Hi my name is Tish. I am a single mother of two wonderful boys who are 5 and 10. My ten year old suffers from a severe speech problem and has just recently been diagnosed with a muscle skills disorder. Even with his problems he is a very bright wonderful kid and has lots of friends who understand him and his situation. I have had him in the same school since kindergarden trying to keep him with the same peers. Back in Nov. of 2007 his father who lived in Lexington, NE. got killed in a car accident and left behind my son as well as his 3 other children. Soon after that I lost my job, and our house, just when I thought things could not get anyworse I unexpectedly found out that I was pregnant. Struggling to take care of the two boys that I have, I knew that having a third addition to the family would be so wonderful and the thought of my youngest son being a big brother was so cool, however I knew that financially I would not be able to take care of all of them. I decided to place my son for open adoption. He is now 4 months old. I was very fortunate to find the most wonderful parents that anyone could ask for. I have been blessed that they took my son into there home as there own, but yet still realalize that I am his birthmother and that he has 2 brothers, and they welcome us with open arms anytime. Recently I have gained employment, and I look back and think why could this not have happened sooner, but I quickly loose that thought when I think about how I changed two peoples lives forever. The car I have now is in very bad shape and is unsafe. My blinker, and speedomotor do not work. The transmission is going bad and I'm always having to pull over and shut my car off and restart it because it stops shifting. I have not been able to keep up with the maintence and alot of the problems are mechcanical and are very costly to fix. A reliable car would be the greatest gift for my family, for one I would not have the stress of loosing my job, I would be able to keep my son in his current school with the peers he has known, and I would be able to get him to rehab so he can get better and most of all I would be able to take him to Lexington to visit his dad's burial site and see his half brother and sisters that he has not seen for 2 years now, and  I would be able to take them more often to visit there new baby brother. For being 5 and 10 my boys have been by my side with much understanding, open hearts and  open minds. I would love to give them the secrurity of being able to get them where they need to go without a worry that we might get stranded or not make it today.