transportation,tried to make errands and it wasn't easy. First of all being on a crowded bus or train with strangers isn't that cool or a mom trying to keep an eye on her children and then if you had grocery you could only carry so much and it would be so little you have to make trips way often.Then imaging having your baby outin the freezing snow early in the morning waiting at a bus stop. I have been there and I don't want to go back. I been threatned,I have been endangered,trust me a woman is better off when she can drive her own vehicle. Errands become journeys with no vehicle,if they get done at all. The only way we can fully function is if we can change the things that really count for the long run. One of those things is a vehicle.
If I had a vehicle our income potential will be utilized. I will be able to make a contribution towards building my business.About my business it's online but it doesn't have to be. I could market offline and attend network groups,travel to clients e.t.c. Here it is I am flat broke,sit in front of the computer with a brillant mind,a empty pocket and lack of resources. It's a vehicle that will benefit my family in ways never before. I want to try other ways of income like arts and crafts,something I want to do with the kids to teach them entreprenuerialism. I want to break the chains,please help me. For the sake of my family we must overcome. I am trying can someone help me?
I look at craigslist in the local area often,I see furniture I could pick up if I had a vehicle,Office stuff,beds,e.t.c (o.k that is another issue but one only having the means of transportation can solve,sometimes money but when a offer is free and you see decent things you really hate yourself for not being able to get it. If I had a vehicle I could transport items to make where ever we are home.
Lastly,while on craigslist I definetly see whats avaliable as far as s.u.v's,vans,mini vans,trucks,small-medium cars. Alot of times I see vehicles that are cheap.How I wish I knew someone who wouldn't mind helping us,we'd take a smaller car,we'd love a van. Both would be great cause we sometimes need to be two places at the same time. I imagine my kids father going to work everyday if he had a car. I can imagine me being the soccer mom and the home maker and business woman.with prices of a decent used car that would be great! He had a small car that died,it helped for the time being but we never was able to fully function. When he had a job it required him to work all day,I still was stuck. But still it is better than nothing. Because we know all to well how nothing feels,chained with shackles. I just wish I had the means to purchase.
