Emergency Fund

After 31 years of marriage and raising seven children, she finally found the courage to leave a marriage where finances were used as control. She walked away with very little of her own and is now trying to rebuild her life from the ground up.

She works and is determined to become financially independent, but an unexpected $3,500 vehicle expense set her back significantly. She is now living between her car and hotels when she can afford one.

And through it all, she is carrying the heartbreak of being separated from her teenage daughter, who cannot live with her until she has a stable home.