My family is the most important thing to me, or I would not even be trying to get help this way...

I am a 45y/o mom who is working extremely hard to make sure our son has the best we can give him and a loving home life.  He is a very gifted boy nearing 14 years old.  We have managed to get him enrolled in a progressive school that will assist his goal of becoming a forensics scientist and game designer.  Strange combination I  know, but those are the two fields he is interested in...but I must be able to get to and from work...

My husband and I both work for a great companies, and we are buying our home.  My husband works very hard to help pay the bills.  Normally we do ok...despite my severe arthritis and other health issues, I am still fighting to work full time to help provide for our family.

Where our problem comes in is that after my old car blew up, and we bought 3 more used vehicles which all consequently blew up...I finally broke down and went to a dealer and purchased a more expensive (due to financing it) vehicle.

My little truck is a real gem...except for one small thing...after having made only 4 payments... the transmission has gone out.  I have gotten several quotes, from reputable shops in our county, and also in BC, which is next door...the cost to rebuild...Between $1800.00 - $2000.00 US.

We simply do not have any money saved, or back up funds to pay for this...I don't have anything left to sell, or anyone/anyplace to borrow the money to get my truck fixed.

I hope someone finds it in their hearts to help out, as I don't know where else to turn anymore.  We make too much money to get any sort of governmental aid, and most charities around here are the same, they say because we are both working, we make too much money for them to help us.

You can see from the yard, and the truck, we live fairly meagerly.  The truck is a 1991, and it was the best of the ones on the lot, that we could afford.  I have to be able to get the truck fixed before August 26th, or I will more than likely lose my job, due to not having any way to get back and forth to work.

I pray someone has it in their hearts to help...we normally are ok...but this is just more than we can handle.  I am trying to get a second job as well, to try to get enough money together to try to pay for the transmission repairs.  I just found out about my new shift at work, which starts August 26th, if I don't have the truck fixed by then, there is no way I can keep my job.  Please help if you can...

Thanks for reading, Namaste and Blessings to All.