Homeless

by Sheila
(Woodbridge, va)

Hello, I have been homeless for about 4 years. After my husband left me just up and out of the blue one day due to him believing I was out cheating when all I was doing was trying to make a better life for my family. Maybe I did get too close to a co-worker more than I should have, and because my husband is an older man. I felt that he would have been more of a man and talked about our problems instead of leaving. He went back to his family in SC. The funny thing about that is he wasn't speaking to his family and when I got them to start talking and he found out his was getting some money because of his brother dying, all of them stop talking to me. Had to short sale the house, I got sick and was out of work for a while on leave without pay. Started getting behind on bills, going through things on the job, ended up loosing almost everything. I have my oldest son disable another son and a daughter and a grandson living with me. We have been going from house to house. Went to my sister's house sleeping on the floor and she had men coming in the house all hours of the night when I had to get up and go to work. We had moved about 8 times in 4 years. My cousin's house was a little better until she started complaining about bills, but would not show me any of them. I was finally blessed with a 4 bedroom apartment. I had prayed so hard and long for this. Now, I am in debt over my head. When you say that you are a federal employee, people think that you are making a lot of money. That is far from the case with me. In this 4 bedroom apartment my children are helping me pay the rent and everything else that goes into the apartment. My husband has stole from me and I guess he is fine. We have been separated for seven years now. He hasn't file for a divorce because he wants me to pay for it like his first wife did. I really can't afford to. I don't want you to feel sorry for me. I want to make a point that prayers do be answered. It has been only been two in a half months since we moved into our owe apartment and again I need a miracle prayer. I have always prayed and for other people as well, and yes it takes a long time with me and I was about to loose faith. I thought God forgot or just didn't want to have nothing to do with me until I was blessed with my place. I hope this story would make a good difference in someone else's life.