Perpetual Ruminations

Go Fund Me

My daughter started a Go-Fund-Me page to help us out during these trying times after she found out all our vehicles are in need of repair. Our car lost the alternator last weekend and is in the shop getting it replaced and getting the speed censor/auto brake censor repaired.

It's a 2007 Chevy HHR and starting to show it's age, but it's been a good, reliable, and affordable car for us. We also have a 2012 Yukon we bought second hand to pull our camper when my old Dodge Ram pickup broke down. But, that needs a front wheel bearing replaced, estimated to cost about $700.00.

I did have the old Dodge repaired but it isn't the best on mileage and there's a problem with the headlights (if they are on high-beam for very long, they shut down/overheat) so we can't drive it after dark. I'm not sure what that will cost. I was planning on trying to find and repair it myself, but now with the infusions, I'm not able to do much of that type of work.

Also, the deductible costs are piling up, some of the medications, especially over the counter ones, are not covered at all, and now my wife has to go in for surgery on her hip and will be out of work for at least a month. It's a work related injury, so the surgery is covered and hopefully missed wages as well, but we all know that they never pay as much as what is earned.

After our ten month long legal battle with the county and having to pay child support for our adopted daughter who decided to run away, we about cleaned out our savings and found ourselves slipping further into dept. Then the cancer diagnosis and all the costs we are piling up with that, three vehicles all needing repairs at the same time, and my wife needing surgery has left us about financially wiped out.

I'm not much for social media, but I do have my Facebook account that I use to keep in touch with family. That's where she started the Go-Fund-Me account, and hopefully it generates a little extra money to help out.

If anyone has any other ideas about making a little (or a lot) of money, I'd sure love to hear them.