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Help A Mom Save Her Daughter

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It has been a very diffuclt heart-wrenching couple of years for my dear friend Celestina and her family. A single-mother of two children, Celestina is struggling to cover all the bases and find ways to shepherd her daughter and son through the process of growing up.

Celestina's daughter is 14 years old. She is a beautiful creative spirit, she loves acting, singing, and performing. Her sensitive nature underwent enormous trauma during and after her parents’ divorce several years ago. In seventh grade, Celestina began noticing signs of self-harm and that she was beginning to hang out with a reckless crowd. She became more aggressive over time, having confrontations with the police and sneaking out of the house in the middle of the night.
 
In the fall of 2016, Celestina realized that additional support and resources were needed to avert the path of destruction that was unfolding. Heartbroken, terrified, and feeling helpless, Celestina knew she needed to act quick. She began seeking to find help and solutions. Celestina learned that the resources in Idaho are extremely limited and have a poor track record, so she found an out-of-state residential program that has a tremendous history of helping kids recover and get back into their healthy lives.

This facility is a very strict 6 months program focusing on eight core principles: family, community, after-care, individualalized care, continuum-of-care, spirituality, outcome, research, and recovery. Her daughter has been there for two months now. She battled the process at first, but has since melted. She is making amends and seeking to use all of the tools to find and heal the root causes of her destructive behaviors.

Due to Celestina's tremendous efforts to help her daughter, the outlook for her is positive, but Celestina needs a lot of help right now. The funds from this campaign will go to cover the astronomical rehab fees, the travel she needs to do back and forth, and legal expenses that are impossible for a single mom to cover.

I am asking my friends who have kids and anyone who truly cares about helping, please pitch in and give a little to make it possible for Celestina to keep her daughter in this program. Celestina and her family need a lot of love and support. She’s devoted to her daughter's well-being and working diligently to cover the bills. The enormous expenses are overwhelming. If we all give a little, we can add hope to her life.

I’m also asking you to share this Go Fund Me with your friends. If you’ve ever watched a kid destroy themselves and feel helpless, this is a chance to make a difference.

Please help. Please share this.

We want to come back in a few months and tell you how far your contribution went to help Celestina's daughter. We want to come back with a true success story, so you’ll know that you have done something important in one kid’s real life.

Thank you, from the very depths of my heart.

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    Organizer and beneficiary

    Kristen Brooke
    Organizer
    Boise, ID
    Celestina Amor Settle
    Beneficiary

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