I do have in my contract to pay by the first of the month for the upcoming month, and all my families have been great about this, with no problems. But this one parent, I guess I was just too accommodating, I knew she was struggling, and because she was on subsidy, so I was for sure receiving that money, I gave her a break and let her pay her portion late, there was lots of excuses why she couldn't pay on time. I am going to look into collections. I really don't want to go to small claims court. Unfortunately subsidy can't help me, it's a government program... and because she didn't tell them she lost her job, they've taken away her subsidy. so it's all up to me. Sigh.

And the funny thing is, if she hadn't gone off the deep end, I would have done what I could to help her out with this. Communication is all it takes with me.

Anyways, again, I thank you all for your comments and support, it's helped me a great deal.