Sheryl

I am really stressed and my anxiety is through the roof. I work hard and try to do things right. I try to help others when I can, but I am in a dire financial situation. I have been working for an organization that pretends to help people, but they don't even help the lower level people who work for them. The director gets a 10 to 12 thousand dollar raise every year while people like myself have not gotten an increase in pay in over 8 years. Plus she has classified myself and some others as independent contractors so she and her organization doesn't have to pay any taxes for us. That makes us responsible to pay for both the employers share and our own share of all taxes due. Then she says that she only wants to pay us once a month, but sometimes after we submit our hours to her after the month has passed she still doesn't pay us until we ask multiple times for our checks. I didn't get paid for any of my December hours until the very last day of January. I am responsible for my mother's house as it goes through probate because she didn't have a will. I lived with my mother and my disabled brother before my mom passed and now I am responsible for all the bills that my mom and I used to share and I've run out of money. I'm afraid of ending up on the streets. It is not fair. The government in my area of the world just keeps taking and taking from us real working class people through taxes and fees and then you have organizations like the one I work for that adds to it by not being good stewards of the things they have. The director also has two houses and vacations in Florida every winter when it gets cold and snowy in our area.

I have prayed so much about my situation and have been looking for a new job, but I am an older person and have not been able to find a job that will work for me because I have to take my brother to all his doctor's appointments so I have to make sure the hours I work will let me do that. I've also had two major health issues myself this past year.

I'm so stressed that I put something down and then 10 minutes later I can't find it and I feel my nerves just fraying. I balance my checkbook like 5 times a day. I walk around the house just crying and talking to myself. I need God's help so much, but I'm beginning to feel like I'll never get the real help I need from him. I feel like giving up on him even though I go to church almost every week. Exceptions are when the whether is really bad. I also pray for others every day, but I'm so tired of always worrying and feeling so stressed, especially when I see people who are considered "bad" people getting everything and living on easy street. Just sick about it all.

Received: February 26, 2026