Help a Veteran Mom Smile Again

As you can see, I am hiding my smile in the photo above. Due to an underlying health condition, I am facing total tooth loss. If I don't act quickly, I could face heart or kidney failure. I am grateful for the dentists who have tried to save my teeth over the years, but at this point I am told I need to have them all removed.

As you can imagine, it is painful, frightening and embarrassing. To loose the ability to smile, eat or even speak is beyond words. To make things worse, I cannot wear standard dentures as I am allergic to the materials used to make them, leaving me with only one option: Bio-compatible implants, which cost far more than what my insurance or dental credit will cover.

After months of researching and praying, I have just found a wonderful clinic overseas that will create bio-compatible implants for me at HALF the cost of what U.S. dentists can offer! It is the answer to my prayers! Then... a dear friend who actually lives near this amazing clinic, bought me an airline ticket and has offered me a place to stay!! If this isn't a sign... an answer to a prayer... an absolute miracle, I don't know what is!

All I need is you! Please donate whatever you can, and share this with as many people as you can. Time is of the essence. As you can see, I launched this fundraiser a few months ago, not knowing at the time how or where I could have the work done, and now that I have found the clinic, and been gifted an airline ticket and a place to stay, I am believing that this is meant to be.

I now have only 60 days left to raise the necessary funds, and my gratitude for your help is indescribable, because in addition to you helping me smile, eat and speak again, here's what I will be launching when my health is restored:

The Regeneration Institute, LLC - an education center I have spent the past 24 years researching and developing where underprivileged families are provided the opportunity to build their own homes and gardens in a way that restores them, their families, and the land they build upon. Thanks to my amazing kids, friends, neighbors and family support, we have acquired the land, developed the curriculum, networked with potential instructors, administrators and counselors, and interviewed potential students to launch the first pilot education center.

We have nearly everything we need to launch the project in one of the poorest counties in the State. However, I cannot present my proposal or myself to the appropriate agencies, students, instructors, etc.. with a broken smile, difficulty speaking and at constant risk of kidney or heart failure. I could certainly try, but it’s not just about presentation. It‘s the fact that if I am going to successfully launch something that restores the health of others, I have to first restore my own health. Please help so I can help others do the same. Even if all you can do is to simply share my GoFundMe Link with others, I would be so grateful.

Last, but not least... when you donate, GoFundMe provides you with a "Slider Bar" to set an amount to go to them. I couldn't do this without GoFundMe, so please do contribute whatever you can to them as well.

With the Deepest of Gratitude and a Heartfelt Thank You!

Marlowe Brown

Please Note: I am not a Military Veteran - I am a Motherhood Veteran. I did not serve on the front lines as so many of our courageous men and women have, but I have served and protected my family and community on the home front for over 30 years.

I am a mother who, like so many other moms, has battled with drug dealers, dangerous drivers, and midnight intruders in our neighborhoods. I’ve rescued suicidal teens, cared for my ailing parents, and given shelter to the homeless - all while putting my husband through college and raising four babies. So, yes… now that my kids are grown, I am a Veteran Mom who feels like she’s survived a battle zone, and who needs your help to smile again.

Thank you so much for your support.