questions about financial aid

hammerman123
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:21:12 +0000

Seems like a lot of money, and we feel silly putting this post up. However, in the North East this is not a ton of money. Additionally, when you have recently started from rock-bottom and have lost everything you have worked to attain and were weeks away from being homeless, it puts our situation in perspective. We are building back our lives and have no credit and nothing to speak of except great kids, and a house that is upside down becasue we had to use it to survive. We are luckier than most and have a lot to be thankful for. However, we still live on the edge becsaue if one check is missed we would have to scramble the same way that someone making a lot less would scramble. There are no fancy cars, boats or expensive trappings in our lives. If we had 5 years to save on our current salaries we would have no business posting on this forum, however, our reality is that we are like so many other middle to upper middle class people caught up in a bad economy. Now that we have been given a second chance we want to make sure our kids get the opportunities that their hard work merits.