Help Shelly and Family Through Tough Times

Hi, my name is Shelly. I have been fighting breast cancer for seven years now. It is stage 4 and has spread to my bones. I've gone through many surgeries and treatments so I can be here for my daughter and my boys. Although being through all of this has put me on disability, I have lost function of my left arm due to a surgery to replace my shoulder. The healing process made my lymphedema act up.

I live with my mom and daughter. My mom is on social security. She just lost her husband (my dad) unexpectedly in August. Due to his passing, her pay has been cut. Not to mention her emotions have really been struck. All of us have been very hurt by his recent passing.

My daughter, Abby, loves animals. She has been in 4H since she was about seven, and she is currently in the FFA. But her life hasn't always been surrounded by the joys of animals. Her first year of kindergarten, her aunt (my sister) passed from kidney cancer. A year later, her dad passed from the same cancer. In her third-grade year, she suddenly became very sick, and her entire body was shutting down. What I thought was the flu bug ended up being a month in Children's Hospital and her kidneys failing. They never found the cause.

Recently, our truck decided to break. The front right ball joint fell off when we were backing out of the driveway. The day we were supposed to pick up the truck from the shop, our other car decided to start smoking and leak fluids. This car used to be my dad's car.

Altogether, money is tight, and the world seems to be crumbling apart in our hands. I hate to ask for help, but sometimes we all need an extra helping hand. Thank you so much.