My best friend is going through a patch that no eighteen-year-old should have to experience. At an age when life is supposed to be about discovering who you are, building dreams, and enjoying youth, he is facing challenges that would be difficult for anyone. Watching someone you care about struggle like that reminds you how unfair life can sometimes be.

This is his story and what is currently going on: My name is Urijah and I live in California and I'm 18 years old. I was staying with my mother when we got unlawfully evicted and I had no prior knowledge of this nor did I have any time to prepare before this all unfolded. In the process of this unlawful action my mother broke her femur and shattered her ankle. She is currently in the hospital and will be for a for quite some time as she has to go through surgeries. We were a paycheck to paycheck household so this puts me with nowhere to go and completely on my own financially. I have spent my nights restless doing research (spreadsheets of where, when and how) and I have a concise plan for becoming self-sufficient with the goal of getting enough for my first apartment to give me some time to build up funds and absolutely work myself to the bone. I have a job but I'm on borrowed time that I don't have. I'm embarrassed as a man to ask for handouts, but when you got nothing sometimes you just have to put yourself out there. I am still in school with no car but I still have no intention of giving up on anything, I still want to pursue college so I can go to law school. I have nothing to my name but my hard work and hopes. Anything helps god bless.