Mother of 11 cannot find work, close to eviction: https://t.co/30CRidCVc3 pic.twitter.com/2Kil4GJo2i
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) January 7, 2020
Back in the day, a single mother with 6-12 kids lived the good life while collecting government checks for each child. Sadly, those gravy days are over.
A mother of 11 is facing eviction after she was laid off before Christmas. Jessica Sumlin, of Whitehaven, near Memphis, is struggling to find work to support her 11 children.
“If I had family to go to – like immediate family – I’d go and ask them, but I don’t have any immediate family. It’s just me and my kids,” she told Fox13Memphis.com.
On her GoFundMe page, Sumlin said she and her kids lived with her mom until she got pregnant again.
“I had a newborn so we couldn’t stay there, and during this time I got a storage… which, after renting for a month, they informed me that someone had broke in and stole all me and my children’s things.”
She said kindhearted friends helped her move into an empty house and she’s asking for donations to fix up the home. The house she moved into has black mold and no heat.
According to Fox13Memphis.com, Sumlin was laid off after 12 years at Taco Bell because she was a high-risk pregnancy. She said she found a temporary job in November, but she was laid off again just days before Christmas. She tried applying for jobs to make ends meet.
Now she is close to eviction and her lights are due to be cut off for nonpayment.
“My rent man constantly calling and texting me saying that I’m past due in rent.
A GoFundMe page raised over $9,800 of a $2,000 goal.
Twitter users weighed in with their own opinions about her situation.
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