Reaching out for help

This is really hard for me. I’ve worked hard all my life and I have always been proud to have been able to always keep a roof over my little families head, food in the fridge and providing an atmosphere for my five baby girls to grow up in that was nothing to be ashamed of. Never in my life have I felt so ashamed to tell someone what is going on in my life. I can’t make the rent. I can’t make the electric bill, the gas bill and the list goes on.

I lost my job back in March of 2008 and unemployment ran out in March of 2009. I have never not had a job in my entire life! I’m working now pretty much for myself but it isn’t paying the bills due to the industry I work in. It takes weeks and sometimes months to produce the products I sell and I don’t get paid till the end user gets the product and then they pay for it in thirty, sixty to ninety days. It sucks! The landlord has his bills to pay and I understand that more than you know. I sympathize with him. I don’t want to be a deadbeat but I’m going to become one and I hate that fact.

My lifetime savings ran out in the beginning of May and I’m up the creek without a paddle. Your savings run down quick when your unemployment benefit is half of what you used to bring home. I’m a proud man but I am not to proud to ask for help when I really need it to keep a roof over my children’s head and food on the table. I could really use your help as a reader of this site. Without your help, I can’t keep this going if I don’t have a street address or link to post articles from. And yes I am behind on the internet bill too. I’ve been packing up personal stuff and I have no clue as to where I’m even going to put them if I loose this apartment and that fact is evident within the next thirty days. I have no idea what is going to happen to us and I’m terrified.

I’m so frustrated with myself, with my life, with everything that it is truly depressing. And yet every single day I am working the phones to try and find new customers and sometimes I do but most times I don’t. That is the nature of the business I am in. Some folks might think that I should get out of the business I know but that would be hard since I’ve been in it since 1984.

If you can help us out that would be great. If you want to knock me down further for asking for help then so be it. I’ve lost all respect for myself at this point in my life.

I set up a donation button in the sidebar that is a secure PayPal link. I thank you in advance for whatever you can donate to the Papamoka family fund to pay the rent. God bless ya and love and hugs at ya. Feel free to spread the word that Papamoka needs help to pay the rent.

Feel free to email me at papamoka@hotmail.com to get a mailing address if that works best for you.

Papamoka

UPDATE: 5/31/09 My personal thanks to all of my internet and blogging friends that have helped spread the word. God bless ya all! I humbly apologize if I missed anyone and please know that it was not intentional. I'll add my heroes to the list as I find them. You all rock and you touched my heart more than you know. I have to thank Jeff especially for his contribution. He knows who he is and I thank him to no end for being a hero when I thought I was drowning. For that matter, I thank everyone that has or will donate to the Papamoka family. You all have a special place in my heart forever.

My friend K of Gun Toting Liberal
Crooks and Liars on Mikes Blog Round Up, my email bud
My sistah from another mother at Chells Roost
My left coast friend Infidel 753
Political Byline from my friend Pat
Pink Granite from my friend Lee and Chuck
The Moderate Voice and my bud Joe Gandelman
Freedom Writing and my new friend David
Wormtown Taxi and my bud Jeff

Obama Message on Unemployment

Politics aside, we all need to look to one leader to get us all out of this economic crisis and free fall. Jobs are being lost at record numbers and we need to come together to stop the free fall. Where do we all stop being Liberal and Conservative when it comes to record job losses. America and her people need consensus and somebody to follow other than the message of politicians and talking heads in the main stream media of whom to blame. We have a President, like him, love him, or hate him, he is our President.

George Washington, our first President, he alone faced many trials during the Revolutionary War but one thing was certain, he was the leader of men willing to sacrifice life and liberty for what they and he believed in. Washington put his foot down in the time of crisis in his Presidency for a reason and it was to prove the point that this nation can not survive based on one or two or three political points of view. Leadership comes from being firm, showing confidence, and moving forward regardless of your many detractors. Our President must act as his gut tells him and thus history is made. President Obama needs to do the same and thus he is acting on the best of the American people…

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While the Bush year millionaires are contemplating how much of a donation they should send to his Presidential Library Fund, I wonder if any of them know what it feels like to get a pink slip or told that the company they have worked for loyally can no longer afford their services? The clock is ticking if your state believes in unemployment payments to support your family. If your state doesn’t provide unemployment compensation then you need to find a job where paper or plastic is a common phrase during the work day.

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Unemployment to Spike

Now that the American economic engine is supposedly in the toilet courtesy of the Republican lead Bush administration we need to remember the basics of humanity. Many millions will lose their jobs over the next couple of months and we can all thank a President that only cared about the elite amongst us. We are only lost if we lose sight of the bigger picture in our lives. If you have family, friends, and I got you Babe…

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One constant in life will never change as you walk through the tough times in your life is the ones you love who will be there by your side through it all. Hang in there, times are tough, jobs are scarce but new and brighter days are ahead. I got you babe and your future is ten times better under Obama‘s leadership than George (Screw you middle and lower class workers) Bush.

Papamoka