Hello, everyone.

If you know me, you know this is a really difficult and humbling thing for me to do. But, I have to do it.

I'm asking for help right now because I'm feeling desperate. I'm about a month away from not being able to pay for rent or gas or groceries, or food for my cats.

Some of you know. Most of you don't. But I've spent the last couple of years battling severe depression.

Its been two years marked with a lot of loss. Loss of family members, friends and friendships, homes. And most recently, my job.

Its been difficult and I've felt very alone.

Depression is hard to describe, and its even harder to understand if it it's not something you've been through. It looks like just sadness but it's not that. Its grief and the loss of your sense of self. its debilating and isolating. Its not wanting to get out of the bed for days or weeks or months because you don't want to think or eat or bother anyone else with your problems.

The ones who have kept me company during this time were my two cats. They refused to leave my side.

I'm asking for help because I just started to get out of this and I need a little help to get myself back up.

I know that not everyone is in the same financial situation. So don't feel bad if you can't or even just don't want to.

I love and appreciate all of for what youve already been in my life. And thank you for even caring enough to read this. I'm going to be gone for a little bit because I know there will be questions and I just need to wrap my head around all this. But feel free to ask. Thank you again.

Gaby