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If you know me personally, you probably know that helping the people I love is one of the biggest driving forces in my life.
I have always been the person who tries to fix the problem, find the solution, make the calls, stay up late, and carry as much as I can for the people around me. It is something I do proudly and willingly because I believe deeply in showing up for people when life gets hard. And honestly, until now, I have somehow always found a way. This is the first situation where I have reached a point where I cannot solve it alone.
My mother-in-law, Chantal, is a deaf retired senior and single mother who spent her life working hard and raising her daughter, Angela, across Canada. About 10 years ago, she achieved something that meant everything to her: she bought her very first home that was truly her own. She was able to purchase her condo through an affordable housing program, which at the time felt like an incredible opportunity to finally create long-term stability and security for herself. It is not extravagant. It is not luxury. It is simply her safe place. Her independence. Her stability. Her home. For the first time in her life, she had a space that truly felt secure. A quiet, modest life that she built for herself after decades of hard work and sacrifice.
Unfortunately, due to a combination of unforeseen circumstances, changing financial realities, and housing-related complications that we did not anticipate would arise years later, Chantal is now at risk of losing that home. The current housing market has left her in an incredibly difficult position where selling the condo would still not resolve the debt attached to it. We explored every option we could think of before ever coming here.
Since Christmas of 2025, Angela and I have poured everything we have into trying to save her home. We have paid for lawyers, financial advisors, consultations, and searched for every support program we could find for seniors, housing insecurity, and members of the Deaf community. We have spent our savings, our free time, our energy, and every ounce of problem-solving we had trying to protect her future. And we are still short. We are trying to raise $60,000 to allow Chantal the opportunity to remain safely and securely in the home she worked her entire life to achieve. Because losing this home would not just mean losing property. It would mean losing stability, independence, and the sense of safety she spent her lifetime working toward.
All funds raised will go directly toward keeping Chantal safely housed and covering the urgent housing-related costs required to stabilize her situation.
I know the world is heavy right now. I know many people are struggling themselves, and asking for help like this does not come easily to me. But I also know the power of community, kindness, and people coming together when someone truly needs support.
If you are able to donate, no matter the amount, our family will carry that gratitude forever. And if donating is not possible right now, sharing this campaign could help it reach the person who can. That kind of support matters just as much.
To everyone who has supported us, encouraged us, checked in, shared resources, or simply taken the time to read this: thank you.
More than anything, we are trying to protect Chantal’s safety, dignity, and ability to remain in the place she calls home.
With love and gratitude,
Carleen & Angela
I have always been the person who tries to fix the problem, find the solution, make the calls, stay up late, and carry as much as I can for the people around me. It is something I do proudly and willingly because I believe deeply in showing up for people when life gets hard. And honestly, until now, I have somehow always found a way. This is the first situation where I have reached a point where I cannot solve it alone.
My mother-in-law, Chantal, is a deaf retired senior and single mother who spent her life working hard and raising her daughter, Angela, across Canada. About 10 years ago, she achieved something that meant everything to her: she bought her very first home that was truly her own. She was able to purchase her condo through an affordable housing program, which at the time felt like an incredible opportunity to finally create long-term stability and security for herself. It is not extravagant. It is not luxury. It is simply her safe place. Her independence. Her stability. Her home. For the first time in her life, she had a space that truly felt secure. A quiet, modest life that she built for herself after decades of hard work and sacrifice.
Unfortunately, due to a combination of unforeseen circumstances, changing financial realities, and housing-related complications that we did not anticipate would arise years later, Chantal is now at risk of losing that home. The current housing market has left her in an incredibly difficult position where selling the condo would still not resolve the debt attached to it. We explored every option we could think of before ever coming here.
Since Christmas of 2025, Angela and I have poured everything we have into trying to save her home. We have paid for lawyers, financial advisors, consultations, and searched for every support program we could find for seniors, housing insecurity, and members of the Deaf community. We have spent our savings, our free time, our energy, and every ounce of problem-solving we had trying to protect her future. And we are still short. We are trying to raise $60,000 to allow Chantal the opportunity to remain safely and securely in the home she worked her entire life to achieve. Because losing this home would not just mean losing property. It would mean losing stability, independence, and the sense of safety she spent her lifetime working toward.
All funds raised will go directly toward keeping Chantal safely housed and covering the urgent housing-related costs required to stabilize her situation.
I know the world is heavy right now. I know many people are struggling themselves, and asking for help like this does not come easily to me. But I also know the power of community, kindness, and people coming together when someone truly needs support.
If you are able to donate, no matter the amount, our family will carry that gratitude forever. And if donating is not possible right now, sharing this campaign could help it reach the person who can. That kind of support matters just as much.
To everyone who has supported us, encouraged us, checked in, shared resources, or simply taken the time to read this: thank you.
More than anything, we are trying to protect Chantal’s safety, dignity, and ability to remain in the place she calls home.
With love and gratitude,
Carleen & Angela