To the attention of:
Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana;
US Senators from Indiana: Daniel Coats, Richard G. Lugar;
US Representatives from Indiana: Andre Carson, Baron P. Hill, Dan Burton, Joe Donnelly, Larry Bucshon, Marlin A. Stutzman, Mike Pence, Peter J. Visclosky, Steve Buyer;
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Hello, I first appreciate your time just reading my post. There are no small kids involved in our situation...it's just me and my husband. I work 2 hours a day 1-5 days a week and this is our only income...My husband is fighting for disability again. Just 4 years ago we were buying our 1st home, I had a great job, 2-3 vehicles and we were well on our way to a real life, when a tragedy struck and our 15 year old son was killed in a car accident. At this time, we had been clean 6 years from any and all drugs.....My husband and I and our 14 year old son did the best we could to continue our lives without our 15 year old. The pain is just as sharp today and never ending. Within 6 months I lost my job, our home to foreclosure and just 9 months ago our last vehicle. Our 14 year old son has since turned 18 and moved in with his girlfriend and working toward graduating this May. His dad and I are still homeless.... We did make some mistakes along the way with our past addictions but are ready to put everything into making a life for ourselves. We live in a small town where I cannot get a better job, no vehicle to get back and forth to the next bigger town and no roof over our heads. We have stayed a few nights with this one or that one until they could no longer help because they were endangering losing their own homes. We will go to any and all lengths to be given the chance to have a place to live. We continue to struggle terribly on a daily basis with our loss but have found a way to face the next day and then the next day. We are not asking for anything extravagant....just a room where we can sleep...somewhere to store a lil food and prepare that food and a place to shower and take care of ourselves....... I will find a better job and find us permenent living arrangements asap........I do have a past drug charge that does not allow me to get public housing. I am working to make our lives better but it seems that everything out there is to keep putting you down and not allowing you to make a life again. I have a drug charge so I am not important enough to eat and therefore cannot receive foodstamps along with the housing problem. We just need a lil helping hand to help ourselves. I see no way out and what are we to do.....Just parish???? I don't want to go too far away from here or we will not be able to visit our sons grave.... we have special traditions that we do different times of the year to honor him. so if u can help in any way....we appreciate....Thank you
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