Hi everyone.

I’m sharing this because my little family needs help right now, and it’s really hard for me to ask.

Recently, I left my own home and stability to help my partner and her child get out of a controlling and unhealthy situation. It wasn’t safe for them anymore. She had to leave almost everything behind—including most of her child’s clothes and toys—just so they could have the freedom to start over.

We didn’t have many options because our credit isn’t great. So our only plan was to move into a hotel to stay together and safe. It wasn’t meant to be permanent. It was supposed to hold us over while I wuit my job, so I could cash out of my calpers (401k), but it’s taking a few weeks and will probably take another month.

We’ve tried to make this tiny space feel like home. Friends have helped with some donated toys and clothes for the little one, which we’re so grateful for. But now our time at this hotel runs out on Friday, and we don’t have enough left to pay for another month.

This hotel is $92 a day. It’s not fancy, but it’s safe. It’s the only stability we have right now. I’m terrified of having nowhere to go with a three-year-old, my senior dogs and no way to keep us all together.

This extended stay hotel is cheaper the longer you stay, so day to day is more expensive and making it harder on us.

We’re not asking for forever. We just need enough help to stay here one more month until I can finally access my money and we can move into something more permanent.

If you can help at all—even the smallest amount—it means keeping us safe, together, and off the streets while we try to get back on our feet.

Thank you so much for listening to our story and caring about us. It means more than you know.

fyi, my partner is hiding from her family so I don’t say where we actually are online but you can privately ask me.