Hello everyone, my name is Melody and I am creating this GoFundMe for the most important person in my life, my mom. She has been a single mother since the day I was born and she has spent her entire life sacrificing for me and my sister, always putting us before herself and doing whatever it took to make sure we were okay even when she was struggling just to survive. We did not grow up with much, but she worked endlessly to give us stability and love, and everything she has ever done has been out of pure love and determination to give us a better life than she had. She has carried the responsibility of being both parents on her shoulders for as long as I can remember, and even now when life feels uncertain she keeps pushing forward for our sake. Right now we are already barely getting by and her company is going through major layoffs, leaving her anxious and worried about how she will keep up with the bills if things become unstable. Even with all of that stress she has continued to help me try to get on my feet, and for the past several months she had been letting me use her car because I do not have a vehicle of my own. Recently I lost my job on the 16th of this month and I have been overwhelmed with fear and stress trying to find another one, feeling like everything was falling apart, but I finally got hired and felt a sense of hope that things might start getting better. On my way to turn in my paperwork for this new job, I was involved in a car accident and my mom’s car was completely totaled. It was a car she worked so hard for, and even though insurance will cover part of the loss we still do not know how much we will receive or if it will be enough to replace what was lost. Now my mom only has a company work truck that she is only allowed to use to drive to and from work and nowhere else, which means we no longer have a reliable personal vehicle. We do have another vehicle, but it has many problems and is very unreliable, and it is extremely risky for her to depend on it when she has to travel out of town for work. Losing this car has put us in a position where we feel stuck and unsure how we are going to make it through when we were already struggling just to stay afloat before this happened. Since the accident I have been living with overwhelming guilt and heartbreak because even though it was an accident and never intentional, I feel like I have put my mom through something she does not deserve after a lifetime of her sacrificing everything for me. I feel completely powerless and defeated knowing that the person who has always been there to lift me up is now the one hurting and I cannot fix it on my own, and that feeling has left me feeling hopeless and desperate to find some way to help her. For now I will be riding a bike to my new job just so I can keep working and try to contribute however I can, because giving up is not an option, but the reality is that I cannot solve this situation alone. Starting this fundraiser is the only way I can think of to try to help ease this burden and do something for the woman who has done everything for me. Any support at all would mean more than I could ever express and with the help of kind people I would be beyond grateful and truly at a loss for words. Every donation will go toward helping my mom replace her vehicle and regain some stability during this incredibly difficult time, and if you are unable to donate even sharing this would mean the world to us. From the bottom of my heart thank you for taking the time to read our story and for any kindness and support you can give because it truly means everything to us.