Need to make money from home to stay home with son who is very sick!

United States
March 25, 2010 8:55am CST
My son was diagnosed with a rare immune disease called HLH. He is being treated in Hope children's in chicago and in Cincinatti Children's in Ohio. The doctors don't know what the future holds for him. Most babies with multi-symtom HLH do not make it. He is only 20 months old! I have a job working for only 9.60 and hour. I work from 11pm-7am. And it is an hour drive to and from work from my home. I miss many days due to hospital stays and visits. He is not supposed to be in daycare but I have no choice, I have to keep a roof over his head. I have tried researching REAL jobs online that make REAL money but have not found anything except for cold calling jobs. I would love to get some information of real jobs that I can do online to stay home with my son. My son needs me and I need him. I don't know how much more time we will have with him. Please, if anyone knows of legit jobs online please send me the info. No scams Please!
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10 responses
• India
25 Mar 10
This is so Heart Rendering . I really wish from the bottom of my Heart for your son to get well soon and be amongst the healthiest people and live a long Healthy life with you. You are going through a very hard time and may God Bless you to overcome it. Well I must say earning online is a very challenging thing if skills are not technical in nature . But in around a six month period I have found some sources where we could earn doing online work . I would suggest you to check out some sites which are ok for earning online money . I am listing them here . www.odesk.com - Freelance site where there are a lot of variety of Freelance Jobs and once you are able to know the site and find work according to your skills you can earn good money . There are several opportunities of Virtual Assistants where people have good history of making money. www.scriptlance.com - Another Freelance site for various kinds of work www.microworkers.com - This is a legit site where one gets paid for doing small internet related tasks . You can earn some extra money here. www.freelancer.com - This site also has good reputation . iDictate.com - This site is for people who can do Transcription work . Typing audio/Video files on MS word documents . quicktate.com - This is also a Transcription site. www.zazzle.com - here you can have personal store and you can sell things provided by the site and a commission is given on sales.This site has good reputation . www.shopster.com - This is also somewhat similar to zazzle - but it is a new venture so don't know about this one very much. www.shutterpoint.com - If you can get hold of some really good photos then this is the site where you can sell photos for good prices . The photos are sold here with Full Rights Licenses . I would suggest you to look at odesk.com closely and explore it because I know some people from my country who have earned around $1000+ per month as Virtual Assistants here and they are still working as contracts were renewed on backing of good work . I wish you Good luck and if I come to know something important I would surely share with you .
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• United States
25 Mar 10
Thank you so much for all of the links. I will check all of these out. Again, thank you so much and God Bless you!
• India
25 Mar 10
You are most welcome and I hope you get a good Online Job soon so that you could take care of your son which is most important for him .I wish you GOOD LUCK !!
@machivado (528)
• Indonesia
25 Mar 10
I forgot to tell you..Recently I joined at constantcontent.com. You need to make an article therea and then you can sell it.. Or they will notify you if certain article is needed. The pay is pretty good, you should check it out if you can make articles like your area condition, vacation places, and so on.
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• United States
26 Mar 10
I will check out this site. I definetly have a lot that i could write about. Thank you and god Bless!
@Rtlsnk316 (1197)
• Mexico
25 Mar 10
Hello barbiegirl13, First of all, I'm wishing you the best for you and your baby, don't worry about getting help, you'll sure find some valuable advice in the mylot community. I sent you a friend's request, hopefully you'll accept it. There's something I would like to tell you that may be a little helpful in this moment. Hope to hear soon from you, Best wishes.
@marketing07 (6266)
• South Korea
25 Mar 10
hello barbie, i pity your situation..but i think online job is very difficult i know some ar scams too..i do hope you can find one for you and your baby..goodluck
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@machivado (528)
• Indonesia
25 Mar 10
I'm sorry but as far as I know, there is no guaranteed work here. The only guaranteed thing is when you join MLM with a team who is sponsoring for you until you reach the goal, but that would take time, I mean it can take a year or more..Another option is to invest on trustworthy investment site..that is if you can trust them..
@setsuna26 (2751)
• Philippines
25 Mar 10
I feel for you . I need alot of money for my mom too. Shes pretty much sick and needs alot of medical attention too. But you know what? just hearing about your story im going to make sure that i will be including your kid and you to my prayers . Im hoping that i will be able to help you somehow. Just hang in there im pretty sure sooner or later you will find the answer to all your problems right now ;)
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@CRSunrise (2981)
• United States
30 Mar 10
Earning money online can be hard, depending on what your skills are. I'm trying to find something online that I could do, just supplement my earnings, and I'm still looking. You're starting out right by using MyLot. You can get at least $10. I know it's not much, but it's a start. You could also do sone writing at Associated Content. This site does it's payments via per views. You would need to get people to come read your stuff. Hope this helps out. There's stuff out there. You just have to know what to look for. Don't sign up for anything that you have to pay for unless you've researched that it's a legit thing.
• United States
25 Mar 10
Go on these three sites called work place like home, WAHM and Rat Race Rebellion. These 3 sites will give you a head start on legit and real at home jobs. They have helped me a lot and I think they are only the few real sites where they can give you will insight in working at home. Plus they give you a lot of support along the way. They also tell you more ways to make money than besides just cold calling jobs. Good luck and I hope everything turns out all right.
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@jane239 (521)
25 Mar 10
I know how hard it is finding genuine work from home. I was ill a few years ago and not well enough to work plus I had to wait for surgery so I started to look for work from home then. I managed to get a job with the Press Association typing up news which was hard work but it was money. I'm not sure what type of work you are looking for but as someone else said you can use a mixture of things such as eBay, mystery shopping, surveys etc to make a monthly income if nothing else looks promising. The freelance sites are worth a go and pay upwards of $30 a project but there are a few pitfalls. I'm not sure what work you do but if it it's something that can be done remotely perhaps ask your employer about that. The other option is to apply for jobs which can be done from home and are local to you. Just state on the application you are looking to work from home. The airlines sometimes employ homeworkers to take reservations. It's worth e mailing them and asking about their requirements or looking You can also try the Homeworking UK website. There are plenty of opportunities on there and there's an international site as well which may be more useful.
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@lendmhe (372)
• Philippines
26 Mar 10
Hi barbiegirl, please check out freelancer.com, i think this site could help you. Tons of project to choose from, from data entry to techical work. This is legit. Follow the link htt://www.freelancer.com/affiliates/lendmhe/
• United States
27 Mar 10
Thank you for the link, I checked it out and registered.