Dear Johnny,

My name is Jessie and my husband is John and we have two little girls that are 6 and 9.

We both work (my husband is a diesel mechanic with a trucking company and I clean

houses). About 7 weeks ago we had a scare, my husband was on his motorcycle on his

way home from work and hit a deer not far from our house up in Gladstone.

He had multiple injuries including a broken pelvis, broken left femur, broken ribs and road rash.

It’s been a hard road for him to get back on his feet, but we’re just happy it wasn’t

worse.

I’ve worked to try to clean extra houses to keep our heads above water while

he’s had to take some time off for recovery. We’ve used up what little we had in savings

to try to keep up on bills and we’ve done ok for the most part, but I’m really worried

about rent. We haven’t been able to come up with money to cover December and it’ll be

January 1 before you know it. The good news is, my husband was just cleared to go

back to work on December 30th.

I’m just praying we can make it until that first paycheck back. We’ve been through so much as a family. I’ve just tried to keep everything as normal as possible for the girls, but it’s been rough. I just ask that maybe you could please consider us and thank you for reading our letter.

Jessie

Who Helped: Mary, Ashley, Big Eric, Shannon, Jason, Mike, Cosentinos

How You Helped: Caught up on rent + one month, Christmas for the kids, groceries