Hello, my name is Nicole and I am a hardworking  single mom yet unemployed due to being layed off due to cutbacks. I am a mother of 4 beautiful children a daughter 12, twins (boy, girl) 7 and a girl 2 yrs.  My estranged (separated) husband gives no financial support to me for the children. I need help my and I don't know what to do my pride is now gone and I am unsure of our future, I'm educated and have worked in the medical sector for almost 8 years but nonetheless I find myself feeling hopeless and lost, scared for the welfare of my children.  Now the weather is changing and I can't even buy my children coats to fit and keep them warm, the savings is gone and I have applied to at least a hundred jobs some scanning the width of the country willing to move to any state that can offer us a better chance. I guess I'm here for help , suggestions, answers to my feelings of failure.  How do i save my children from poverty, how do I maintain my health I have kidney disease (fsgs) , how can see a doctor with no insurance.  What is a mother to do? the scariest things have entered my mind, i know without of fact i will do whatever it takes to care for my children and their needs even if i have to loose myself in the process. I will work for anypay , doing anything at this point. Help me figure out why and how ?