Support a Final Journey for a Courageous Fighter

Hi, if you know me, you know I'm the real deal. Life isn't easy, and this is hard. I have had 39 brain surgeries and this past year, I had to have a double mastectomy. After that, they found a nodule in my thyroid and I'm going through chemotherapy now. I'm tired. I'm sick, and I'm tired of being sick.

Of all the things I have left to fight for in this brief, complicated, and beautiful life, the most precious is time with my family.

I don't want to ask for help, but right now things are hard. I can't work right now and my family is taking care of me.

I don't want to be a burden and I know they would say I'm not, but this isn't the way I want to live or be remembered. I'm putting up a good fight, but I can see the writing on the wall and know I can't go on like this for too much longer.

I'd like to be able to do something in the next few months with my family and leave them with some beautiful memories.

I don't need much, but I'd like to see Mt. Lassen and the beach one last time. That means a trip of about 800 miles.

I have someone to help me, but I don't really have the finances for a trip like this right now.

I really don't want to keep having surgeries and taking this chemotherapy that makes me feel so awful. I will fight as much as I can, but my chances of kicking this thing aren't good.

I know people like to send flowers to funerals, but I'm alive right now. If you're the kind of person who would miss me when I'm gone, I'd love a little wind in my sails right now.

I didn't know what to say, asking for help is hard. If you can donate $25, that's about 4 gallons of gas and I will cherish every mile and share pictures with you of this last trip.

I will appreciate every donation.

It is really hard for me to ask for anything for myself, so I hope you know that I'm asking for this so I can leave laughter and sunshine and memories for the ones I love before I join the others that I love.

If there is anything extra, I hope it will help my family cover my final expenses, but I'm kind of difficult and hope we spend every last penny having fun.

Seriously though, I've spent so much trying to stay alive and get from one surgery to the next, I just want to be able to look forward to something beautiful together.

Thanks for loving me and have a great life.