And yes, of course I’ve been giving money to my family. We maxed out our credit cards helping them settle here before my mother got a work permit. 

We have continually given anything we have spare to them.

But it put us in a position where we have literally no savings and are always afraid that we can’t cover the next month’s bills.

Because a 25 year old in her 2nd year of running a bootstrapped business shouldn’t be worrying about covering bills for 5 people