This will not be like any other post you've read, and it will be easy to start reading and stop, wondering why I'm here. Please, read my story and consider this: I am looking for guidance, networking assistance, and faith, from people who would look at the whole picture and my perseverance in hurdling the incredulous sequence of events that has transpired. Where I was once the person lending the helping hand, I am now determined not to give up as a victim of crime. As a first generation immigrant with hardly family in the country, on my own at 17 in the inner city of one of the country's top 10, I put myself through 6 years of professional college, relocated, then spent the next 30 years working overtime, owning businesses on the side, consulting, public speaking.....I love what I do....in healthcare. Along came a man, hired by my late husband and I to remodel the home I bought after college, who proceeded to leave us peeled open and unheated after 2 years and $500,000. I worked more, my children hardly knew me, we were pulling forward, when my husband died, my 8 and 10 year old finding him, I had been working double time for 6 months to pull us through. My husband, a Vietnam disabled veteran, was the houseparent. We pulled through, painting/staining with neighbors through the funeral, then I lost my income earning ability due to disability from overdoing it. The Mayo clinic is waiting for me to come for repairs, I am in court over the builder issue, and while they have admitted to such gross negligence as no footings under the addition load bearing wall, they refuse mediation. I need to be current on my attorney bill and prepaid for court to get my day, recently rescheduled from January to March 2012. Although I have managed to catch up most of our accounts and get the rest on minimal good will auto payments finally, my credit is shot from this stretch. While I was once always 7-800 range, I am now not eligible for traditional loans. Yet, with my history of excellent income earning motivation, even my disability leaves me ineligible for other assistance types. If I cannot muster my day in court, this man gets away with the foul play that stripped me of my family unit, my health, my income earning potential, my life savings, and almost my home. But not my pride. I am asking someone to look at the whole picture and steer me over this last hurdle, realizing that I am one of the most honest, hard working people you will ever meet. Frustrating to me that I could take all the right steps, against incredible odds, never turning down a work opportunity for fear of not surviving my solo flight to the point of overworking my health, just to have one man step onto my property and effectively remove the fruits of that labor. My goal is to hold him accountable, get the needed repairs to his work, get myself back in working order, and get back to the career I love and worked so hard to establish, helping others. I have no place to turn for the financial assistance I need and it is a large sum, that I am willing to repay. I also have a lifetime of valuables I am willing to share in return, but cannot sell in this poor economy that has so riveted everyone else. I am able to provide documentation of the entire sequence of events, but would prefer to do that privately. I also feel very vulnerable for myself and my young children and so am cautious but am out of options. Open to all suggestions, I need a miracle. Thank you sincerely for reading our story.
