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<div>My name is Matt and I am a teacher, writer and musician.
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<div>Three weeks ago I was in a very traumatic car accident wherein someone crashed into me after they didn’t slow down at a yellow light.
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<div>Now, I am left with a broken finger, severe PTSD symptoms, and most importantly…I may not be able to have a surgery that I need enable to fully heal.
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<div>I'm trying this as a last ditch effort to help my family and I get through this with our head above water. It's to pay for surgery, supplement my ability to take leave from work, and foot the bill for general living costs while I heal up.
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<div>My hands are part of my daily life in such a wide array of avenues. I’m a musician, a writer, and I have many animals to take care of. And this ordeal has left me in shambles, both physically and emotionally.
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<div>Brass tacks to illustrate that emotional gravity of the situation...my grandfather asked me about a month ago if I would play a song and sing at his funeral on guitar when the time comes....now his wishes may not come true because my hand is wrecked and I may never play music properly again. Being a musician was the thing I had when there was nothing and no one else on planet earth on my side.
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<div>Here is a poem I wrote at 5:30 a.m. this morning that illustrates my feelings:
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<div>Life by the Drop
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<div>for Sterling
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<div>My Navy man grandaddy
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<div>He told me nothing
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<div>I’d show up and sing Willie Nelson’s
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<div>To ramble on up north—
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<div>The car crash was two weeks later
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<div>And I crushed my left arm—
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<div>The doctor tells me I need pins
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<div>When I asked him if I’d ever
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<div>But his eyes said no—God snaps
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<div>His fingers in time and that thrill done gone.
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<div>I’d rather go blind, boy.
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<div>Thanks for reading and godspeed.
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<div>best,
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<div>-Matt
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