John and Jules need your help ❤️

hello to everybody this reaches.

My name is Janaida, I’m 22 from Coolum Beach, QLD. recently a home my parents own has been destroyed by floods in Childers. My mother is devastated, and if you know my mother you know that she would be to proud to show it let alone tell you.

My parents like many others have worked their entire lives to try and give my sister and I better lives, when I was 10 they bought their first home. Not for themselves but in the hope that they could pass something down for my sister and I when they are no longer around. Their dream is now gone.

Last year due to covid and rising rental prices on the Coast my parents took a huge risk and bought another house in Woodgate, one that they could call their own for the first time in their entire lives. But it meant having too move away from their children. This broke my mother’s heart, and being away from her breaks mine too. However for the first time in a long time I saw a happiness in my parents I don’t think I had ever seen before in my life. Because of this recent devastation in Childers, my mother has been discussing with me the likelihood of having to leave her current home in hopes they might be able to pay off their mortgage or damage repair. This last year I’ve watched them blossom in this home. I can see the spark in their eyes sharing it together. I know I cannot fix what has happened but I want to try my best to buy them some time.

a few years ago my mum was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer that easily could have taken her life, and honestly we thought it would. But she was and still is a fighter, one of the toughest ladies that I have the privilege of knowing and loving and I know she will fight for her home and the life she has fought so hard too create. They don’t know that I have created this for them, if they did they would probably be mortified. But over my life I have seen them be there for the community, my loved ones, strangers or otherwise. Their door is always open for people who need help or compassion. I know the last couple of years has affected everybody and lots of us are enduring our own struggles at the moment. I wanted to put this out there because i feel exhausted of options and feel like I am little help. I wanted too reach out to the community with this and try to give my parents something they deserve, a bit of hope. Whether it’s financial help, kind words, support from the community, overall love anything would help.

thanks