by Emelia Rose

Created on: October 30, 2008

My divorce left me financially unstable, not a penny to rub together. At the time my children were still young and I had to work two jobs. Money is the root of all evil. It seems I have been financially struggling all my life. Finally after five years of hard work paid off.

I couldn't stand it anymore! Living in a broken down trailer with a landlord who doesn't fix major problems and raises the rent every year. The kids getting older and wanting money for anything and everything. Every day I was getting more and more depressed. With working two jobs and the little bit of child support just didn't cover all the daily living expenditures.

The trailer had mold growing in the bedrooms, the bathroom floor was caving into the floor and air came up through the vents. How can anyone live that way? Well, I did. There was no place else that I could afford. Once I tried to get help through the state. I waited for hours and after the mounds of paperwork I was told that I make too much money. I laughed in the woman's face and as I walked out tears were falling from my face. But I carried on and had faith that I would come through ok. I always manage to make good out of bad situations.

An angel came to my rescue. A man that I worked with, who is my best friend, offered to rent me a home. I reluctantly refused the first time he mentioned it to me. I was not in the position to do business with a friend. Then a month later he asked me again. That time I accepted. It was the best thing to do for my family and financially he gave me a break. I am now working a job I love and making a decent salary. Life has never been better and now I feel that there is a future. My life is financially stable, my kids are growing into beautiful adolescents, the extra money is a safe and secure feeling. I hardly ever get depressed about anything.

Money definitely plays a big role in depression. I lived both sides of the mental capacity of money problems. When my son was six months old and I was in an auto accident. I was hurt enough to be out of work for an entire year. And boy! When that settlement came through, I went crazy. But than everyone you know is wanting a little piece of the pie. Yes, I got a new vehicle, moved out of the state with my husband and children into a new home. Spend, spend, spend that's what we did. And when it was gone so was the high. What makes us as humans act as we do when it comes to money? Like I said earlier, money is the root of all evil.

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