A couple of months ago, I was in the hospital, and I fell beind on bills. Once I got out, I found a new job, and was positioned to catch up and restart my life.
The day before I was to begin work on my new job, I was waiting at a stop sign when I was struck by another vehicle, rendering my vehicle inoperable and causing a mild injury to my back (currently getting treatment). The person responsible, who lives in a different town than I, did not feel it necessary to provide his telephone number to the police officer filling out the report.
I'll actually skip further details, but it was a week and a half before I was able to get to work with a rental car provided by his insurance company. I was a pizza delivery driver, and in that week and a half without my car, I lost a few hundred dollars in revenue which was supposed to go to my car payment.
While my car was undergoing repairs, my finance company decided to reposses the car. Now, the rental is gone, and so is my car. If I lived in a metropolitan area, this would not be so much of a setback, as I could use city busses and trains. But I live in Bristol, Tennessee, where there are no trains, and there are three bus lines which run about every hour and a half.
I have no children, but I am married to a wonderful woman who has medical difficulties which prevent her from working. I have been turned down for a restaurant management position because I don't have a car. I've been offered a decent factory job, but I've no way to get there.
My finance company called me on Friday, August 18th, and offered me the opportunity to get back into my loan, and therefore my car. I have to come up with $572.34 by August 31st. Now almost out of money, I'm looking for money anywhere I can find it. A church near my home has sent to the finace company $80, bringing the remainder down to $492.34. I think this is an achievable goal, but not without help.
I aspire for so much more than my life was before my hospitalization and accident, but without a car, I don't know what to do. I'm very intelligent, and with the resources I need, I could make a good life for myself.
I am seriously concerned about the direction my life will take once this crisis is resolved. I fear that I may never fully recover if I'm without a car. There are only a handful of jobs within walking distance, and now with my back injury, the types of jobs I can do has become further limited. I am qualified for many well-paying and secure careers, but I can't get those positions without owning a car.
I just need help once. I absolutely do not want others to pay my rent and my electricity and to support my wife and me. I want to support myself. But I do need my car. I suppose it's like the story about giving a man a fishing pole versus giving him fish. I could catch my own fish, if I only had a pole.
Please, any donation is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
