Help Overcome Financial Hardship Due to Health Struggles

This is the most vulnerable post I have ever had to make. A month after I moved back to Lawrence, I was fired in July regarding absences due to illness. As many know, I've been struggling with autoimmune symptoms for almost 5 years and have experienced roadblocks with medical professionals and the broken healthcare system at every turn. That, coupled with the cPTSD that I have regarding moving as many times, has led me to destitution and complete burnout. I am facing an eviction on my record after 7 years of never missing a rent payment ever. I can say that this is without a doubt the most humbled and at rock bottom I've ever been (and I've overcome a lot). I have been applying for benefits and unemployment, but it has been a long, tedious, and frustrating process.

I am meekly requesting sponsorship to get my financial situation under control so that I can be in a better place to support myself, heal, and recuperate for life's next adventures. I have been thankful to have people in my corner throughout this; however, I do not wish to put repeated stressors on those individuals.

Please know anything given is so graciously appreciated and will be paid back or forward someday in whatever way I can. I have been stubbornly trying to handle things all on my own that I have forgotten the power of being open and transparent in the face of struggles and lack of ability. Receiving help is hard, asking for it is even harder. Yet I believe that this act of vulnerability and whatever support is offered will give me the foundation to become self-sufficient and successful in the future. This would also give me space to engage in my practice of writing more seriously, something that will also pave the way to my future flourishing. I appreciate the time and consideration given to my plight and am already blessed, not just financially but spiritually, by whatever assistance is available to me.