Denied.
Unqualified.
Ineligible.
Turned down.
Rejected.
I'm sure there are many more ways to say it, but the hurt is always the same. As I've said before, I'm too poor to have cancer, but apparently I'm too rich to qualify for any type of financial aid or assistance programs. I feel like I've spent hours upon hours filling out paperwork, submitting forms and paycheck stubs, doctor letters and even doctor recommendations, but it has yet to bring about any help.
I don't qualify because I don't have children, or because I make too much money on my own, or because I actually have health insurance, or because I'm working too many hours. I work my butt off to ensure that I don't have to depend on others and to show I can be independent when I need to be. But I've been knocked down, and I'm begging for help, only to be told my once strong characteristics are the very reason I don't deserve it.
I try to tell myself I can do this and I can make it through. After all, every program out there is telling me to do it on my own.
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