Save our family hit by Downsize Company and desperately looking for a new job by JR Wu

挽救我們的家庭

在寫下這個故事以前, 我必須放下我的自尊, 面子, 為挽救我的家庭, 我必須做這犧牲

當你讀完我的故事, 無論你是否認識我, 我全然地感激, 我們能相遇就是有緣, 是長是短,

一切都是巧妙的安排, 你們全部是我的貴人. 不管什麼, 先謝謝你們!

Please check out my campaign.  Thanks in advance for your support and please share with your network. www.gofundme.com/4yvdb-save-our-family 

Note:  Please keep my secret from my mom and my family in Taiwan and I really don't want to worry her.  If you want to share my campaign, please share it privately.   Thanks.

請替我保祕. 我 不想讓我的家人擔心,因為我媽媽在的facebook, 請私下傳遞訊息email or message.  謝謝你

I came to America to study in 1992 and I graduated from my master degree in 1997. I was planning to return my country. Somehow my plan had changed because I had met my destiny. We got married in 1998 and my son was born in 1999. For these two men I love in my life, I put my DREAM on hold for them so I stayed in America. During these 21 years, our family had met three times financial crisis; first two times we were able to get support from our families and friends with a long journey of financial recovery. This third time financial storm hit us hardest. I don’t know how I am going to survive this time as the first two times I had my father beside me and the third time he is already gone.

My story began with I lost my father from Vasculitis rare disease in December 2016. He was always my spiritual and financial support. He supported me studied aboard till I finished my master degree in CJ. I did not have a chance to say good bye to him as I was helping my son with his college applications so I was unable to fly thousands miles away to see him the last time. This was an important year of my son's life. After I lost my father, I was depressed for a very long time even now and my consulting business is also making big hit by too many competitions since 2017. My company is now hard to get survived. Last year we sold one of our cars to go through our financial crisis, but that is only for less than two months.

Beginning of our financial crisis, early March this year I started with just a spot of red rush then turn it into urticarial vasculitis called UV. The types of rare disease that most likely inherited from my father that he died from. I start worried that I might suffer the same fate as my dad. I did not share this news with my mom back in my country as I knew that may worry her that I might be like my dad. My dad went into the hospital in Oct 2016 and less than two months due to this disease caused him many organs failure. He went into ICU and never came back. He died with painful death as he hooked up all those medical equipment. My UV was last almost 3 weeks and left me with rose mark on my right leg. Medical research shown that UV can come back any time due to stress and my trigger the first time is also stressed from our financial crisis. I am currently carried this untimely bomb and I also worried my mom and my son may lose me one day unknowingly.

However, my husband and I tried to find a way to solve our problems. He decided to start looking for a new job since March this year to help our financial difficulty. He used to work for a large A/E and Construction company and I was asking him to come to work for me. Somehow his over qualified resumes have made most hiring mangers mostly like VP concerned about if hiring him. So far the 4th months he has been looking and on and off interview and it still is the same result. Even my son is also looking for a summer job, so far he did not get any either. Both of them are actively seeking in the job market. We even tried to sell most of our staff around the house to go by till May. We were lucky that money we got from those sell did cover us till move to the new city the end of May.

After we moved to the new city it has been almost 3 weeks here and we did not sell a single item posted both in Nextdoor and Facebook. My June Bill is not yet paid included personal loan and July Bill is coming up included rent, credit card bill and other types of bill. We have no stable income for four months now. Few days ago my son gave me some cash and he said that was his saving from allowance we gave him and I accidently received a phone call from Plasma center saying my son left his cellular phone there. Then they told me that my son was their new donor and he had coming in few times for cash. After I confronted with my son that he told me, that is all he can do for us. We both hugged each other and started crying.

I never dream of I will need to write my story one day and ask to get help from others especially from strangers. After my son’s action, I deiced to put down my face issue and face my problem. Always I thought “there is a will, there is a way.” If I never give up, I will be okay. Now, I really have no way to turn to and I hope continue praying for my miracle to come. Otherwise, I don’t know how we are going to survive this coming July. My son is going back to school in August and I am not sure if financial aid could over all. Maybe go fund me is what my praying for miracle, our last HOPE. Thanks for everyone here listening my story and please find in your heart and give us some hope.

I always believe in pay it forward that I also am doing the same when I can. Helping others always making me happy! I was once able to connect people together via social or professional either I volunteered working on medical research or helping others to find a job. Now I hope if I could go through this toughest time, I promise I will do the same to reach out people in need. Thanks for your kindness for reading my story and your generosity in advance. My fate is in your hand now. If you are unable to help, please share my story to others. Greatly appreciated all of you to give me HOPE!