This is hard for me and I am not the best at asking for help, but my circumstances have overwhelmed me and I am no longer able to manage it alone... I feel such shame even creating this gofundme, but I’ve run out of options.

I have been very absent from social media for some time because life has been very hard for me for quite awhile. I’m teaching in a pandemic which is hard enough, but my personal life has hurt me the most. In the last two months I contracted a bad case of Covid-19, I got divorced, I was in a bad car accident, I contracted strep throat, and yesterday my apartment was involved directly in a fire ... it received quite a bit of smoke damage and sent me to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. My apartment is currently uninhabitable from the smoke damage/smell.

I’m unable to meet the growing financial burdens being placed on me. I‘ve had no time to rebound from any of these events. I am being perpetually pulled under... I can’t even reach air at this point. I was trying to handle this myself, but I cannot. I just don’t have the means to get to the surface and neither does my mother (who has gone above and beyond to help me and I cannot burden her more).

I feel sick asking for help and I desperately wish that I was able to make it through all of this without needing assistance, but with constant bills flowing in and constant disasters hitting me... I’m just not able to make it alone. It’s hard to admit it. It’s hard to ask others to help, especially, in a financial way.

I would appreciate any amount you find in your heart to donate. It will be used appropriately and wisely toward the cost of my deductibles, medical bills, clothes, and related necessities. I thank you for taking the time to read my message. If you are unable to give financially, I would welcome any and all uplifting thoughts, prayers, and good vibes. I am in desperate need those too. ❤️