Hi everyone ,

It is taking everything in me to write this, but I’ve reached a point where I must swallow my pride and ask for help.

Last year after suffering a second devastating flood in my childhood home due to the Florida hurricanes, we had to do second of the hardest things in my life—sell my Mom’s house. Losing my mother there, definitely being the first. She would want me to move forward and be strong for my daughter. Praying we were making the right choice for my little family.

Thanking God, we finally found our place to land, and little piece of heaven in December.

Then, a few weeks after we moved there, the snow storm they were calling the "Snowmageddon" hit our home. I had never seen real amounts of snow, and didn’t know what to expect - so we evacuated.

It froze lumber, exploding trees at extreme temps, that fell over our entire property. Five massive trees crashed down on top of our new home I worked so hard to obtain. Along with that, the shed we built—is completely crushed and destroyed along with memories from the house and our belongings inside of it.

We are super safe and I am so grateful for that…But i personally, am also very overwhelmed and could use help.

Despite this disaster affecting over 200 million people, there has been no approval with government help or of FEMA assistance & no insurance.

With support from our new amazing community helping to clear some of the trees around the house, the repairs are still far beyond what I can handle on my own in cost and labor. We need help taking down trees that fell on the house, and fix up the shed replacing things we lost. The things that can be replaced, at least.

I’ve unfortunately learned that unfair things can happen to good people, but I have to still believe in the empathy and kindness of others. We are in a position I never thought I’d be in, and I would appreciate anything—truly, anything—you can contribute to help us rebuild our life.

Thank you for your empathy, your prayers, and your kindness during my time of difficulty.

I know my mom would be really grateful, as we are. May God bless you tenfold for blessing us.

Much love. ❤️

Lauren Iris