My beloved partner, Kimberlee, is 30 years old and was diagnosed with Stage 3 colorectal cancer this past May. We were not expecting such a bombshell this year, but it’s been one that has put everything to the test for us. For those of you who have been lucky enough to know her, you know that Kimberlee is the most selfless and loving person. She has a love for spending time with our cat, Slippers, enjoys exploring and traveling, and could talk endlessly about Marvel, Star Wars, Broadway musicals, or Taylor Swift.

After months of appointments and chemo treatments at City of Hope in the summer and fall, she has thankfully been given the results that there is no current sign of cancer. It is a great and beautiful sign of progress, but it is still a long and tedious road ahead with routine scans, recoveries, and check-ins for a long time. As I am writing this out, she is undergoing surgery to remove the cancer’s original site to ensure that she can begin a full and steady recovery.

Because of all of what preceded before and to ensure proper at-home care, both she and I have been unable to work as much and she will most likely be out of work until the new year. While disability has allowed her to get some support, it has been able to only go so far. I have been able to help myself enough, but she has been pulling a lot of the weight for both of us, which is unfair enough that she has had to do all of that on top of caring for herself. With the everyday necessities of life, our rent, gas for the constant commuting for her appointments, and the medical expenses being surmounted over time, money is starting to get tighter and tighter.

Kimberlee is the kindest and most selfless person I have ever known. She has been mentally and emotionally struggling through this all, facing anxieties and fears that no one at her age should be feeling. But through it all, she has kept her head up high, and I couldn’t be any more proud of her.

Now, as she steps onto this road to recovery, it's time that I ask that we help give back some of that support to Kimberlee. Anything you can donate will be truly appreciated. Simply showing any amount of love or support for her will mean the world to her.

I thank you for your time and dedication to helping this wonderful human being and amazing person get back on her feet and take this new chapter of her life with her head even higher.

Thank you so much.