the following was posted a few days before after christmas.........................(read all, as there is a happy ending)

single mother of two. struggling to make it as a self employed painter.

donations can be made through paypal to justc59@yahoo.com . we have been through some very hard times lately. we really need help.

if you check out my website, you will see that i am a hard worker. go to www.splashpainting.us

we just had a really hard year.

i will offer you some personal background:

we (the children and myself) were living in a small apartment in a "not-so-good neighborhood"and the business was making decent money, so i moved us (in june) to a nicer area and the rent was almost double, but the business was handeling it. well, in august, i realized that there was a major mold issue in the house, so i contacted the owner and they never responded. the owner finally came down in september. seems that the issue was caused by a waste pipe (which was leaking over my son's room). still paying rent, still not getting things fixed, i told the owner we would move. in october, i paid (yet another deposit and rent on a new place, as well as the old) and moved into the new house in early october. asked for the deposit from the old house and was denied, as i broke the lease (bad business woman. she should have given it back as, morally, the house was not safe due to the mold and health issues). so, during the move and just prior, i had gotten sick and was unable to work.

bills are piling up, loans are past due and i have no work scheduled until early spring.

if anyone cares to donate a few bucks to help out, it would be appreciated. this is the truth. no scams, no pretense. if you email me, i would be willing to share more of the story with you.

thanks for your time. and god bless.

if you can not help out with a donation, a prayer is deeply appreciated.

carol hall

320 bradford road

bradford, ri 02808 (usa)

I have gotten so many replies offering prayers and a few donantions (date of this is 1/1/2007).

now i want you to look at my "web page" link.................. i got some great information given to me by some wonderful people here at adland, so i have put all my energy into making sure tht this  (above situation) never happens again........................ i have joined 2 online business opportunities. i encourage you to check them out!

peace, love, health and financial growth is my wish to all for 2007!

carol