Hello everyone. My name is Britnee’ and I am 16 years old. I am also known as the creator of Krabby-kronicle on tumblr. I absolutely hate it that I have to do this but I don’t really have any other choice. This is going to be pretty scrambled so I apologize if anything confuses you. If you have any questions you can message me on tumblr, twitter, and instagram. My username is @litaisfearless. If needed, I’ll give my last name if you are more comfortable messaging me on Facebook.
My mom has been a single mother for a very long time which means we’ve struggled for so many years. She is disabled and can’t work. She had a surgery back in 2010 but it only seemed to make her back worse. The last time she had an MRI (which was around 2014), they said she had 3 or 4 bulged/herniated disks in her lower back. They also diagnosed her with degenerative disc disease (DDD). We were on disability at one time but then a judge ruled that she could work so they took our disability. She has appealed the decision. My mom can’t work a 9-5 job. She has to constantly take breaks and stand and sit all the time. We have tried to apply for jobs but they never call her back. She currently babysits my baby cousin. We get paid $20 a day for taking care of him and we obviously can’t live off that because we only watch him around 4-5 days a week. Hopefully it will become more days.
This month has to be the worst possible. We currently moved into a new home that cost $1200 to move in($600 deposit and $600 rent) We were kicked out of our other home. My boyfriend payed for the new place with the last of his savings. My mom currently went through a divorce/custody battle which ended up making our $350/month child support go down to $25/week. We couldn’t afford a lawyer so she had to stand for herself. The judge also ruled that my 2 little brothers stay with their dad every other week. My brothers are 8 and 7 years old.
We currently get around $500/month, but I believe its going down to $350 because my ex stepdad lied and said that both my brothers lived with him. We only let him claim one of them yet he claimed both. We also get $250-$350/month from my father. It varies every month to where it adds up to $3,600/year.
Our rent is currently $600/month. We have applied for section 8 housing but the last time we checked, we were #20 on the list.
I started working on a vegetable farm on June 9th, 2016. I was making good money ($8/hr), enough to get by. I worked about 30 hours a week. My bosses then laid us off without warning. Literally they just told us on July 29th, “we’ll call you when we need you back”. That was very heartbreaking for me because it is very difficult to get a job at 16. Since the day I was laid off, I have applied for literally everything that I could think of. It’s very difficult because I’m not old enough to work at Walmart, dollar store, etc. because I can’t sell alcohol or cigarettes. My boyfriend is also trying to get a job but he doesn’t turn 18 until September 14th, which, again, its hard for people to even glance at a teen’s application. I’m doing everything I can to keep a roof over my family’s head and I feel that I’m failing. I’ve even thought about selling my things so we can get some money, but my mom won’t let me.
The money donated would be used for paying rent and/or pay bills (lights,water, etc.). I will make sure that this will all go towards this. I will keep up with the funds and not let anyone touch it. We need this money by September 5th, at the latest. Please don’t call me names or anything. This is very important to me and I’m already embarrassed that I have to do this. I have to say this, if you do not have the funds to donate, please don’t donate, I understand that you would like to help but your life comes before mine. If you would like to help in any way, please share this. That would be awesome. If you do have the funds, I want to personally thank you from the bottom of my heart. You don’t know how much this means to me. If y’all need to ask questions or anything at all, my contact info is at the top of this. Thank y’all so much <3Help spread the word!
