This is the embarrassing coda to my post about job hunting. I need help - and I'm
hoping some of you can help me. I never thought I'd do something like this, but I
have nowhere else to turn right now.

As some of you know, I lost my long-term job while my mother was dying. It was
impossible to do anything else but tend to her needs, but I was able to keep
everything afloat by dipping into my savings. After her death - which was so
more disorienting than I'd ever thought it would be - I stumbled along numbly,
patching things together with freelance work and draining more of the little I had
left. There were jobs that looked promising but didn't pan out. Had a contract
position lined up for the summer, but it was cancelled just as everything else
seemed to dry up. Right now, I have bookings for October on, a bunch of invoices
out that clients are taking their time paying, and am looking for steady work - but
I have no money at all. I'm terrified, basically. 

All I need is enough to get me through the next six weeks or so. I hate asking this.
Please don't think poorly of me. This is so hard. I've given to many GoFundMe
appeals - sometimes grudgingly, but always with the knowledge that there
wouldn't be a request unless the situation were desperate. 

Any little bit would help - and, if you donate with your name, I want to pay it back
(wish there were a "GoLoanMe"). Might take me a year, but I don't want charity,
just a lifeline. 

Do not share this with others; I'd never want strangers involved in anything like this.
Also, if you donate and then get a notice asking for more - please know that it didn't
come from me. I think GoFundMe does that automatically. 

If I've ever done you a good turn or made you smile or laugh, please help. I know so
many wonderful people - and I know not all of you are in a position to help, but
you're all I've got. Please help if you can. Thanks.